I think that everything went well, when I bought the buggy I wanted to do a few things: 1) I was looking for a project and a way to be more involved in RC then ever before 2)I wanted to use it on a track and get to know people in the hobby, the closest club runs 1/10th, is outdoors and uses astroturf, 3) I wanted to document everything I learn in the process - hence the KZfaq videos, hopefully they will become of better quality soon, I have great plans for this channel and this is only the beginning. This buggy is a great starting point as a budget option, outside the track I’d say it drives great you won’t really know what to improve until it breaks, on the track it drove quite badly and things started to break or not performing very well, it only took 2 days on the track to realise I needed to push the boundaries of this buggy, I had too many unanswered questions and wanted to see how far can I bring this buggy and compete with the rest of the club. I’ve started the modifications and so far it drives way better than before, there’s a few more adjustments needed before racing, right now it is all about getting familiar with the new setup, make adjustments and see how things are feeling (as soon as the weather helps). We know that RC is not a cheap hobby, I find this “segment” counter productive, to use the “budget” models as bait to beginners, the chances are that customers will move away from the hobby faster than they came into it. I think people need a solid foundation to come into this hobby, as informed as they can be, being from other club members or from the local shop if they have any, being upfront on the capabilities of a given model is crucial. So this buggy is great if you want to have fun in your back garden, the option parts are quite limited and there’s a ceiling on adaptability, upgradability and performance and that ceiling is way lower than other buggy that have been built with performance in mind. If there’s enough interest (thumbs up this comment) I’d do a video with a run down of the expenses for this buggy and also for the racing aspect of the hobby. Is upgrading a budget buggy worth it, I guess it depends on what buggy and what are the upgrades for - if it’s to bash it in whatever non-racing-track environment… don’t bother, if it’s to run on a club track, I’d say do it before spending £500+ on a kit buggy and than not have the skills to drive it on a track and ending up breaking the buggy, in this case, a progressive learning curve is best, start from the bottom and build your knowledge before spending it all on the performance models. Another route is to try to buy a second hand one or of season buggies, that’s will save money but will still spend more money than this that was ready to run (to a certain extent) I hope this answers your questions and thank you for watching, please do feel free to ask more questions and I’ll do my best to answer them

@@silvarc1552 Wow. Thank you ever so much. I agree with you mostly. And yes it all depends what people want which is part of the appeal. We can all want different things. Even in the entry level market the Vantage is way better than something like a Tamiya Hornet, but people still buy them in their droves and for different reasons. I see you have an Xray XB4 so I'll look at those videos too. I was going to get a second hand one of them. With my Vantage I went the expensive route but I enjoyed it all the same. Got the brushed version then converted it to brushless and now I have taken the plunge and am waiting for some carbon fibre parts to arrive. I live in Surrey and at some point will try and find a track within a reasonable distance to at least give it a go there. Thanks for the videos and your great reply. Good luck with the channel Sir.

I would recommend locktite on metal parts mine all came loose .

@@S40TBS I totally agree, I did the Loctite afterwards as I was waiting for the item to arrive. Screws will come lose under stress and vibration otherwise

Do not overtighten your screws and use some blue threadlock when screwing into metal.