A couple of days ago, I found myself with a couple of charged stick packs, and my friend's Electric Rustler. I had to try it.

Turning- It turns predictably both on power and off, with a wider arc on power. It isn't fancy, but is very solid, perfect for a beginner to practice with. It doesn't have many tuning adjustments to be able to change it's handling.

Acceleration- The rustler accelerates well, even with the gear ratio adjusted for a higher top speed. You can easily add a couple of teeth to the pinion gear. If your pack is relatively fresh, you can slam the truck from forward to reverse, and be able to wheelie with it. If the pack is freshly peaked, you can wheelie over, onto your lid in the grass. Also, on woodchips, this truck throws a violent rooster tail with it's stock tires, making me, a guy who's been in the hobby for a while, go 'Ahhhhh!'

Jumping- My favorite part. It needs a few adjustments to be perfect. Right away, stick the biggest pre-load spacers on the front shocks. The truck wants to nose-dive off of jumps, and you can't move the battery to make up for it.

In the air, it is slow reacting, but that makes it easier to learn on. You need to either soften up the rear end or stiffen up the front, since it nose-dives off of jumps out of the box.

I was able to get about 4 feet of air Max out of the rustler, but that's plenty for a beginner's truck.

Durability- Nothing serious. I did blow off a shock cap of a jump, landing on my front tires, but I simply just topped off the shock and went on my way. When jumping, I have discovered that if you land on the motor mount a few times, the motor will slide out of alignment with the pinion gear. This has happened in both the rustler and the stampede in my experience. Just simply take off the gear cover, slide the pinion gear into mesh with the spur gear, and tighten the screw mounting the motor. Use threadlock too.