Thanks for the feedback guys, especially from those who have tried both cars.
I know the B4 is a very, VERY good car. After all, I've raced it for 3 years. I just wanted to confirm the impression I had that the new CR from Losi isn't suffering from lack of steering anymore like its predecessors. It used to be specially bad exiting a corner on power. It was there that the B2, B3 and B4 excelled and had a clear advantage over the XX and XXX. I always found the Losi cars more stable on entry and mid-corner though.
A lot of Losi drivers over here even put up tp 30g of lead in the front bulkhead to help solve the problem.
I also agree with the impression of some others here that while the B4 is the car to have if you want to put in some blistering fast laps, the Losi seemed to be easier to drive fast consistently. What surprised me the most with the test drive I had with the new XXX CR is that I not only was faster over 5 minutes, but I even put in a faster single lap then with my own B4 (and yes, it had a good setup
).
Since I'm becoming quite an old f*rt in RC terms (hey, I started racing a XX in the 90'ies remember
), the sometimes twitchy behaveour of the B4 seems to agree less and less with me. What frustrates me is that one heat the car is brilliant, the next heat I seem to be unable to drive a single decent fast lap.
I'm still undecided though, although the CR seemed to agree with me, a supply of spare parts, springs and front wheels also comes in the equation. It's a good thing though that AE and Losi use the same rear wheels !