I take it you are talking about freewheeling ... might not matter under everybodys circumstances although in some I would say it does , what kind of buggy are you refering to ? some buggys need freewheel and some dont ... if this is what you are talking about then your answere is that everybodies drive/race style is different and some prefer some and some prefer none (freewheel) ... a couple months ago there was a thread with several comments from several people about several types of buggies and styles and so forth ... I freewheel with my buggy and trug and some more technical track set-ups I might have almost no freewheel