Yeah snappers can get expensive. I would say get somethign that has a Kohler engine in it, this one time one came in, guy forgot to change the oil after a few years and he said it made this weird noise when it runs. well... we fired it up and it was running but only off of one cylinder (it was a twin) and so we were like, "lets open it up". when we did, we found that the rod that connected left rod that connected the piston to the crank was completely busted!!! I'm still amazed that it was still running strong with ONE cylinder. It was just funny to say the least, I can't even imagine what this thing sounded like when it happened, but it didn't sound that bad considering it circumstances. XD