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I was in this position just over a year ago, and opted for a Tamiya DB01. Good car, for the money, but I was so annoyed when the hopped up DB01R came out a few months later.

Anyway, as sosidge said, if you opt for an entry level car like that, by the time you have fitted a slipper clutch, proper shocks, alloy suspension mounts, full metal diffs, etc. you could have bought 511 (if you can find one).

Looking back knowing what I know now, I'd have probably gone for a b44. Slightly more money to start with, but it doesn't need much spending on it to make it competitive.

I wanted to get a new car, as then I could get to know it from the ground up when building it.

The other advice I'd give is definitely go brushless/lipo right from the start. I didn't, as I didn't know much about it, was more familiar with brushed set-ups, and thought I'd save money... but I just ended up wasting more.