I have had my RC10 for a while now. I've put a few bucks into it, such as A-Arms and bulkheads. After getting the RPM parts and just a couple other additions, My truck will take a beating unlike any other. I run with buggies, T-Maxx's, and others. They break, I keep going.

I managed to break a Axle mount in the front, because of the mod's I've been doing, but you don't have to do that. I'd honestly say to get an RC10GT RTR Plus. Comes with everything you need but fuel and batteries.
I've wrecked, mangled, thrashed. 4-5 feet? HAH I've launched 12 and not broken anything

As a matter of fact I did a number over a jump at the race track. It's about 200ft long, and I rolled end over end for a good 75% of it, it landed on it's wheels, and STILL beat that T-maxx out of the turn.
Theres always something that needs to be fixed with ANYTHING. It's just a matter of finding it. Replacing it, and making sure it won't break again.
Tell us your decision when you figure it out. If you go with an AE PM me and I'll give you a small list of things to get first off
And the RC10GT here is only 289.99 RTR