Buggies I've owned:

Losi 8ight 2.0 E - Easy to drive, durable, parts wore way too fast...

Hot Bodies Ve8 - Very easy to drive and super stable, weird layout that may require you trimming the motor shaft to clear battery. Needed a good amount of upgrades for the medium outdoor track like, skids, horn, rear shocks and tower. HPI parts support has been very flakey theough GP the past few months too...

Mugen MBX6 Eco - Pretty easy to drive and forgiving since it has am on power push. Durable unless you have a pretty massive crash and you might break a front arm or two. Not sure why people hate the shocks...

Going to run the 6 for the rest of the season and then retire it to a backup/loaner buggy. Either going to get the MBX7 or am EB48.3 if they have one by then...