It’s time. You’re new to the sport of dune buggy driving, but you’ve seen enough, it looks hot. Now it’s time for you to get involved and buy that first dune buggy. But before you buy there’s some 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.

So it sounds like you’re not building one now, you’re buying. But although there are a lot of dune buggies for sale not all of them are what you want. Here’s a few things to look out for as a first time dune buggy buyer.

First comes a consideration of your needs. What do you need your buggy to do? For example there are many who just use their buggy to cruise the streets, not that there’s anything wrong with that. But if so your needs will be quite different to someone who wants to get into the sand.

For example it needs to be street legal. No point in buying a buggy and finding out that you can’t take it on the road. And there’s really no point in buying a buggy with great four wheel drive for instance, if it doesn’t need 4wd to cruise the streets. You’re just spending money on something that you don’t 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 if you don’t know it now you’re going to need to get started on learning the basics of mechanics. You don’t have to be an expert but if you’re into dune buggies you’re going to be working on motors, so start learning. It’s fun and it’s a part of the sport.

This may all sound a little simplistic to the experienced dune buggy owner, but for someone looking to buy their first dune buggy that’s the basics. Do your homework, establish your needs. Don’t build unless you’re confident in your skills and buy, but only once you know exactly what you need.

And of course set aside some money. There are some great places where you can find cheap dune buggies for sale, but even so expect it to cost a bit. It’s motorsport, and owning a dune buggy is no exception.

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