Seriously the 1/8 Buggies are the best all around car In my opinion. Very durable and versatile. Buggy body and Wing, Short Course Body and Bumpers or even GTP Sreet bodies all fit perfect on 1/8 buggies and make them very custom. (See my avatar 8ight-B and Ofna LX-1E) They make the Ofna LX-2E now for about $200 and you can get coupon for maybe $175 shipped at Tower. Great car for the price...
If you want bigger I'd suggest a D8T only because it is much cheaper in price compared to the other manufactures but also very durable as I said before.
OF COURSE IT WOULD BE ELECTRIC, GET ONE OF MIKES MOUNTS AND RUN A FATTY MOTOR! 1520 OR 1717 ALL DAY!
edit: I DID find out what the emaxx was good for........ Pushing my niece around on her Big wheel (Tricycle). That was fun.