Told you HPI guys would get pissy :D
$1000 for the same thing as $500 is a no brainer for me especially when an extra $500 is not easy to come by.
The answer for @hulkmaxx is that both Rovan and King Motors are good. If you want to get back into 1/5 and dont wanna get raped over the price you...
Ok, people who own hpi's get pissy when this is said, lol, BUT it has been said by lots of people that they are in fact made at the same factory but relabled. Which is not surprising at all in this hobby to me. The only difference I've seen is there is a flat finish on the suspension arms...
Rovan I had was great. Never broke anything. Fully interchangeable with the HPI labeled stuff. (I'm a full believer they are made in the same factory).