Forgive me if this has been beaten to death but I did not find anything specific to my request.


What 4x4 buggy would you recommend for the following:

affordable ($200-$300 complete)
fun and powerful
parts easily obtained
bashing around the local track and maybe the occassional race

I had read in another forum where someone mentioned the Tornado bb Pro. It seems to fit everything perfectly but I fo not know much about the car. Lots of aluminum parts, good/decent motor, digital controller, etc.

Thanks for the suggestions and again, sorry if this is a bit beaten to death.

PktChg

Redcats are great parts ez to get and hop ups.. as for the BB pro, I would just go for the BB personaly, I own one.

i own a tornado bb. pretty rigid

PktChg Check out the Thunder Tiger EB-4 S2. I would recomend that over the Redcat just because Thunder Tiger has been around a long time and have a great reputation, where redcat has only been around 5 years or so and I have not heard much about them until 2007.

The Thunder Tiger is a good buggy for the price range your looking for. link below

http://www.thundertiger4u.com/thunde...d-p-13277.html

hyper7, dont own it, but being on forums for a couple of years I've seen about 14 threads ending with people like yourself buying hyper7's with $200-300 price range

From an owners stand point they are great, perfect for what your prob looking for, check it the Redcat forums if you want a few more opinions

spend $21 more and go 2wd buggy with the Traxxas Bandit VXL. Fast, durable, fun, and fast again.

your budget is high enough to get one of the best buggies

the losi xxx-cr
the AE B4

both are far higher quality than anything mentioned so far

the only thing is that they're 2wd

excuse me?

umm.... biggest understatement of 2007. there's buggies that go up to 800USD (only kits)....... browse around......
you cant seriously believe you can get a great buggy for....$100radio/servos+$100engine+$10oil=$80???

now that I've looked around a bit more, I think I'll put a few more dollars in and get a 1/8th scale with larger engine......the hurricane xp pro (i like all the aluminum upgrades.) Can anyone tell me if the parts are easily found at the local hobby shop or are they pretty much online???? Are the parts for this car compatible with another popular brand I might find at locally???

Well just remember, generally aluminum is softer than some of these resins and plastics and once its bent, its time for a replacement. Plastic and resin flex and is lighter than aluminum.

Id get a hyper 7. There really, Really stong, tons of fun... very popular so if something goes wrong theres loads of people to ask and parts ar eeasy to find and reasonably cheap. Go on youtube and type in the names of cars people recomend, you can see how good they fit your needs then.

Ha yeah I am sure you will get unbiased answers from the redcat forums.

if you read my post, you'd notice I'd suggested 1:10 electric 2wd buggies

why get a low rent, offbrand nitro when you can have something nice instead

Hurricane Xp is good is just as good also without all the hop-ups, but if thats whta your looking for the great, there a tuff 1/8th. but alot of redcat parts are starting to be sold in LHS, but they are still found very easily on a website, and there in alot of compatible parts from HPI, Team Losi etc..

keyword:electric -didnt see it, lol. and certainly didnt think they were 1/10scale. After reading 'your budget is high enough to get one of the best buggies' and immediately after that 'both are far higher quality than anything mentioned so far '. I figured you were talking nitro. i see now. lol, sorry, im allergic to misinformation.