Cool to know so many people are in to RC. I actually enjoy doing some custom things as well. I converted a Traxxas Stampede to 4x4, made a brass tube frame sandrail chassis for my Losi XXT, and I am currently working on a tube chassis for my Tamiya Clodbuster. Tube frames are fun to build and cost only about $30 in materials. My current list of cars is as follows:
Panda Danny Thompson's Stadium Racer
Team Losi XXT
Tamiya Clod Buster
Bolink Digger
Tamiya M-03 Mini Cooper
Traxxas Stampede 4x4
Associated RC10GT RTR
Traxxas Nitro Stampede
I like to have a lot of cars rather than trick out one car.
Ian W.,
The robot is kind of like a big RC car but that's not quite what I meant.
Oreocookie,
I actually drove a toy RC into a pool by accident once. It worked fine but just a little slower after a few days of letting it dry. There is a company called Duratrax
www.duratrax.com who offers a 6 month replacement on any broken plastic parts on their gas cars and a one year replacement warranty on their electric truck, the Evader. As Andrew said, you could spend a couple thousand dollars and get all the aluminum and titanium upgrades for the T-Maxx but that's pretty pricey. At $170 the Evader is a great deal. The best way to not get a car broken is to be careful in driving.
Andrew,
OFNA Nationals must be great with those 1/8th buggies flying over massive jumps. Also, how do you like your Evader?
fast frank,
Don't let that T-Maxx eat up too much money. You can literally spend thousands on that truck transforming it so much that no part is left stock.