Why are so many people selling up?
 

Looking in the for sale section at the min there are a number of people selling up:o. Whats going on?

Yea ive wonderd that also ! Seems abit of a shame :o

Most likely is pressures of modern working life ..... I know that has taken me close to selling up a few times over the last couple of years.

Next most likely is the rising cost of living, especially fuel ...... I run an efficient diesel (modded and remapped to suit) and still shudder to think how much it costs me now just to get to a meeting .... cost of fuel limits funds for racing kit like tires at the meeting.

Even when i worked away and was only home at the weekends i never dreamt of selling up, its something i look forward too for the weekend. Now i work fairly local (i can go home at night) i still bang in 50 hours from monday to friday.

What i am trying to say is, i think it depends on how you see the hobby/sport, some do it because their dads want them too, some do it for the social side and some do it for the competition or both. Right now i would rather halve my wage and be at home and not feel guilty about going away at the weekends. That way her indoors doesn`t moan either.

If i was still racing on road i think i would be doing very little racing though. Just cos its GAY:lol:

Well, i am part of the selling up group at the moment and this is only due to my first child arriving in 7 weeks. I want to spend as much times as possible at home with them!!

Selling my gear now while its still worth something, as im sure in a couple of years when i return it will be worth pennies and ill want new stuff, like 1 turn brushless and 10,000mah lipo!!!

I was just going to say, maybe there is an age revolution going on, and they are at the time of their life where little rug rats are appearing, and it is dam hard to put the effort into house-misses-little un-racing, one of them has to give, although, after being there and done that.... I would say, sell the stuff that won't be worth much in a year or so, but stuff like car, radio gear and electronics, guard with your life and hide it in the attic..... if you don't come back, hold onto it for 10 years, and they will be collector items :woot:

We have a little one coming in just over 7 weeks, I'll be taking it with me racing :thumbsup:

Everyone needs to get ready to change it's nappy and feed it etc while I glue up tyres etc :lol::lol::lol:

G

haha, nice one G-Man...... although the little un can't be your substitute marshall!!!

Pit Nanny :thumbsup:

Not even if it is a BRCA member? :confused: I think that's the only rule, oh and suitable footware :thumbsup:

G

Any offers accepted - I think more racers should bring thier girlfriends...... :woot:

G

Well I'm selling up because I haven't raced for nearly 7 years. Most my kit now is not worth a fat lot compared to when I bought it anyway. Plus green coated nicads don't seem to work to well :)

I now have a little one aswell. I'm sure he would make a great marshall. He would crawl after the cars around the track and maybe give them a good run for their money!!

Hopefully in a few years I can get them interested and we can do it together.

Im with Lee on this one. I do this for escape-ism from life & work. The few weekends when I don't race, I am really moody on a Monday and the weekend drags big time - there is only so many times I can wax my car and doing anything else costs more than I can justify (id rather spend it on tyres!!! :lol:)

It does gripe me at the cost, but only afterwards, while im racing I just want to escape from my emails, work, etc. and crack on with competing & socialising.

Chris

If i'm not RC Racing, i'm out watching me brother rallying. Kids love the rallying. Her indoors doesn't like it.

lots of reasons, I know I will be pretty soon.

You do race onroad though:lol:

Nope, I race offroad and very occasionaly onroad.

the initial cost is the biggest outlay. A regional meeting only costs the same amount as what a night out in liverpool would total, if not less (if you tally the booking in, fuel, tyres, but not adding possible breakages). Most people i know would spend around £50 + on at least one big night out a week :o

...and by saying this, i'm not suggesting that it's normal to spend that much!! I'm just saying that i probably get more out of racing on a sunday than i would out of a piss up on friday or saturday night (and feeling like death/regretting the biffa i pulled the night before). I totally agree with the escapism comment :thumbsup:

Easily Stan, if i go out and only spend 50 notes its been a cheap night.

I have spent over 200 in one night but we wont go into that:lol:

Off road is cheap compared to on road, we can get away with not having the latest and greatest.

I think most people can get away with a new set a meeting (club/regional), thats only £15 if you use acetone.

the biggest killer of the hobby for me, and most probably eveyone else from wales is the distance to tidy tracks! Fuel costs are so high it hurts:cry:

Think il sell up soon, wanna put a v8 in me punto :woot:

:( Looks like i may well be packing up again too having only really recently had another go! I was lucky in that i didn't have to spend too much to get into it again but it's still surprising how much you have to spend just to get to a regional if you want to compete (Can be as much as 2 sets of tyres, £30/40 fuel, £8 booking in - As Stan said i guess about £50 is the norm if not more.... which isn't a great deal but with a mortgage to pay for, a wedding in 4 months or so and the "pressure" of her indoors watching every single penny gets a bit much.

