Well I have to say Paul
Having driven both the Tamiya and the Mardave's this evening (thank you BTW for the kind offer to try them out) I would have to give my backing to the Mardave.
Yes the Tamiya bodyshell looks fab, but the chassis for me just has too much temptation for people to 'tweak' them where as the Mardave is as simple as you can get. I used to race Mardave's a long time ago and the amazing thing is that in 30 odd years they don't seem to have changed much
I think the Mardave is by far the easier to control in terms of rules, cheapest by far and even running the stock tin can motor I was keeping up with Brushless Micros
So what do others feel about the club running a basic out of box Mardave V12 Chassis which can have different bodyshells, mini, peugoet 205 etc. We'd have to consider what we do regarding cells and ESC, but the rest can be kit standard me thinks.
A couple of people expressed an interest in the Mardave's if there were enough to make up a full grid...