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Originally Posted by qatmix
If buying new, then you can get an Ansmann ARE-2 kit. They are actually not that bad for starting out. They are also pretty strong.
You are stuffed if you want to buy anything else new for that price. Second hand there are a lot of old touring cars knocking around, unfortuantely spares can be an issue.
Tamiya TA05's are great, and you can get cheap parts. TT01's are practically indestructible and handle quite neutrally in stock form, but they are not adjustable like the TA05's
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be aware the ARE-2 is pretty much discontinued.
To be honest for £100 these days getting an RTR touring car or a kit for less than £100 is nigh on impossible. You may be able to get a Maverick TC for just over the £100 mark but really you are looking at something like an Mi1 if you want to compete but in saying that you may be able to pick up an old Schumacher Mission (exactly the same car, just the older version, not the reissue) for about £30 on the bay of e or by shopping around in the 2nd hand market.
TT-01's are pretty easy to come by & as was said bulletproof, but Tamiya these days are getting silly on pricing & to spend the £200 or so on a TT-01 & all the radio gear, cheap electrics etc & whatever option parts you need (bearings for starters) to get you going, you may as well buy a superstox or a buggy & have some change in your pocket.