I am giving some serious thought to getting back into the hobby after what is now approaching 25 years away, to be honest I am torn between getting something second hand from a name I remember from back in the day, Associated, Schumacher, Kyosho etc or going down the cheaper initial outlay route, FTX. Basically my concern would be availability of spares. I am under no illusions as to what to expect, two decades out is a long long time so I would put myself firmly in the club racer group, but if I start to improve then maybe shoving a few hop ups on and some better radio gear etc is the way to go, or is this just a false economy? after all the top end boys in any club throw quite a lot of money at it and I am coming in completely from scratch. Thank you in advance for any advice, Chris.
PS, I would be going the 4wd route.