Yeah, I almost gave it up when I bought a new Exceed Forza 1:10Th scale buggy. The receiver wire was hanging by a thread, and broke. The throttle barley opened when I squeezed the trigger. The brakes were on slightly and had to adjust everything to get it in the ball park. When I thought I had it sorted out, i decided to start the engine, it started with in a couple of pulls on the rope. Settled down to a rich fast idle, and would load up and need a blip of the throttle to clear the fuel. After about a minute of running I could smell something was wrong and burning. I pulled the air filter and thumbed the carburetor to kill the engine. The outer case on the front of the engine was hot and smoking and turned blue from heat. I packed it back up in the box to ship it back to the supplier. Called and got a RMA number and shipped it back. I hope I can get my money back? but I doubt that will happen. I think it was the clutch that got hot, the car or buggy must have been built on a Monday or a Friday and a newbie at that. The body was not notched for the antenna or the steering arm, and it was warped and sit to one side of the chassis. Thing is if they send me another buggy and it fails then I'm on my own so they say. Highly disappointed to say the least. All the reviews I read about the buggy were great and everyone was happy with their purchase? So that and the cheap price sold me, I only hope the next one is good.
All the reviews I read about the buggy were great and everyone was happy with their purchase? So that and the cheap price sold me, I only hope the next one is good.
And sometimes you don't and sometimes you buy a name and not the car
I'm not gonna get in a pissing contest over their products, yes my buggy had an issue, and they are taking care of it hopefully. Like I've mentioned my next door neighbor has had his Exceed Forza for over two years with no problems. That's pretty cool I think. Guys these new RC's are new from the ground up. They listened to their customers about what they like to see and have. Even the engine is brand new and been retooled. Sure their are some better models out their if you want to invest more money. I have said it before, the reviews on the Exceed Forza where all great both long term and short term ownership. These last few year models are made to last metal gears roller bearings, metal servo rods. Slipper clutch. The older models had no slipper clutch and had plastic gears and no 24GHz radio like they come with now. Those models were designed to break and that is why Exceed had a bad rep. Competition forced EXceed to get on the right track or go bankrupt. However they exchange the Exceed and have problems, I will be honest and tell the truth either way it goes. I can't wait to get it and break it in and start driving the buggy in our school parking lot. I will not be bashing the buggy, or off roading it or jumping curbs with it. It will be run solely on smooth asphalt, and either early morning or late late evening when it's cooled down. With the way I take care of vehicles with synthetic ball bearing grease and synthetic motor oil for all the joints in the steering arms suspension. Drive shafts shocks and so forth. It will have a good chance to last for a spell.To get a good sample of reviews you have to leave the site trying to sell it to you, asking about it on just about any decent sized
forum would have gotten you a ton of STAY AWAY from them, they are junk! answers from people who got burned by them.
They are $150 cause the quality sucks & are made as cheaply as possible.
I googled "Exceed Forza 1:10Th scale buggy review" & nothing I read would say to me waste $150 on it, sorry but that is the truth.
From one review~
"All in all... I have a hard time endorsing the 1/10 scale Exceed Forza/ Hyper Speed.
The price is definitely appealing, but the cost of replacing parts and ongoing issues far out weigh the benefits the vehicle offers up."
At the end of the day it's your cash to burn.
where have you been parts are everywhere?
Thank you very much!
