well i went out 8 days ago and purchased the new nitro thunder as my first nitro car,and boy what a beast! this will climb walls and as for what i have read "overengineer`d"well it has to be, i have given it a pounding after the running in time of course its been nailed into a tree at 25mph there was no damage at all, front bent back and absorbed impact,i would say this is not a racer but great fun,i for one am well impressed with it ,whats your views?