oh i otally understand the consume part. i'm single & i've chosen my rides over my women before lol (prolly why i'm single, go figure lol). i like my power tools too haha. being able to fix things & owning things you can work on can really save you lots of money. i've had to repair & replace lots of things on my chevy truck. i really want to be able to pass this onto my son (he's 10). this'll be his 1st rc & i know it's a bit big but it'll be something we will do together. not something i'm gonna give him to go do by himself. that just doesn't work. he's been asking me how things work & what a drive train is so this should help him out when he gets older. he's been around atv's since he was a baby. he knows how to feather the throttle & hold it & not stab it like a mad man. we're just going to putt around the back yard for a while to get the feel of these things & then we'll go hit up some spots. since i started researching i've been looking for bashing spots lol. i feel like i came a long way in my reasearch. at 1st i was looking at the exceed, then the traxxas, then the hpi's & then i stumbled onto the redcat. i knew i didn't want electric & i thot i was going to have to settle on a nitro (i'm not bashing either one of them, just my preference) & when i found the redcat & saw all the parts available & the commonality of the parts i fell in love. my fav brand of atv was the arctic cat. it's parts catalog is just like the redcats. there were 3 different oem diff gear set ups, there were all sorts of things that could cross fit each other. from the 400cc to the 1000cc, the diffs were the same. the axles, the same. i mean like everything. that is so nice. anyways, yeh, i feel right at home here. & yeh, the guys here are great. they've helped me out a lot. i owe each one of them a few cold one's.
ohh & teaching the kids how to drive is paramount!!! that's another reason i am getting into this hobby. i want my son to have as much simulated experience as possible bc timing things & learning how to give yourself enough room & making snap judgements are very important driving skills.
