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Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE (Post 403861)

I am sure that we can all relate to that feeling, but when life changing events happen one has to make choices that he would not normally be faced with. In the end its just stuff, right. We can not take it with us, and leaving to anyone in most families seem a bit of a stretch. Our kids would be fighting over my R/C collection and that is the last thing any of us wants. I already told the wife if anything happens to me and she has to make that decision to let go of any of my stuff to list all of my R/C toys in here for sale out of respect for all of guys I have become friends with. Yea even James and Harold make that list.

I understand Gee's position perfectly. He has had a life changing event and decided to cut back on R/C for the sake of those changes. Could happen to any of us.

Jerry if my house was on the line or it was desperate time my RC cars would be one of the first things to go (all of them). I would even sell my underwear (if anyone was willing to buy it) if it meant keeping a roof over my head.

If I was only quitting the hobby there is no way I would sell my collection. Have spent way too much money on them and there is no way I would get a fraction of that back. Not to mention the time invested in modifying. Instead I would clean up my collection and stick it on the shelf or in a storage locker. I am sure one day I would pull them out for a bit of a play and remind my self of the days I was younger. I kick my self for giving away and selling my Jet Hopper and the Hornet from the younger days. I thought I would never care about RC again and 12 years later I was kicking my self for parting with them. It really wouldn't have killed me to have kept them on the shelf and today I would have two mint condition classics.:cry: I am not a hoarder but I like to keep things that have made a significant impact in my life. You can never have enough memories.

I try to keep a 2 car rule.. It might be 3 for a while, but then 1 gotta go hehe..

It`s not that i havent got the money for more, but it keeps the hobby room tidy, the wife happy(ish), the cost`s goes down (since i gotta sell one to buy one), and perhaps most important; i havent got time for more anyway ;)
When i get bored of one, i sell it and get the joy of buying a new. :lol:

The modded E-revo BL is on top of my list right now, but havent owned it more than 4 months yet. (just got back in the hobby after a couple years of changing diper`s and wrenching 1:1 turbo`d streetcars...).

Exactly my point

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Originally Posted by BIG-block (Post 403886)

That was exactly my point Big Block. Gee is in the midst of a life changing event and has decided that R/C has to take a back seat because his house is just too full of R/C. He is re-prioratizing his life to suit the needs of his situation. He is not just getting out of the hobby. For a while R/C was his life. Something more important to him has over ridden his need for playing with R/C toys. Hence this sale.