racing

[stampede vxlboy]

you must have money to burnt then daz i am not working . its not just racing it all the bits as well like tyres every 4 meeting £16 for a full set of tyres and all the extra bits

[stampede vxlboy]

plz close thanks

[Paulmay79]

I kind of see vxl boys point. I think it was just an observation more than a dig. It is expensive there is no arguing with that. Not club fees and stuff thats the cheap bit its the getting started bit thats the expensive part. But if its too expensive for you then get a different hobby.

[MatJohnson]

Or failing that, don't get the top spec kit too soon, there's still plenty of brushed stuff thats quite good.

[Paulmay79]

Thats true!

[stampede vxlboy]

i got 8 trucks and 2 buggys 1 of them are brushed. all the rest are brushless it all the parts for the buggy as there are no good parts for the madrat back wheel keep put a hole in them and the hex keeps melts with the power of the motor and more lipo battery as all my batterys are 11.1v 5 pack and 1 7.4v pack

[samd]

Concentrating on one car instead of ten will help keep the costs down - its always expensive to maintain more than one car

[Belsten]

Originally Posted by stampede vxlboy

i got 8 trucks and 2 buggys 1 of them are brushed. all the rest are brushless it all the parts for the buggy as there are no good parts for the madrat back wheel keep put a hole in them and the hex keeps melts with the power of the motor and more lipo battery as all my batterys are 11.1v 5 pack and 1 7.4v pack

You are complaining about the cost of BRCA membership (£12) and a few quid for race meetings but you have
10 cars/trucks
9 sets of brushless speedos and motors and
6 packs of lipos

WTF ?

[Rich D]

10 bashing set ups would of bought you 2 race setups and enough spare cash to run them for a season or more.

Thin out the collection - you cant drive more than one at a time

[stampede vxlboy]

i like trucks better like my hpi flux savage my emaxx

[NeilD]

I think the guys are saying if you sell some off and keep your favourite then you'll also have more money as you'll spend less on one truck rather than 10.

[DCM]

not being funny, but they ain't cheap, and what you use to race and bash, are different.

I don't work, but can afford to race, but thats it, don't have any bashing stuff at all.

[daz]

Originally Posted by NeilD

I think the guys are saying if you sell some off and keep your favourite then you'll also have more money as you'll spend less on one truck rather than 10.

Neil D doesnt bash his cars no more, he concentrates more on bashing the bishop

[Si Coe]

I think you might be missing the point here.

Reverse your argument and you'll see:

Running 2 cars for a race season costs as much as 10 bashing cars.

which means racing is expensive. 5x more expensive than bashing. Go find a random guy off the street and tell him that 1 car is better than 5 and he'll think you are nuts! Especially when the 5 cars in question include stuff like a Savage (which can do jumps and take abuse far better than our race cars) and a Rustler VXL (which on 3S will outrun our race cars on 2S). You and I both know our race cars are better, but to the uninitiated that simply cannot be the case.

[NeilD]

Originally Posted by daz

Neil D doesnt bash his cars no more, he concentrates more on bashing the bishop

I'll be round in a bit mate you can help me out ;O)

[daz]

Originally Posted by NeilD

I'll be round in a bit mate you can help me out ;O)

Im at work

[NeilD]

Originally Posted by daz

Im at work

Thats when i usually nip round.

[daz]

Originally Posted by NeilD

Thats when i usually nip round.

Lol! Zak will bite it off.

[stampede vxlboy]

will you plz close this post

[NeilD]

Originally Posted by daz

Lol! Zak will bite it off.

PMSL yeah he probably would.