I just got a Traxxas Rustler, XL-5 and bumped it up with a Venom 7 cell 3000 Mah battery and did some runs outside with it. Truck is 3 days old...... First day It ran on street like this, second day I took it to a track made out of the orange clay that baseball fields are made of, and today, I ran it pretty hard on the street again. The two times that it crashed into my brothers back tire did zero harm to the truck, except maybe knock the trim a little out of place. The car runs between 35 and 40 mph on my NiMH battery (used here), and when you run it real real hard, lasts about 15 mins. takes 55 minutes to charge on 3Amps. Truck is also waterproof. Best 250 ever spent. Definitely a keeper and I would recommend getting this magnificent truck. One suggestion is if you're going to be running in on a track, upgrade the tires... they get close to no traction.
