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That should be Castle's and HPI's (even traxxas's) 'line':-

1.noob cooks esc through over gearing/ massive tires/ tall grass etc, send it to castle for repair.
2.castle kindly repairs/ replaces cooked esc, but includes a note to say that excessive gearing in the wrong conditions (tires/ grass etc) will result in further meltdown, will not warrenty the esc if same thing happens again.
3. noob cooks esc again 'cos da manual says 6s + tall gearing am okay', sends it to castle.
4. castle say 'get knotted' because they didnt heed the warning **from the esc & motor manufacturer no less**, forces noob to pay for non-warrenty repair.
5. noob cries to all his mates about paying the repair fee, hopefully warns them about overgearing.

In an ideal world that is....