The Rustler was my first R/C. At one point, I had a 13T Trinity motor in it. Those were the days of 1700mAh, NiCd batteries. Loads of fun for a tick over five minutes. That was a fun little truck. The best part was that nobody made hipo parts for it. I always had to get creative piecing together mods.
I moved on to racing touring cars. I ran TC3s in stock class at the local track for almost two years. Started with a racer model, then moved to the factory team. I don't think I ran the FT long enough to properly break it in. The older car really seemed faster. Asphalt in the summer, carpet in the winter. I wish I never sold my equipment. I dumped it all on Ebay in the fall of 2004.