Mate,
I believe their is a load of good second hand buggies out their with everyting you need to get started, you just got to seek them out i would recomend going to tracks as a lot of people are unloading old buggies after 6 or 7 races cos they didnt meet their expections!!!! , and usually racers look after them better ie shock oils , diff oils air filters after run oil, believe me their is a lot of choice out their , i just bought a xray for 120 quid 2011 and its brill, also a mate of mine got a losi 2.0 eu unbuilt kit , 3 race old losi 2.0 eu , 3 engines picco go and os more spares again to build another buggy 20 set of tyres , and a starter box plugs for 550 quid,
I actually got a vid of us running them yesterday (shameless plug ) i will post it in another thread if u want just a comparison of a xray and losi cos people are mentioning them here