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Originally Posted by john333
The team c is the best car I've driven full stop, can't rate it highly enough.
It is a bargain and in the unlikely event you break it parts are mega cheap too!
I would say have a good look at one and hopefully drive one before you buy anything else  |
the TC02C & the X2c are 99% EXACTLY the same car.. the only difference is the importers / distributors, the cars & parts are interchangeable between the 2 brands.
On that basis, if your local shop supports Ansmann & has a trade account with Ansmann (which seems likely as Ansmann currently have more dealers on their network it seems than Team C do) forget the Team C car & go for the X2c or buy a 2nd hand team C & use Ansmann spares or vice versa depending on how well the local dealers support the brand you choose.
Also don't forget the X2c is just the pro version of the Ansmann Mad-Monkey - the Monkey is still a very capable car & with some basic upgrades (better shocks being the main one & you will need bearings as the kit comes with bushes) you can be just as competitive as anyone out there, considering a Monkey costs about £70 for the kit, it's not going to break the bank if you want to try the car for a couple of months & you could always upgrade to the X2c later or improve what you have by fitting X2c parts (which will fit) to upgrade as you go along to get back into the hobby gradually.
One other thing the X2c / TC02C chassis takes saddle pack batteries, but the Monkey chassis takes regular stick type packs, so it may be worth considering the monkey if you have stick packs as the lower cost alternative if you have to factor in batteries to the car's price if you haven't already got batteries to go in the car already.