Why is the Durango so expensive?

[jimmy]

Don't worry he was joking

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by Alex H

Best spent penny's ever. I wont look at other cars no more. There is no equal out there. Just have to wait until the 2wd arrives also.

2nd that!
If you buy it to put on the shelf in the livingroom, it's indeed expensive, but when you race your car every week, I think it's one of the cheapest.

As for the 2WD, first I'll see if the handling matches the stability of the X6. Top drivers don't care about that, but for me less handling means more mistakes, definitely in 2WD.

[offroadrc]

[QUOTE=Dave C;314492]i saw your electronics in your durango, it was a real mess...
as your car shut down 10 times in a heat i could not understand why you keep it driving..., it was a real trouble for other people who want to qualify, when a car is standing still on the track like yours 10 or more times, it's pretty dangerous

i still don't get why peoples like you do such things, when your car is not driveble, than STOP that heat


i have changed the elektronics now, but where you at this race?

[Dave C]

yep i was there and make it in the A-main

[offroadrc]

Originally Posted by Dave C

yep i was there and make it in the A-main

concratulations with your spot in the a-main

i don't care about in witch main i ame when it's fun.

[WHITTLER555]

As some of you know I have ran the Tamiya 501X in the last two UK National series and done pretty well. I have swapped over to the Durango and the car does seem to be inherently faster over 5 minutes outdoors. Whilst I could hammer the Tamiya round on the limit, it's limits don't seem as quick as the Durango on a fairly consistent run (if that makes sense?)

HOWEVER, IT IS ALL IN THE THUMBS.

Give Neil Cragg virtually any current proper 4WD car and he would undoubtably do very well with it.

[DaveG28]

Originally Posted by WHITTLER555

As some of you know I have ran the Tamiya 501X in the last two UK National series and done pretty well. I have swapped over to the Durango and the car does seem to be inherently faster over 5 minutes outdoors. Whilst I could hammer the Tamiya round on the limit, it's limits don't seem as quick as the Durango on a fairly consistent run (if that makes sense?)

HOWEVER, IT IS ALL IN THE THUMBS.

Give Neil Cragg virtually any current proper 4WD car and he would undoubtably do very well with it.

Traitor!! You harlot Damo!

[JohnM]

Was the original question the right one? is it, why is the Durango so expensive, or should it be, why are other cars so cheap?

I think that when you build them, you see why there is a £200 difference in price between a B44 (for example), and a DEX410, the Durango is full of lovely, very well made parts, whereas the B44, is made about as well as the last BigMac I had.

We all used to buy a 4wd buggys that cost £300-£400 years ago, hell, I remember when I got my first Predator back in 1995, it was £340 then, so for a Durango to be only a £100 more, 14 years later, I think ain't too bad, remember, that just about everything is more expensive nowadays, even a mid range Astra is £20,000

[AmiSMB]

Lets face the fact that the Durango is like Stella Artois' "Reassuringly Expensive"

[offroadrc]

It's the best car on the market, i have one and i never had anything that was even near the durango, not the rc8, xx4, cat.
Great car and very strong to.

[Col]

I think you've all got more money than sense.

Discuss..

[offroadrc]

yes that is true I ame selling chemicals.

[MALLET]

With the look of your picture you've been taking too much of them as well

[offroadrc]

i show my own picture, i hope that you haven't

[Mrs.TeamXtreme]

Originally Posted by Dundermuffen

Hi!
I have though about it for a while if I should buy a Durango or not, but recently I have started to wonder why its so expensive. A B44 is $320, DEX410 is $750. How come the Durango is more than twice as expensive as the DEX410? It doesnt really have more expensive components than the B44, and it should be really less expensive to produce the DEX410 than a RC8B, but no,no the RC8B is $499. This freaks me out. How can a 1/10th be more expensive than a 1/8th? What will Durangos 1/8th cost if the 1/10th is this expensive? Like $1000?

I have to admit that the Durango is cool and probably a great car, but dont you think its way to expensive? Do anyone know it the car will be sold at rcmushroom.com or other cheap sites soon? Or is there any other shop that sells the DEX410 cheaper than directly from the Durango site? Because this is redicilous.

Get an X11 instead

[MALLET]

Originally Posted by offroadrc

i show my own picture, i hope that you haven't

Ha ha ha I'm as daft as he is

[i4n]

Completely off topic but.........

It may be I need new glasses but offroadrc looks a bit like B-Mag

[ned]

Originally Posted by Mrs.TeamXtreme

Get an X11 instead

I think that was treated with the contempt it deserved! As for the DEX being expensive has anyone tried building an X6 from new with all of the right bits? I have and that is much more expensive than the Durango and do you end up with the same quality of car at the end or just lots of brand new bits that you don't even need?

[HyperFX]

Originally Posted by ned

I think that was treated with the contempt it deserved! As for the DEX being expensive has anyone tried building an X6 from new with all of the right bits? I have and that is much more expensive than the Durango and do you end up with the same quality of car at the end or just lots of brand new bits that you don't even need?

I agree. I've been racing RC's since 1986.
You buy a kit, and all the extra mods to make it bullet proof & cutting edge competitive, and then you have extra parts you don't need. All at a much higher cost.
With the DEX410 it's all in the same package right from the start. Bullet proof, competitive, and relatively INEXPENSIVE.
All the best, and from the original mfg. You can't get that kind of quality often enough.

[Full Metal Jacket]

For such a new and small company which gave out so many efforts to make this car, and of course may not be able to produce the kit in mass qty., and so I think this probably one of the reasons to push up the its costs.

Anyway, the selling point of DEX410 is not on its components/parts which is made of expensive materials or not, but is its totally new concepts and designs which I think it’s not fair by only using its selling price to judge its actual value; just like Japanese car and European car, or something like designer stuffs, etc.

It can do something which the other cars could not offer you, “The Championship Winning Innovation!” It’s priceless, mate!

I cannot say is cheap but no doubt about it DEX410 is worth USD650 indeed. What I can say is you won’t feel disappointed about its outstanding performance and its engineering.

Besides, it's a bloody quick and tough EP buggy you have ever seen!