I just what to weigh in on the diffs, My e-revo has snapped pinion shafts on 4s power and turned pinion gears into razor blades on 6s. My BL XL runs 4s and I went threw about 4 diffs before I did the CEN GEN conversion. (so far so good on the conversion). I firgured that the flux would have diff problem too, I had heard it used a "new" design (different material?) but I haven't opened one up yet. When I bash I take both trucks (revo & XL) becasue they are both a blast to drive. XL will out jump the erevo any day of the week.

At my local track, there's a surprising number of people running Savages. There's probably more Savages than T-Maxxes and Revos combined. It's just what people like I guess.

No question, however since Traxxas is releasing a BL E-Revo, and as yet not a BL E-Maxx, the two brushless monsters are being compared.

I honestly don't know why Traxxas even makes the E-Maxx still. It's $80 cheaper, sure, but I've never heard of people taking a stock E-Maxx out and not breaking something. I can see why people may give Traxxas a bad rap based on that truck, but the E-Revo is in a completely different league in almost all aspects.

The E-Maxx still sells, and the replacement parts is where they really make their money. Though I do agree that the E-Revo is the superior truck, I've broken A-Arms on my E-Maxx, E-Revo, and most recently on my Savage Flux. No RC will take all abuse. And with RPM parts, the E-Maxx is darn near bulletproof.