Decision Time!

[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

I'm trying to choose my next car but i'm what you would call...stuck!

I can't decide which one to get! :cry:
My choice is between the Durango DEX410R and the Schumacher CAT SX2.....
I can't make a decision based on price as they work out pretty much the same,

CAT = £319.99
DEX = £240.00 + (£80 for saddle pack lipo's)

I was just wondering, if you was spending £300 of your hard earned cash, What would you choose??
What problems do you know of, if any?
Pro's and con's of owning one car over the other?

Any info or advice would be more than appreciated :thumbsup:

Thanks
Shaun.

[ben]

They are both really good cars. Both cars have had issues which have now been fixed. Also schumacher and durango have excellent customer service and excellent trackside support. You wont go far wrong with either car! If i had to choose i would go for the durango, simply because they are built like a tank!

Ben

[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

How does the strength compare between them both? if the schuey had the stegger braces?

[jayst]

i had a cat , was always breaking but now have the durango soooo much better

[racdeaf]

has a cat sx 4wd sold it!
bought a durango pro well pleased with it ! :thumbsup:
in fact it one of the best rc car i own..

[shanks]

neither - get a lazer fs they are better :thumbsup:

[JohnM]

I wasn't aware that they were any other cars other then the Durango:p

[paulc]

I'd go for the Durango these really are a good car like ben said they are built like a tank plus if you do manage to break it spares are quite abit cheaper than schumacher parts. I have owed a Cat sx they are a good car but the Durango is better in my opinion

Paul

[c0sie]

Watching Nathans DEX at the Invernational made me go hard. It were dialled...DEX all the way out of your selection.

[Hulk]

Durango all the way baby!!

Since changing to this car ive had my best results ever!! 2 national A finals so far.

The car is also built like a tank so you will hardly ever need to replace anything.

We also have a close net team who are all really helpful so if youve got any questions or want any tips the just speak to a team driver. Their customer service is excellent and the web site is always updated with set up sheets for loads of different tracks.

Not that im biased or anything :woot:

Craig Collinson

[Rebelrc]

Durango....nuff said:thumbsup:

[sime46]

Durango all the way Shaun if you ask me. Great car plus your bro runs one and is close buddies with big guns in the team so car support would be great. My 410 is awesome and TD really helpfull. Lots of setups around now. No brainer if I were you. :thumbsup:
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[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

Thanks for the advice mate, I am pretty sure that i will be going with durango. The fact that only 2 people out of about 30 have said the SX2 is a little off putting lol All i need now is for Durango to release the 410R :cry:

[mattb]

I wasn't aware that they were any other cars other then the Durango:pyou wont be being at the back of the grid with your dur-wongo:p

[pro4nut]

ignore didn't see other thread

[wacattack]

You'd be mad to not get the Durango. Didn't Tom Cockerill, team Schumacher driver, use his Cougar in 4WD at the Invernational as his Cat was too slow??

[Cockerill]

You'd be mad to not get the Durango. Didn't Tom Cockerill, team Schumacher driver, use his Cougar in 4WD at the Invernational as his Cat was too slow??

No, I used it because I was having problems with my cat which are now sorted, and I wanted to try things with my 2wd. If the car was slow there wouldn't be 3 in the top 10 of the national series and more cats than anything else in the last 4wd A final!!

Didn't I beat every Durango in round 4 with my 2wd Cougar :woot: maybe he should get one of them instead :thumbsup:

[c0sie]

^ ^ Lol

[rc10fan]

Both cars are very good in their own right. I had a cat and it was great the only thing i would say abut the cat it was difficult for me to set it up right but that is just me. The plus side of the wrango is that the diff set-ups are done by changing oils that is it very simple. Very good customer support and very helpful drivers. At the end of the day its all about the thumbs almost every car on the market these days are so advanced there is very little between them. Its 90% driver 10% car or at least that is how i see it. As everyone else has said they are very very strong cars. Some people say that there are 2 cars to go for the TRF 511 or the DEX410 The difference is that the Tamiya is a smooth easy car to drive and the 410 is more advanced and tricky to get to grips with. OPINIONS ARE LIKE ASS HOLES EVERYONE HAS ONE.:p

[steel]

dur-wingo without a doubt:thumbsup:

[Jedi Master]

Durango, there's no other choice here!!:thumbsup:

[wacattack]

No, I used it because I was having problems with my cat which are now sorted, and I wanted to try things with my 2wd. If the car was slow there wouldn't be 3 in the top 10 of the national series and more cats than anything else in the last 4wd A final!!

