I'm with you on the merits of electric over nitro, but I still have a place in my heart for the smell and sound of a finely tuned nitro. The Revo long chassis I have when tuned right could still pull a wheelie and it was fast ass hell when it hit second gear. I kind of miss the Jato... That sucker screamed!!!
The problem was of course getting them finely tuned
I've found everything I used to have in terms of off-road stuff has all been replaced by the X-Maxx. It just does it all and then some. Traxxas really hit a home run with the X-Maxx.
I've seen those Revos though. You can put those things through the ringer and they seem to just ask for more.