On any given weekend between March and October, there are about 2000 people up and down the country racing RC cars. I'm now in guessing territory...
25% of them are off-road, so about 500. "A few people at a Winter Series" could be about 10... or 20...? In my experience, those who butterfly around are those who want everyone to know about it (the Facetwits) and so they appear on here, and in loud voices at the track. So, disproportionately, it seems that people butterfly around from car to car all the time.
Reality is that people must change cars regularly, otherwise I would be able to come back to Off-Road with my 1994 LosiXX and be competitive!! Fact is most people do it quietly, and not as often as the loud-mouthed Facetwats (sorry, bee in my bonnet about it - just managed to avoid hiring a student whose pics and tweets make him the biggest prat this side of Simon Cowell!!) who post on here, or let everyone at the "winter series" know about it.
I once pitted at a Club with a guy who would tell anyone who would listen (and many who didn't want to!) how to set up and run a 12th car. This was especially interesting as if I listened to him, I'd been doing it all wrong for 20-odd years!! i don't think the evidence supports off-road being any more prone to changing cars than any other class. All classes are populated by cars that are no more than two years old, so everyone must change their cars regularly. Maybe it's just the the off-road guys at your meetings are a little louder than most! Happy New Year all.
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