I really need help deciding on which buggy to buy.

I will be doing a bit of bashing and racing.

I have narrowed it down to three cars:- Ofna Hyper 7 PBS, Power Racing Swift, and the Lightning Pro.

Please can someone help, I'm driving my wife nuts trying to decide what to get.

Thanks,

Shane.

Hi, look at the new bergonzoni or the mbx5

www.bergonzoni.it

I would go with Hyper 7

i would go with the hyper!

best bang four your buck; by far

I'm with Lynx on this one, the Hyper 7 gives you the best deal while staying reletively inexpensive. Plus, they are tough for the bashing side of it and they have good track handling for the competitive racer.

If you're heavy into racing and money isn't an object, I recommend the Kyosho Kania buggies or the Mugen MBX5. They are racing machines and you won't be disapointed. You won't want to bash them though.

If you're looking to bash or if you kind of new, I suggest the new Hyper PCB or PBS or whatever it is. The stock engine (Hyper .21 8-port) is good for club racing and has some pretty good top end. It also comes with a starterbox. It's not great quality from what I hear but that fact that it includes on is kind of cool. This is probably you best all-around buggy right now.

The Swift is new and I really haven't heard much about it yet. I know the stock engine is the same that comes in the Inferno Sports -- and that's not a good thing. It has a sweet radio though which is a plus. It also has some carbon fiber for the bling bling department too.

I personally picked the Lightning Pro. It has deficencies, but it has the strongest chassis for the least amount of money. I haven't seriously raced it yet, but it's marketed as an out-of-the-box club racer (everything is race legal). When you weigh out the pluses and minuses, the chassis is a slightly better than a Kyosho Inferno MP 7.5 (kit version). If you're an expierenced hobbyist on a budget and looking for a kit for club racing, this is the way to go. You can sell the stock engine and pipe on ebay and recoup $100 from the $300 it costs. Then you buy a good radio and a good engine and you're still atleast $300 a head of the other kits out there. The downside is the RTR equpment is weak -- engine, pipe, wheels, body, wing. The other sad thing is the complete lack of company support. Hot Bodies isn't going to help you with this. It's a figure-it-out-for-yourself kind of a deal.

I have no problem with the weak engine, pipe, wheels, body and wing. I would upgrade those parts on an other RTR buggy anyway. Also, I love to figure stuff out. It was a great learning expierience when I purchased it. I was a little leary cause of the price -- $300 for everything but a radio!?!?! My newbie purchase was a Duratrax and the "get what you pay for" lesson was still ringing in my head. I got it anyway and I'm glad I did. When you see the buggy, wiggle the wheels and hold it in your hands, it's amazingly how sturdy and solid it is -- just like any other kit-built buggy. "Cheap" surely only describes the Lightning Pro's price tag.

Anyway, I like the Lightning Pro but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. Good Luck with your purchase.

-RobH

The above post has to be one of the best I have ever seen. It gives a personal recommendation while not bashing other brands. It gives clear and concise points with both positives and negatives, and is backed up with factual data. Everyone take a look, this is a quality post. Much better than "get this" "get that, this sucks" Thanks, Rob.

I was just thinking the same thing...then I read your reply.

Great post RobH

No problem. I only wish I had more racing experience under my belt. I have no clue how the above buggies handel in comparison to each other. It sounds like he wants to mainly bash so I guess that's OK.

hotshot, I see you're from Australia. The Lightning Pro is sold under the name "Sacker Pro" and it's sold by Ming Yang down there. Racing Lines Magazine from down that way reviewed the Sacker Pro in I think June of last year if you want even more info.

Hyper 7 PBS is by far the biggest bang for your buck and by the time you've bought a high torque servo (which you would have to for any other 1/8th kit), various springs and oils then it is a bargain. I have been racing Hypers for some years now and hae sen mine drie away from things that have crippled other buggies (incl. kanai 2, 3s, MBX 5's and storms).