[JERRY2KONE]

Comparing an R/C car ($400-$2000) to a 1:1 vehicle ($16K - $30K) is hardly a fair comparison. But at the same time it all depends on your use of said vehicle. If you have a car that you drive to and from work on a daily basis having a spare engine is not the norm, because you expect this vehicle to stand up to the normal punishments of daily driving for quite some time due to the many years of history that has gone into the design, manufacturing, and testing of these vehicles.

On another hand if you are driving a Jeep that you take into the mountains every weekend and you beat the snot out of it, then having backup equipment is expected if you wish to continue this hobby. This is a hobby that is constantly going through changes with experimental equipment, and as we have all seen there are periodic failures due to missuse and even manufacturers faulty design or just bad components. Keeping spares is the norm in this hobby. If you do not then you are going to suffer some down time waiting for replacement parts.

This particular ESC has only been on the market for a short time and expecting CC to turn around repairs so quickly is just unrealistic. If there are any hardware or software issues related to this controller they are focused on resolving those first and foremost, because it just makes good business sense. I am sure that you would not want them to rush a replacement out to you just to have it die on you for the exact same reason. Communication is the key and I am surprized that Joe has not stopped in to respond, but in fact I have not seen him in here much at all lately. Try calling CC dirctly and talking with one of their reps.