I've seriously been trying to talk the wife into getting one for our four year old for like two years now. She thinks I'm nuts cuz they are like $400 bucks! haha.
I agree. A stick car shocks the tires MUCH harder and does it several times going down the track. With a big power stick car, the car is much more unsettled going down the track making it more of a challenge to ET well. A well running auto car is nothing more than just point and shoot. Which is great for a track car taking a lot of driver error out of the equation.