Hey Tunedpipe thanks for the pointers! Those Traxxas Stampede 4x4 kit looks good. I like it that it comes in with pretty much everything so I don't have to fret about which transmitter / motor / speed controller etc I should get, being so out of touch it will be overwhelming for me to figure...
My son is 8 and into cars. So far his only exposure to RC cars are just toy-grade RCs.
I'm thinking of getting him a kit electric car, so he can learn while he builds it. When I was a teenager (back in 80/90s) I had couple of electric RCs from tamiya & kyoshu, so while I'm not a complete noob...