what touring car

[Kirby]

Dont go for an MI4 it requires alot of maintance due to parts quality i hear, TC5 can be abit weak.

I would reccomend any Xray, i have been with them for a year now with the T2007 and T2009 and they are very forgiving in a crash, and parts quality is brilliant. I have also never had trouble getting parts supply. The FK05 is a brilliant starter car and would suit you better to get into touring cars.

hope this helped

[BlackedOutMugen]

Originally Posted by Kirby

Dont go for an MI4 it requires alot of maintance due to parts quality i hear, TC5 can be abit weak.

You hear very wrong. Schuie parts quality is easily on par with Xray.

The only thing I do to my Mi4 on race days is blow it off and juice up the tires. Only thing I have replaced are diff blades and little parts. But havent broken anything

[Matt_N]

Originally Posted by Kirby

TC5 can be abit weak.

TC5's aren't weak. Touch wood, I haven't broken a C-Hub/wishbone/steering block for a while now on my TC5, it just tends to fall apart, but thats probably to do with my preparation more than anything else lol

Matt

[qatmix]

At my club the A final consists of Tamiya / Schumacher / Corally and Associated. The only cars that fails on reliabilty are the schumachers (diff) and the associated.

[colmo]

I've just started touring car racing myself, and alas, my Academy isn't going to do - its a grand car, but I'll have to order parts from the USA, which is not ideal when the car is not the major expense.

I think I've found a replacement, but as you are in a similar situation, I thought I'd share my thoughts and findings.

I was also of the opinion to start with a new car - I've learned the hard way that cars of unknown history can have issues you don't see if you're a newb.

The £300+ cars were a bit too rich for my blood, so I looked around at the Tamiya TA-05 (there's now a version 2) and the Team Magic EJ4S (distributed by Comet RC - a really cool design, not much information on it though). Both are plastic (not necessarily a bad thing), mid-range cars, like the Xray T2R. The TA-05, in particular, has a reputation as a tank, but with the weight limit dropping to 1350g at my TC club, may be a bit chubby, even with light lipos.

Both would have spares available from the UK, but only by mail order. The same holds true of the Tamiya TRF tourers.

The advantage of the TC5, Mi4 and Xrays is principally spares availability right there, right then. I'll be going this route, I think, despite me wanting the Team Magic!

[qatmix]

The team magic cars are really nice, however they are meant to be susceptible to braking easily in a collision.

The TA05 is a great car. We dont have weight limits at my club, and a TA05 has won the A final on several occasions. Its a fast car thats built like a tank. Vince has not had to change any part of his in 18 months of racing.

[discostu]

to be fair it doesnt matter what tc you buy they are all on par with each other the xray is a safe bet as the kit setup works very well i personly wouldn't get the xray im very partial to the corrally phi but i did win 2 stcc and and a carpet wars with the corrally i also won a wars with an xray and a tc4 but the corrally was by far the easiest but they are not cheapest the mi4 seems to be very good and the 416 also i think the desion needs to be what colour do you want orange blue silver or purple.

stu rand