Sometimes as much as i love having a hobby i think you have to take a step back and re-assess your priorities, some things are too important and for me having the luxuary of Racing is something i can't really afford or certainly justify i suppose at the moment.........

I may come back again one day but the main thing i wanted to do was prove to myself that i could still compete at a high level but for now i shall start looking at selling up - Anyone want a virtually new/mint B4 with lots of nice bits, a 6 meeting old Novak Brushless system and shed loads of new Tyres & Spares please PM me and i'll get back to you this weekend with what i have.

Cheers guys.

seeing as me nor my daddy can not afford that we only buy tires for nationals then i have to use them till the next national.. over winter i get some though...

but also going back to the escaping the real world comment, ive always thought that especially when ive had a bad week or something..

my dad cant wait tilli start paying to race... i can wait.. =[

Hey up Nick,

What happened with those Cat wheels, I sent the money via paypal a while back...? Sorry to hear you giving up. I have had to cut down to just club racing every fortnight just due to the cost, and doing work at home on the house and garden. Hopefully now I have paid out for a lot of things, it shouldn't be too bad, but I understand why people have to give up. Hope to see you again soon.

Im Lucky my mum and dad are good to me they take me racing and i pay them a small ammount of fuel money. But i buy all my racing gear. There's alot of it to. And if i can do it so can all the other youngsters that race.

A

...and here was me looking forward to some more close races between us dude :cry:

Nick, you could always come to the national weekends just to get pissed?

Yeah i must admit i saw that money there today in Paypal and wondered what it was for but then it dawned on me! I'll get them sent this weekend anyway as i'm having a good sort out of all my stuff....

Haha yeah i would still like to come to at least one but i know i'd only really feel like i should be racing!!

I'm still hopeful that maybe next year (end of) or the following maybe i can have another play but it's just i've got so much to pay out for this year and there doesn't seem to be enough weekends as it is so i only really have the one option :-(

We did have a couple of good races though hey? (especially the first one haha :D) Good luck for the rest of the year though dude.

Cheers buddy!

M.

fair do's, you're right in the priorities you've set, although if i were you, i wouldn't sell anything other than your cells (or other stuff that goes off in time), you just wouldn't get the money's worth....


and you KNOW you'll get the bug again one day......:thumbsup::woot:

Guess I'm lucky then rc racing is my "cheap" hobby, a bike track day willl probably cost me £150 -£200 incl fuell but without crashing wheras I can drive my small works van ( free fuell ) to rc meets and I genraly recycle wheels etc.

that said swimbo and I both work, only have fixed outgoings of £1300 a month between the 2 of us ( morgage bills food etc )


most of our furniture is second hand both our cars combined are only worth about £4k cheap but happy thats my motto.

I'm actualy selling my £5k honda fireblade as I can afford to keep it but cant justify to myself using a £5k 170mph bike on the road when a £2k 150mph bike is more than enough.

you can either have one expensive toy or lots of cheap ones.

I also dont and wont have kids and the wench is happy with a £500 wedding in the local reg office ( when she finaly drags me down the isle )
and a big party at my folks house ( large garden y'see)


my motto if you dont think you can afford it then you cant.


and as for those who spend £25k on a wedding unless thats a months sallary your head needs examining :o


A lot can be said for doing your own car servicing, waiting for that film to come out on dvd, oven pizza rather than dominos, crate of beer round a mates place rather than bar prices at the pub.

then again if all you do is put off the fun things to save ££'s life can be a bit boring :thumbsup:


oh yeah never spend more than £20 on a pair of jeans

Cripes .... I'm going to Asda on the way home to buy my usual £3 jeans ... last just as long as a £20 pair so why even spend that???? Only reason I'm buying new is that I ripped mine at the weekend trying to get to Mr Sleigh's car for about the 4th time that final ... maybe I should ask him to pay .....LOL

Not just you mate, i think Tallywain will cost me £60 just in petrol :eh?: and thats before all the other costs.

thats for nice ones mind £3 tescos specials are the norm for me

It's gonna cost me £60 to travel 1 way:thumbdown: Its 250 miles from here:cry:

THAT'LL BE THE CIDER THEN:woot:.
Hey Nick don't do it!! give up that is. Will you still be having a play round lee's every now and again??
Welcome to my world DC, that would be a cheap one!!

3 pound for jeans!!!!!!! stuff that i normally wont spend under 30 quid on jeans.

A

Ash, Just wait until you have to pay for a woman, car and house...

Only the latter appreciates in value.... :(

N

ps.. and there is the expense of all the little Ashleys and Ashlettes who want to spend your well earned cash on £30 pairs of jeans....

explain yourself :lol: