Maxx, i agree with ya 100%...I'm not a big fan of the bandwagon Savages either. I've seen all 4 of them and all i can say is..same junk truck, bigger mill each time is the only difference.
I hear guys say they are so tough, but a young teen down the street has a limited and has had it in the LHS to have parts replaced, trouble with it staying tuned, ect, ect. more than hes gotten to run it.
I had the limited edition pre-paid when they were released on the market..in the mean time another guy i met up with had just gotten his and broke it in...i checked it out from head to toe...he even let me take it for a spin.....i was so let down by the hype of this truck that when mine can in the mail i didnt even open the box and sold it 2 days later and broke even on cash.
It would take at least $1k to make that truck sweet IMO....no thanks!! The stock out of the box Savy is a waste on money to me.
I've owned t-maxx's in the past and still have my old pro .15 that i gave to my son..its an OK truck, better than most for its time.....but I'm truthfully not a very big fan of them either(but would take it over a Savage)...Bought my son a Revo for this past x-mas.....light years ahead of the other trucks on the market..and IMO still is. I've now put my deposit down on a 3.3 Revo and am looking forward to it since i know the Revo very well and have been nothing but 100% pleased with it. All the trucks on the market are either copies of another brands ideas..there either the TVP frame style or just buggy style frames with bigger tires on them to make them MT's. The revo is different and it shows on the track and for those guys like me that just like to backyard bash and have fun.
Most MT's throw bigger mills in them each new release hoping to capture a following...thats why the Savy's are popular..lots of hop-up parts and a BB mill...but they still can't compete with a TRX Revo on all levels and to me its still the best MT on the market...and will be until Traxxas designs a new style truck in the future.
Dont get me wrong though, i have the big over-sized truck with high HP...but its just a fun truck that just gets a lot of attention when i break it out.....plus its fun to pull it out after listening to those Savy guys talk about how huge their trucks are...for some reason their trucks dont seen that big compared to a bigger 1/8 scale MT...but they sure get a kick out of comparing their truck to 1/10 scales MT's and thinking theirs is the biggest baddest on the road.....lol....if not for anything else my Genesis is fun for just being monsterous!!...and it sounds like a true BB mill should.
Anyway, good luck with your Revo 3.3 when you get it...i know i'll have a blast with mine.
Scott
