Someone please help me here... I am about to buy a buggy today. My choices are between the Swift, the OFNA 9.5 Violator, the Hyper PBS, and the Hyper PCR. This buggy is going to be for bashing and just screwing around with... maybe one day I'll race it, but for now, it's just for fun.
I am new to the world of nitro 1/8 buggies, used to have electric buggies a while back, and just sold my RC10GT Nitro to buy a 1/8 Nitro buggy.
Bassicaly from what I have been reading, the PBS suspension is a better performer and stronger than pretty much any other out there. I am not looking to drop a lot of money, but if and when I break something, I want to be able to run up to the store and get a part... which I can not do for the Swift.
Everything on the Swift is so incredibly attractive and it really seems to be the best for the money, however the parts thing and from what I have been reading, gear mesh, CVJ pins and everything else seems to be an issue as well. I don't want to have to screw around with it too much and don't want problems out of the box... or potential problems anyway. I don't want to have to tear the diff boxes down to check gear mesh... defeats a RTR kit. I want to gas and go.
As far as the OFNA... +'s are that parts are everywhere and everyone has them, so help is right around the corner where ever you go. The down is that the electronics are junk bassicaly from what I read and you have to spend quite a bit of money to come close to the Swift.
All I want is good bank for my buck... I am not neccessarily going to race it for now, but I also want quality, I like nice things... so I don't want to cheap out too bad, but I want to be able to beat on it without worrying about anything other than the parts that I break... at which point I don't want to have to search forever to find them... I want to run up to the store on my lunch hour and pick it up.
Can you guys point me in the right direction? Like I said, I am goign to make a move today... I am just stuck now as to what to go with. I don't want to spend too much over $500 if I don't have to. Please help guys. Thank you so much!
I am new to the world of nitro 1/8 buggies, used to have electric buggies a while back, and just sold my RC10GT Nitro to buy a 1/8 Nitro buggy.
Bassicaly from what I have been reading, the PBS suspension is a better performer and stronger than pretty much any other out there. I am not looking to drop a lot of money, but if and when I break something, I want to be able to run up to the store and get a part... which I can not do for the Swift.
Everything on the Swift is so incredibly attractive and it really seems to be the best for the money, however the parts thing and from what I have been reading, gear mesh, CVJ pins and everything else seems to be an issue as well. I don't want to have to screw around with it too much and don't want problems out of the box... or potential problems anyway. I don't want to have to tear the diff boxes down to check gear mesh... defeats a RTR kit. I want to gas and go.
As far as the OFNA... +'s are that parts are everywhere and everyone has them, so help is right around the corner where ever you go. The down is that the electronics are junk bassicaly from what I read and you have to spend quite a bit of money to come close to the Swift.
All I want is good bank for my buck... I am not neccessarily going to race it for now, but I also want quality, I like nice things... so I don't want to cheap out too bad, but I want to be able to beat on it without worrying about anything other than the parts that I break... at which point I don't want to have to search forever to find them... I want to run up to the store on my lunch hour and pick it up.
Can you guys point me in the right direction? Like I said, I am goign to make a move today... I am just stuck now as to what to go with. I don't want to spend too much over $500 if I don't have to. Please help guys. Thank you so much!
Thanx again.
