A few quick questions

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hamster huey

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I think a lot of you might be crazy like me. Just curious:


1. How long have you been in the hobby? Me: since June 06


2. How many 4 wheeled vehicle have you owned? Me: 97


3. How much time on average do you spend wrenching each week? Me: 6 hours


4. How much time on average do you spend driving each week? Me: 5-7 hours


5. How much time on average do you spend gathering info/researching/sharing info each week? Me: 15 hours


6. What makes RC fun for you? Me: ramps, dirt, speed, jumping, money, lunch breaks, tools, noise, vaction time, parks, city maps/google earth, tinkering, observers.


7. Whats stops you from RCing? Me: lightning, temps less than 25F.
 
1. How long have you been in the hobby?


22 years


2. How many 4 wheeled vehicle have you owned?


4 which are all RC's. I run performance street cars for 1:1


3. How much time on average do you spend wrenching each week?


Sometimes I don't touch my car for a week. Sometimes like this weekend I'll work 15 hours on it over 2 days.


4. How much time on average do you spend driving each week?


Maybe 2 tanks on the weekend if I'm lucky.


5. How much time on average do you spend gathering info/researching/sharing info each week?


2-3 hours


6. What makes RC fun for you?


I love to work on mechanical things. Driving them is just a perk.


7. Whats stops you from RCing?


POS noise ordinances and ole coppler doppler.
 
1. How long have you been in the hobby?


Less then a month ( with alittle past experience! )


2. How many 4 wheeled vehicle have you owned?


1 RC, i own dubs so there all FWD :(


3. How much time on average do you spend wrenching each week?


on the 1:1 about 10 hours a week (project mode) and the rc I've put maybe 20 hours in, in less then 2 days


4. How much time on average do you spend driving each week?


ive only gotten a tank through her, just working out the kinks!


5. How much time on average do you spend gathering info/researching/sharing info each week?


2-3 hours


6. What makes RC fun for you?


Im a big fan of anything with moving parts, i like the noise, the looks ( seeing a kid get hit in the face with a baseball cause he was to busy watching the truck! ) LoL


7. Whats stops you from RCing?


Breaking stuff or set screws backing out :(
 
1. How long have you been in the hobby?


on and off for 18 years. the last 4 years have been a striaght non-stop run


2. How many 4 wheeled vehicle have you owned? rc's? about 20 or so. 9 of those have been large scales. 1:1's? i lost track after 30. i have to switch them up often..lol.


3. How much time on average do you spend wrenching each week? not much now. maybe 2-3 hours during the week and about 5+ on the weekends. depends on what i have going. when im not working i'll stay in there all day. wifey and i share a hobby room, so its common for us to do all nighters in there. ive seen the sun come up thru my hobby room window many times..lol


4. How much time on average do you spend driving each week? for the most part about 2-3 tanks average, but now its a little less. i need to go out at least 1/2 times per week+ plus my on-road almost every sunday night


5. How much time on average do you spend gathering info/researching/sharing info each week? ALOT. at least 21+ hours per week:o in the winter time i have my laptop in my hobby room, so im on the forums all day


6. What makes RC fun for you? i love driving and doing stupid things i cant do in my real car!! the crowd and "wows". i love doing things that im good at. im not big tinker guy, but rc just clicked in my little brain at a young age..


7. Whats stops you from RCing? very little. not even work. i cant think of anything actually. i'll drop anything for the wife and dog, but thats about it
 
1. How long have you been in the hobby?


23 years


2. How many 4 wheeled vehicle have you owned?


1 large scale (Rampage), but total of all rc 4x4's: 12 (maybe more)


3. How much time on average do you spend wrenching each week?


7 hours


4. How much time on average do you spend driving each week?


1-2 tanks, sometimes, sometimes none


5. How much time on average do you spend gathering info/researching/sharing info each week?


6 hours


6. What makes RC fun for you?


I love the mechanical aspect of it. I sit in a cube all day with a computer....that sucks, but it allows me to pay for this stuff.


7. Whats stops you from RCing?


2 kids, yard work, house work, work.
 
Thanks for posting your guys answers. Some of them are funny cus I think the same! Now I barely remember when I was into 1:1 full size cars....not any more. It seems like RC is a better value for the dollar. After reading all the different answers I think we're not so different after all.......
 
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