Thanks for taking the time to put all that together Roger, everything you say makes sense and is clear to understand for a relative novice.
As a novice to 1/10 electric 4wd then the Kyosho sounds the way to go to be honest, easy set up, low(ish) maintenance, high performance.... Im sold. Kyosho Lazer FS2 coming my way, just a case of when now I guess. Im an impatient and sometimes irrational person when it comes to shopping and spending money so every fibre of my body is itching to get one asap, but the sensible part says to hang fire for a month or two until I can afford it without resorting to living on the breadline for a few weeks. The RB5 hasnt left me much change out of a grand and whilst some things such as the charger could be used for both, in most cases I would need to buy all the electrics again for the FS2 so would prob have another £700 or so outlay to get it up and running. £1600 in the space of little over a month would hurt the pocket somewhat....