Saturday, October 24, 2009

How To Buy A Hot Dune Buggy.

By Peter Pulaton

So you've decided to buy a dune buggy. You have had a dune buggy before, you're new to the sport, and it looks great. It's time to get involved and buy yourself a dune buggy. But before you get out there and buy there's a few things you need to consider.

The first is to decide if you should build or buy a dune buggy. Now for many that's just not an issue. Building a dune buggy is a long process that requires skills, and lots and lots of time. And you don't take it on lightly. Dune buggies are like any other vehicle, if you decide to build one you really need to know what you're doing. Don't try to build your own buggy unless you're confident.

Otherwise you need to find a good dune buggy for sale and buy it. There's lots of dune buggies for sale, but not all of them will suit your needs. So here's a few more things for the dune buggy buyer to think about.

Firstly decide what your needs are. Where are you going to drive your buggy and what do you want it to do? For example there are many who just want a hot buggy to cruise the streets. That's fine, but if you you've got different needs to someone who wants to do some serious sand driving.

So the buggy you buy needs to be street legal. No reason to buy a buggy then find out that it's illegal to take it onto the road. And you won't need four wheel drive either, so rule that out. No need to spend money on something you'll never need.

How many people will you need to carry? Now you're not going to be taking the whole family shopping in your buggy, but there are still plenty of people who love to take along someone else. Maybe you'd like to take your girlfriend with you on a sand dune weekend. No use in a single seater. And you can buy buggies that take 4 people, though there's not many.

What size do you want? This relates to what you want to do with your buggy, but there's some other factors involved too. How much storage space do you have? It wouldn't be the first time someone bought a buggy then found they couldn't fit it into the garage.

And have you got a trailer? If not then you have to buy one but if you already have a trailer then the buggy you buy has to fit, or else you have to buy another trailer.

And you need to find out more about dune buggy lingo. Like many sports there is a language all it's own and to fit in you need to learn it. What is a sandrail? What is a Baja Bug?

And finally, learn as much as you can about motors and how they work. Whether you want to or not you'll be doing plenty of dirty hands on work. Even if you've decided that buying a buggy is the way to go for you because you couldn't build one, be prepared for plenty of time spent with hot oily hands. Driving a buggy is a heap of fun, but it comes with it's own work, and if you're new you need to understand the basics of mechanics, and be prepared to get your hands dirty and learn fast. That's fun too, but it's all part of being a buggy driver.

This is, I'm sure, a little simple to someone who's owned buggies for years, but for the beginner who wants to buy their first dune buggy that's the basics. You need to do your homework and find out what your needs are and do some serious learning. Get started learning but don't buy until you know what your needs are.

And start saving for your first dune buggy today. Whilst it's a relatively cheap form of motor sport it's not entirely cheap. There are some great places to buy cheap dune buggies online, I have them on my website. But you need to get those dollars in the bank. Get started.

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