[cdog4w]

I'm pretty much new to serious RC racing; I picked up some bit-char OEMs and have definitely enjoyed them. Despite all the mods available for bitchars, I feel something is missing from the total package. I have a feeling much of this is also due to the fact that I bought OEMs that are a bit shoddy in quality. When I first received my OEM, it didn't steer very well. I popped it open and played with the steering spring and then it ran perfect. Since then I've been tinkering on and off and now the steering is gone again and I can't seem to fix it (I'll be making a somewhat parallel post in the bitchar forum about it). I was careful when working so it seems a bit arbitrary and is very frustrating. This seriously contributed to me looking into a more serious alternative and the 2 primary names turned up were Mini-Z and Mini-X. They seem to be the 2 easiest entry points to more serious RC racing. I'd love to pick one up but I had a few worries about my ability to enjoy them. I have pretty much no space in my apartment (carpeted except for small chunks of linoleum in kitchen and bathroom) which leaves me with racing outside. Luckily I park in an attached parking garage of which the upper exposed deck is virtually unused. My question is how capable are the Mini-Z's and Mini-X's of running on rough concrete? This is not smooth poured concrete, this is nasty cheap parking garage concrete. Not to mention the divider strips between sections. If these cars would run on somewhat rough surface, which would you reccomend? If you recommend other cars, I would prefer to keep my investment and storage space someone small for now (so I like the scale of these 2 cars). This seems to be the best forum out there so I'm hoping you guys/gals can help me out and answer my questions. Thanks.

CDog.