Didn't I beat every Durango in round 4 with my 2wd Cougar :woot: maybe he should get one of them instead :thumbsup:


Haha wondered if you'd bite

[njc11]

Kyosho Lazer FS/FS2

Extremely under-estimated car... :thumbsup: very well made and strong cars. lots of tuning options aswell.. always being developed to which is good..

The car is very easy to work on and parts are relatively cheap and easy to get hold of...

Rich Cree with his first meet running it at the Petit this year stuck it in the A as did Butch (Si Willets) If you had more top drivers running these in this country, especially at Nationals..i think you would find they would become more popular.. Alot of people run these in Europe and the USA and they win with them! I would imagine you'll see a couple in the Euro A final this year :thumbsup:

Alot of people seem to follow the popular brands.. nowt wrong with that..but try a Lazer FS and you will not be disapointed!

:thumbsup:

[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

It just looks like my Cyber 10B though

[shanks]

Only just caught up with this thread.....

First thoughts are that a large proportion of the people that have commented haven’t actually owned/driven a Laser FS......Surely?

Secondly the results a car achieves at nationals etc is not an accurate reflection of how "good" a car is - it mean's the car was good enough obviously but the driver won the race.

I have run a Durango previously, I’ve had a 501x, pal's have run Cat's and B-max's so I have an understanding of each car including materials, design, engineering precision, how they perform, how strong they are and of course what they are like to work on.

Looking at a Lazer FS and for me its clear the engineering is simply better. Admittedly it does look like other similar cars, say a B-Max and whilst running a Durango i would often take the piss of MattB (FS) calling it a plastic piece of sh**t.

MattB often had the last laugh when either the durango broke or he beat me! - yes he was slightly better, however we have all now realised that the Lazer goes a huge way toward helping you get the car round the track smoothly whilst reducing errors which is what ultimately makes you quick.

I have definitely improved simply from changing to the Lazer and Budfish has done the same. I would challenge anyone to drive my Lazer and not think it was extremely smooth, predictable and generally easy to drive.

Plenty of people (including better driver’s than me) comment how smooth the Lazer look's on the track, they really do seem far more stable - i guess that the triple velvets help a lot there - triple velvets must be the best shock? they do not leak and no other car i know soaks up bumps like a Lazer.

I accept that i don’t actually know what a top-level driver requires from a car (not being one) so perhaps i cant judge whether they would like it? of course the Lazer FS designer did very well at top level recently, as did Rich Cree so the car is clearly able to perform at any level - as i have already said result's do not provide an accurate reflection of how good a car is.

Durability/reliability?

Easy answer Lazer's don’t break as much, they don’t require quite the same level of maintenance as other cars, partly because the materials seem better (im no scientist like!) and partly because the level of engineering and manufacturing is higher than any other car i have seen.

My advice is drive a Lazer before you make a choice so you can actually make up your own mind - i guarantee you will be surprised and impressed.

If we are ever at the same track you are welcome to try mine

They are most definitely a seriously underrated car and there are a lot of “average” drivers out there that would suddenly improve by changing to a Lazer :thumbsup:

[shanks]

My car is the Lazer FS version with the wider FS2 rear arms etc

My set up is also really good - though i can't claim praise for that as its basically a direct copy of MAttB's Lazer FS.

[HyperFX]

... OPINIONS ARE LIKE ASS HOLES EVERYONE HAS ONE.:p

The complete phrase is:
Opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one, and they're all important! :)