Chris is right I was really looking forward to getting the B4 and I still think that the geometry should make a very responsive and agressive car, which is what I like.
It wasn't until I actualy started trying to work with it and finding I just couldn't get the weight distribution how I wanted it, I just can't deal with a random car (I admit I'm not good enough) and found the B4 to be unpredictable. Now I see that most people run a lot of extra weight in the B4 which would achieve most of what I was looking for but just wasn't the done thing back then, especially if you ran mainly stock or mild winds as I did.
It's a personal preference thing but I still don't like that car at all, and yes I have tried several other peoples (mostly running the current "standard" setups) before and after my break running rallycross.
It was responsible for me nearly giving up as I could not justify the expense of racing nationals for just one day so if I wasn't going to run 2wd I could not justify it and as I'd got to the point where nationals were making up 50% of my racing weekends a year it was the que to think about giving up.
As for chopping cars I'm not sure where you get that from. Preds from late 94 till about 2002 and Losi XX until the original XXX (for about 3 months) then AE B3 from that point on. I have tried the both the Losi 4wd cars in the past when Pred support fell away and only changed to the Yokomo when it looked like no Pred spares would be available, I actually quite liked my XXX4 but as soon as Pred spares became available I went back to what I knew best.
Before 94 I ran Kyosho 4wds and AE 2wd when racing properly and whatever I could afford in the couple of years after my father passed away.
I don't think 4 brands of car in both 2wd and 4wd over a 20+ year period is crazy!
Anyway that is totally off topic ....back to the guys poll.
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