i just bought a traxxas Jato. well ordered it anyways. ive always wanted a good RC car, were talkin like 10 years here, i used to get the Tyco ones when i was younger. so i bit the bullet and bought one of thses bad boys. should kick some *** and ill break it a lot.

heres a vid:

http://www.traxxas.com/ftp/jato_mov/...deo_jato03.htm











yeah, should give me something to do when im bored, and im sure as hell gonna test this things durability, LOL.

 

I have a couple of HPI road cars (gas).

 

I have an AWD gas powered car. I rarely drive it though (by rarely I mean pretty much never). The car is too fast for me to really control and I have a hard time finding open enough spaces to really take advantage of how fast that car is.

 

i grew up building R/C cars my dad got me my first Grasshopper when i was like 8.
i helped him build a mean RC10-Champion Edition (the one w/ the gold anodized chassis) car when i was about 10. we started a plane but it took too long to build and by that time i was at the age that i wanted to move on to other things (aka girls & skateboards).

HPI rox!
i had a HPI mini Nitro...that thing RIPPED!
i loved the mini chassis...it was shorter than the standard Nitro but still AWD and had the smaller 1.3(IIRC) motor...they discontinued them cus there were no national classes for them to compete in. kinda sux! that thing would break it loose and do the best AWD doughnuts! it AWDrifted like a mad dog too!
i traded it to NateS a long time ago for some car parts but i still wish i had kept it. i loved that thing! still got a jug of Wild Cat Nitro fuel in my parents garage.

i used to know a guy who worked at HPI he was the body designer, he did the WRC WRX and some of the other rally vehicles along with a myrid of others. he ended up getting a job at a auto design firm in LA that was owned by Mercedes Benz and now he works on one off body designs for Benz...

eventually i will get another one. i almost picked up one of those Radio Shack X-Mod ones for $25 on the day after Thanksgiving sale just to help me get my fix, but i ended up being too lazy to go shopping that day.

 

I'll be buying either a jato or revo in a week or two let me know what frequency your radio is.

 

nice. yeah i have a plane sitting in my closet. i have a feeling after a couple months this thing will join it. but at least then it will be there whenever i wanna tear **** up! actually i can see myself just keeping it in the car with me for whever i get bored or when im chillin in a parkinglot with friends and ****.

 

will do. it was a toss up between the jato and the revo. obviously i went with the jato, mainly cause of price, but also cause of the speed. i mean the jato almost doubles the revo in speed, and it will be staying on pavement or smooth dirt more often that not.

john has a stadium truck too, but his **** is busted.

 

nice custom banenr at the bottom here:

 

there's a track on south watt and osage that races nitro stadium trucks, as well as electric buggies and trucks.

i race buggy in the winter and road cars during the dry season.

here's the kind of buggy i have:

 

Yeah throw the t-maxx and s-maxx into the loop cause I want somethingthat just keeps going. I hit a manhole rim with my last traxxas at about 60 poor thing.

 

i think i'm gonna look for a HPI RS4 Micro for the time being.
you can get them for less than $100 on ebay any day of the week.
plus there is a lot of hopup parts for these.

just something to keep in the trunk like said before...to dork off with while chillin with some friends.

 

I have a xmods wanna race

 

oh and for those who care, i got the jato for 420 shipped with fuel, fuel can thingy, batteries, battery pack, charger, and a laser temp guage. so like everything i need. not a bad deal IMO.

 

are they about the same?

 

go to a hobby store and buy some good tools, the allen keys that come with kits are garbage and will probably strip out the first time you try to use it.