Why?! Why do we do it?!

[JasonK]

Why do we subject ourselves to chaos and heartbreak. Why do we buy a product with our own hard earned dollars, only to know it may be poop right out of the box? A few hours of fun, and days waiting for parts and hours toiling away,fiddling and fixing. All the while our bank accounts drain, our credit cards go up, other people think we are crazy. Why?!
BECAUSE WE LOVE IT! The moment of bliss pulling off an epic flip. Thrashing at high speeds. Drifting and burning the tires off. Chasing a higher speed run. Whatever it is, it gets us up, out of our house, and brings us joy. For those with kids they can get them involved and interested, possibly teaching them many things about life. I’m so happy I found my way back into the hobby, and I have to tell you, as much as it’s changed, it hasn’t changed much

 

[DeeBee71]

AMEN!

 

[arrmadillo]

Well said, I'm always thinking two rigs ahead. Get one, another on the list. Viscous cycle, but love it. $$$

 

[Doom!]

Mostly because I'm not aloud to drive my real car the way I drive my RC's!

 

[Notorious J]

I do it because I'm an idiot and my wife confirms it everyday. I figure, why fight it. I choose to embrace it.

 

[joshual1177]

I both love and hate the fixing part of the hobby. It’s frustrating when your fun day is cut short by a broken part but I find it equally satisfying know I can fix it and there are people from every where who can help me.

 

[hobo]

for me its the speed and the way they handle the terrain especially the kraton 6s

 

[Cheez]

 

[jkflow]

The secret for not waiting for parts is to order ahead of time. Shock rod ends, spare tires, spare diff should be on hand. Everything that is known to break but that just about covers it. A drive shaft pair comes in handy as well.
Other than a diff rebuild and broken electronics, almost everything else can be done in the field. It's truly not that complex. If poop does happen you need a 2nd rig to recover. Of course, there could be the 3rd and so on but after breaking 2 I'm typically out of the mood anyway , at least for that day.

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

I have double and triple. I never wait for parts unless I am in the middle of printing them

 

[Doom!]

The best way to never break a part, is to have a spare!

 

[typhon#5]

Dude im seriously treating my cars like theyre toys and always wanting to buy new cars and i already have 5

 

[3d-rc.myshopify.com]

The best way to never break a part, is to have a spare!

That's so true lmaooooo... unless it is a non exb diff of course. Those never last

 

[rook13pdx]

bash it. build it. bash it. build it. bash it...

...with long wait periods in-between...

 

[Da Spanky]

yes the only thing that sucks is waiting for parts to fix what we broke so we can go brake it again