RC Cars, what to get

[illmonkey]

I need a hobby, and I was interested in these back at school. I've had some electric and some nitro cars, but never had money to buy bits, so never played with them.

So, if I wanted to buy a new model, but have the ability to upgrade bits to keep my hobby going, do I go for nitro or electric? It'll probably be a off road car, as I'm crap at controlling them, and it gives me more playing space.

Down side to nitro is the noise, as I'll be using this near houses etc, but I seem to remember electric cars only lasting 10 minutes, not so fun.

What brands are good too? Tamiya, HPI, etc?

Something like this for £150 all in? http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-rising-fighter/...

[illmonkey]

Thanks for te replys, I forgot about the topic as ive been so busy!

I'd like to buld from scratch, to add to te process, can you get any of the mentioned models as 'from scratch' models?

[illmonkey]

NITO said:

All the Tamiya's come in kit form, unless you buy the XB versions, which stands for Xpert Built!

rgds
Nito

Spot on.

Think I'll be ordering on payday.

[illmonkey]

I'm taking a liking to this: http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-df-03-buggy/rc-...

DF-03 as recommended and looks pretty good too. But, its not brushless, are they straight swaps? Ideally, to not waste money I'd buy one with a good motor etc. Any other recommendations?