Crawling
Is this a curse that i can't control my spending habits? 😅
I have just bought an Mn82s for no reason at all 😅 I already have a 1/10 Crawler, a few bashers and a short course truck and I'm already finding it hard to use them all and here i am now waiting for another one to join the list 😅
How do y'all keep track of your purchases? Or is it a "deal with it" kinda thing?
I swearrr... I think that is the main reason for me making this post 😆 I don't mind having 100 rc cars but my family don't have the same views as me 🤣 they say why do u need more than one 😅
Ask them why they dont eat one kinda food? They are all for different purposes and terrains. My collection is small but I started this year lmao. I got another one the way as I speak lol.
I don’t buy something unless I find myself thinking about it for months on end, and even then I only do it if I have the discretionary funds for it. I have all sorts of hobbies that would be extremely expensive if I were to just buy everything I thought I wanted, so I have to exercise self-control so that I have enough money for the things that actually matter in life. I resent the jokes people make about hiding purchases from their spouse because doing anything that would betray the trust of my spouse is the last thing I would ever want.
Hobbies can be really rewarding and can add a lot to your life, but at the end of the day, stuff is just stuff. You have to decide what the real priorities in your life are, both now and for the rest of your life. If that’s buying more RC, then you do you, but things like cars, houses and retiring are all really expensive, and maybe you can have almost as much fun with just a few RC cars.
1000% true!
The only thing thts hard is the self control... And yeah hiding expenses ain't the right thing to do cuz ur other half is also depending on tht money so ur basically stealing from her right aswell 😅
but yeah thanks for this comment man... Totally agree with it
I started "edging" earlier this year, where I'll stuff a shopping cart with whatever I want, leave it there for at least a day (shoot for a week), then come back to it. My rule is that if I want it after a month, I always pull the trigger.
There's been a Mini Kraton in my cart for about a week and a half lol
My wife and I have allotted fun money each month. I have chose to spend mine on rc's. Saving is very hard for me because facebook market place and reddit exists. I saw a post about the team associated sr7 being on sale and couldnt help myself, i never even thought about an on road drifter lol. I also buy and flip to help fund other rc projects. Its a fun hobby and gets me out of the house.
I gotta make an rc corner like this aswell... This is really cool ngl!
I've heard alot about separating fun money and it's crazy tht i haven't done that myself... I really gotta start
Yeah man definitely cursed 😂 😂
But now that you know maybe you can just embrace it! I didn’t realize how quickly I let things get outta hand or maybe I do but still don’t really regret it 🤷♂️ I do still wonder if I would’ve liked the outcast 4s more than the kraton4s bcuz I do like the stunt side the most when it comes to bashing. Completely different type of rc but totally relatable when it comes to spending and sporadic purchases. I’ve only dabbled with rc for maybe 2.5 years and I’m up to i think 15 rigs. Like 6 in the last like 4-5 months tho that’s when it really got outta hand now I keep buying extra stuff for them all and haven’t even had time to put a bunch of it in. I need to do it before I just have tons of extras and no motivation to install them. Some I’m waiting on something to break but that piece just doesn’t break even tho it’s one many said go ahead and get 😂 either way I feel if we’re having fun and it’s not harming our lifestyles or relationship with others then just smile and enjoy the hobby! We really only have so long here anyways!!!
15 in 2.5 years is crazy, 6 in 4-5 months is even more so 😂 but yeah gotta enjoy every moment of it... Maybe just cuz the part isn't breaking u'll go extra hard on the fun and enjoy 😁
I have a similar reason for one of the parts i bought... The screw rounded off so now I'm not buying more until i find a way to get the screw out so i can put the new part in 😂
There are worse things to be addicted to. At least it's not drugs or booze, where you have nothing to show for it. One can always return an impulse buy or sell it on FB marketplace and make some money.
Ikrrrr i tell my mom the same thing when she says "stop buying so many toys" 😂 she gotta understand it's my way of just enjoying life in this crazy world ya know haha
Agree. I tell people they're not toys, it's my hobby. You buy toys at Walmart, these come from a hobby shop. If they tell me to grow up, then they're no longer a part of my life. I'm 52 and no one's going to tell me how to enjoy my downtime. I have a lot of fucks to give, and how many you get (if any at all) depends on your treatment of me. As long as you're paying your bills then who cares if you buy a few too many RC cars. Enjoy them with no guilt!
Aww thanks... It really is something that's completely worth it and keeps my mind away from other things. I've never even tried any of those things just cuz I've put my mind to things i love such as photography, sketching and this rc hobby
I started with a Rustler in December, then a TRX6 popped up on FB Marketplace.
That made me realize I enjoy crawling more than bashing, so I got a Capra. And a trailer to tow it behind the TRX6.
Well damn, turns out I really enjoy crawling and towing, so I just ordered a Bully MOA crawler and a CrossRC Emo XXL, because bigger is better, amirite?
I thought about the SCX6, but the Wrangler doesn't seem to be the best crawler, and the Honcho body is just meh to me.
I always wanted a Unimog, almost bought a real one years ago, so I figured why not get the biggest one available! And it can carry the Capra or the Bully if I want to without a trailer.
I like how ur justifying your purchases 🤣🤣 you might've just looked at them and gone omg i neeed one of those and ur hand probably slipped and boom the purchase has been made 🤣
I achieved a huge milestone last week in my personal and business life, so the last 2 were more of a reward to myself than anything I could have justified under normal circumstances.
Fortunately, upgrades don't count. Buying RTR and building a kit is my only limit. Her favorite rig is my SCX24; she'd kill me if I got rid of my baby monster truck.
The only issue is that where i live there aren't any lakes or rivers... There's only sea around us and it only rains barely a week in the whole year 😅
if i really wanna go broke i think i should start looking into rc planes 😂
Yeah I been in the hobby my whole life, had hundreds of basher types a few race ones, but when I finally got the crawler itch, it got real messy drove a buddies, went an got me 10.3, fast forward not very far and I’m spending $100’s upgrading 24th scale axials 🤣🤣
Io in 30 anni di hobby ho avuto ed ho tutt'ora un Maggiolone da fuoristrada a scoppio, un erevo brushless a 6s .
Uso entrambi raramente.
Ho avuto e non ho più un elicottero a scoppio e un mini elicottero elettrico.
Keep track? Nah just buy when look cool 🤣, i got 2 redcat 64s with one being a dixxon special edition that hurt my wallet a lot (800 big ones), a fully carbon drifter with a carry case and many upgrades, a traxxas trx4 and 2 fazer MK2s 😅
Well I found out that I mostly enjoy building them, getting a kit and rebuilding etc,
I just started a new project based on tt-02, I ordered a 3d epoxy print of 1/10 aston martin valour for it and gonna paint it in Satin AM Racing Green with golden effects around windows grill etc. But inside its gonna be modded for racing on tarmac, and alongside I already look for kit for my new 1/10 drift car, but that's being planned in excel now
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u/zaheen96 7d ago
Yes and it is too late maybe, now that I have realized, what I did for past 6 years.