I Think I Want A Cayenne

[markbt73]

I've been thinking about adding one more car to the fleet, once money isn't so tight. I want a 4WD truck, and I've been trying to figure out what the best all-around package would be. There have been some great releases recently, but oddly, the one I'm gravitating towards is the one I originally thought least likely: the 58406 Cayenne S kit.

Here's why: first, according to the Tower Hobbies website, it will come with full bearings. Tower has been wrong before, so I want to verify that before I order, but if it does, that's one less thing I have to buy. (I can't find anything either way about bearings on Tamiya's site.) Second, it's a chassis I know and love; I had a TA01, a TA02, and a Blazing Star in the past. And third, I don't think much of 1:1 Cayennes (a Porsche SUV always seemed silly to me), so I won't feel bad about trashing, and ultimately replacing, the shell.

I know everyone's all excited about the CR01 and the new Hilux, but they're both far out of my price range, and even it I had the money, more than I can justify for a toy. I thought about the re-re Pajero, but I'd be afraid to bash with it for fear of banging up the body, much as I love that solid rear axle chassis design. I want something I can abuse with impunity. I also considered the Dualhunter, but it's hideous, and I want something more scale.

Tower lists the Cayenne as not being in stock yet, but with a price of $159. With bearings and an ESC (I have no problem with the TEU101; all of mine work great), that's a bargain. (It's still more than I can spend at the moment, but soon, hopefully.)

Does anyone have one of these kits yet? Can you confirm/deny the existence of ball bearings? What about a ball diff in back like the old TAs?

[pagedm_f350]

The Cayenne is on my considering to buy list this year. I like the ugly duckling, I think once the orange junk is ditched and it is painted more like a street version I think it will look very nice indeed. Not sure about it's off road ability though, after all it is a fairly narrow chassis.

I used to have a Twin Detonator which is the same chassis as the Dual Hunter, it was the most fun runner I have had to date, out of all my cars it got used the most, I wish I never sold it. I agree that the Dual Hunter is unbelievably ugly but that could be fixed with a decent truck body, something like the HPI Jeep Rubicon might look good. Even though Tower's price on the Cayenne and Dual Hunter is pretty close the Dual Hunter doesn't have ball bearings.

It's a shame TamiyaUSA doesn't have the Cayenne manual for download, that would definately tell you if it was full bearings.

[B.M.T.]

Knowing Tamiya, it's all the same parts bag as the Hummer, so I doubt it.

I'm just glad they are doing/going to do a build up version, so you are not stuck with the painted over windows. It'd make a very nice scale trail runner, or rally class entry.

[yamita]

Ive seen a kit version on ebay. Not too pricey either.

[adam1973]

Stella has them in stock as well. They sell bearing kits as well for the Hummer for not a lot of money too.

[blakeatron]

As it is the same as the hummer i would swing towards that as i hate lexans!

I am currently building the new cr-01 and it is brilliant, lots of screws - and totally new build experience compared to the tlt and highlits!