first competition buggy?!?!?!?
 

hello,i am in the market to buy my first kit,i want a buggy,and i have pretty much came to the conclusion that i want 2wd,for ease pretty much,less that can go wrong/headaches,and my choices have came to the rc10 b6d from AE and the TLR 22 3,obviously i wont be beating it,but as my first car,i want to have a car that can be maintained with some ease,i have never raced,so i hope i can get into something with one of these cars at my local track. Also I hear that losi parts are harder to get for some reason? and that AE plastic is soft and breaks easily,just a couple things i have heard,can i just get a few opinions on the cars and if anyone has had experience that will help me make a decision,i dont really care which one is "better" im just kind of looking for the one that will give me the least amount of issues in the long run :tire: thanks !!

Depends on the local hobby shop. The one I go to has about any/ever part for AE, Losi, and Yokomo as well as others.

I bought a used B5M and couldn't be happier. Saved a ton of $, got a lot of extras.

I've literally beat the living tar out of my car and have not broken any plastic...

I just got back into the scene and picked up a B6D for the exact same reasons you are (racing and learning). I've never raced off-road so I thought it'd be a good place to start. The kit is super easy to work on and i've had some nasty crashes already and haven't broken anything (yet!). The plastic parts have helped up quiet nicely and right out of the box there's nothing i've changed as it feels quite solid. I'm sure as I progress i'll make some tweaks, but for straight out of the box - great kit!

Either one you end up with, I suggest getting a gear diff to start. Ball diffs do work well, but for starters it can be a pain to properly setup a ball diff. Gear diffs just need assembly and fluid.

I'd probably say go B6D or gently used B5M.

I haven't had a chance to run my new B6D yet, but I can tell you that the thing practically fell together. Easiest, most hassle-free build I've ever had. Only issue was a defective shock bushing, which AE cheerfully replaced.

I got back into racing back in December. I went with the 22 3.0 purely for the fact that is comes with more hopups and requires less setup out of the box, per reviews and buddies I race with at the track. I also wanted to not have the same car that 95% of the guys at my track have.

I love my TLR and I was usually a AE guy previously. The plastic on AE wears faster I've seen an heard, and Losi sometimes makes it too hard to get plastic pieces together.

In reality, you will have a great car to start with buying either brand. It's going to come down to your choice. '

Doesn't really matter which one is better, I would look at which has the best parts support. Because running a car thats not locally supported sucks when you break a part that nobody has. At least with AE and TLR, somebody should have a spare even its used. I believe AE and TLR are both very tough. I race carpet and with wooden walls and jumps, I have seem both cars take some major crashes and still keep running.

All valid points, except for perhaps the plastic. The B6/B6D uses a plastic that, by all appearances, is identical to TLR (which is the plastic TLR moved to with their -CR line, IIRC). Gone is the lightweight/fragile plastic of the B4 days.