I never bought the Escudo but have thought about it many a time after reading the things on this board about it. I used my Skyline for two endurance races and after those I really felt like buying the Escudo and finding some tape and a twisy tie ( nice one Jordan, i think it was you). But i stopped doing those and i use an Evo 7 for the rally races so hey, maybe down the road i'll try her out.