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Originally Posted by Cockerill
I raced at moto arena tonight and won. My car had a standard chassis, standard gearbox, standard gears and the competition was pretty tough!! In reality though, it was only one mistake splitting us all. The car in standard trim does work and doesn't 'need' options.
The longer Chassis idea was actually tried in pre-season testing last year before the car was released. However at the time it was felt that the advantage was minimal, if at all. Hence it wasn't pursued. We could have spent another 6 months testing it but then everyone would have complained that the release date kept moving back.
The gearbox issues didn't arise in testing prior to release, and trust me there was a lot of it done. I probably did 3 average seasons worth of testing on my car, and that was in all kinds of conditions.
I'm not saying it's all perfect, because nothing ever is. There were gearbox issues that arose, but I'd like to think they were handled as well as possible. To say there wasn't enough testing done with no insight is just wrong.
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Tom, your a pro, you can drive anything and I have great respect for you.
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Originally Posted by moth898
Don't waste you time answering fastinandout Tom, he's a professional complainer. I think the car run great, I appreciate all the options and upgrades. I think the only way to make some people happy is to hand them a trophy when they buy a kit.
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as far as you go, I'm entitled to my opinion. I'm not a brand freak, I drive whatever I need to, whatever I feel will be best suited to my needs. I'm not a tool and feel I need to have the same brand 2wd & 4wd knowing that I'm not required to be driving them. I drive what I feel is the best 2wd, & 4wd I think is at the current time, regardless of brand. I'm fortunate enough to have nearly all the competitive cars on the market in my possession, so I know which cars are good out of the box, which cars are a handful, which cars I can recommend to my friends. With regard to manufacturers continuing updating, have a look at the AE B4 or Losi CR. Those cars have been out for so long without a change, well the AE until just recently has been the same for how many years? 5-6 years. Look how many nationals, world championships it's won without a change. If the car is good from the start, it will need nothing to make it better.........................
its very funny the very people who keep defending this car, besides the factory drivers(which I understand), are just plain simple brand freaks who have owned the cat sx for years, and jumped onboard the cougar, and so stubborn not to move onto to another manufacturer.