I ordered the car from UDIRC directly and it came quickly. I installed a XC C-10 ESC (120amp) and built a parallel wiring harness before I ran it. I ran it on 2 POVWAY 3s 5200mAh (10800 mAh total) for almost an hour.
I love how it drives, watching the suspension over chunky terrain is almost mesmerizing. The temps stayed decent the whole time and nothing broke. It does smooth smaller jumps very well.
I don't know if I would recommend this as a first car though (it can traction roll pretty easily), but it is a must have in my opinion for someone who has been in the hobby. I got mine on sale with a promo code for $370, which is a bargain IMO. I think it should definitely come with the parallel harness and probably a 120 amp esc at full price though. I will be tuning the diffs soon which I think will improve the traction roll.
I use Dumborc in almost all of my RC's so it coming with one installed was a plus. I will be paring it to my DDF-350 at some point.
Great Desert Truck!