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Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 4:37:55 AM   
thopper


 

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Status: offline 		Why do people buy the low cost junk buggies...save money? That never works in the long run you pay more.
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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 4:54:55 AM   
SD2006


 

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So... What prompted you to post this?

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 5:04:43 AM   
sfar785


 

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Status: offline 		some people aren't born with deep pockets and buy what they can afford...or they don't wanna blow a ton of money on something they're not sure they'll be interested in....or the same reason you posted this question, we're just not sure

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 5:59:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Because they are not sure weather this hobby is right for them, or to have something to learn on, get started with, or think they are getting a 'deal'.

Or, god forbid, think what they are buying is better then more expensive equipment.

You get what you pay for.

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 6:12:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Its like this.. Your son turns 16 and gets hes drivers licence, are your going to run out and by him a $50,000 vett or a $500 beater? Same thing applies. Once you get better perhaps they will get a better buggy or truggy, but to learn on its fine to run a older hyper 7-8 sp1 or what ever the case might be.
When I started out I had a 2wd rush evo, then got a hot bodies lsp then a hyper 8. Now all I own is kyosho buggies and truggies. I have a revo to for just bashing and running cats over .


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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 6:22:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well in my situation Im just aquiring things that I need so most of my money goes to tools, broken parts, equipment so that leaves a very limited budget for the cars themselves. But, I havent bought anything no name, it was just the sportwerks kits.

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 6:49:41 PM   
wrob


 

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Status: offline 		I've been learning the hard way...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Never ending...
A low cost buggy can cost you more quite fast and you may never get the problems solved.

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 9:25:06 PM   
Stunt4life


 

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Status: offline 		If you can buy it without taking out a 2nd morgage on your house then its a cheap car!!

Lol, why buy the 4$ loaf bread when some company makes the same stuff for 85 cents, is their reasoning imo.


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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 10:01:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been rcn for a couple years and just this early spring went 1/8 scale(after seeing nearby nitro indoor track) . . . I basically jumped right in bought truggy then I bought the wrong buggy(mayhem for $250)then bought 2 8ight rollers ... found real good deals ...all ebay auctions that were not sold and made offer a couple hours after auction ... then had to make upgrades lot of rebuild time and so on ...I wont say how much I have spent ... its took a lot to get both race ready with back up parts to rely on etc ... buying everything for a couple racing intermediate buggy/truggys isnt that bad if you work a descent job and have patience ...

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 10:49:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		I bought a DNA racing buggy from ebay because my friend had a buggy. come to find he has a redcat buggy so a cheap buggy owner suggested a cheap buggy to me. nothing but probs. so I see a you tube race and decide a 1/8 is for me. I start looking and dang these things are expensive so back to ebay. tryying to find a bargain see an XTM do a lil research its supposed to be a good buggy. I buy the buggy and I love it goes everywhere and is fast compared to my previous buggy. So the engine in this buggy starts giving me a fit and its a pullstart so you no my pain. I finally get fed up and swear off pullstarts gonna get me a good engine with a bumpbox. Buy a RB S3 whaaaat a difference Put the motor in the xtm find out this buggy is not built to race. 2 weeks later I buy a LOSI wooooowww. This is what I been missing. Long story shorter got aalot of bad advice in the beginning. spent enough money in the beginning to have 2 LOSI's.

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 11:05:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		if you buy a cheep car you will learn more wrenching than driving so they are not totally pointless, good wrenching is key to rc racing. i started into rc racing with $125 investment then had to go buy gas at the lhs. been hooked ever since and i've learned a lot along the way. many thousands of dollars later i still have that ol smartech in a box or drawer somewhere in parts.

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 11:22:57 PM   
mabuecker


 

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Status: offline 		I agree wrenching helps ... a cheap buggy has pros ... man there just aint nothing like a real race buggy .. from racing to wrenching on them its all part of the experience ...

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 11:46:14 PM   
markind



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Status: offline 		Hi all I'm a nOOB to Nitro, and total nOOB to buggies.

I just bought a Robitronics Protos from Tower for $255 delivered. Since I have nothing, I figured I would get radio and everything and drive the thing right away. On inspection, I could tell its a 'please don't crash and be nice to me' kind of model.

It took some wrenching but my son and I followed the directions, which were very good. After doing double the specified break-in, we took a quart of fuel through it and had a great time. At full speed, it would certainly explode if you rammed a curb, but we had a big empty parking lot and despite a couple close calls, one decent bump and flip-over, the model survived without needing repairs.

Just need new tires though! ha we shredded the stock ones. I think the brakes are done too...

This RTR cheap-o won't win us any medals, but we'll get some fun out of it and hopefully not break the bank!

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/18/2008 11:51:56 PM   
mabuecker


 

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Status: offline 		Its all for fun either way ...

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RE: Why do they buy junk? - 7/19/2008 12:12:14 AM