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Originally Posted by Richard Lowe
In my experience they're about the same, official word from AE is the graphite parts are more brittle but apparently the plastic stuff has changed since they have started making them in the far east so I'm not sure if that still applies?
All the top lads use all plastic cars, I prefer how the car feels with all graphite but it's personal preference.
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Richard, the car will feel better with graphite parts as it is a stiffer material than plastic and does not bend as much providing much better cornering. However, graphite is more brittle like you say and is even worse in cold weather.
Plastic parts will bend / flex more resulting in a sloppier cornering car, but the parts will be less affected in a collision.
Another advantage to graphite is that it is lighter than plastic which again can improve handling.
HTH
Mike Pembo