How do you know you're R/C Obsessed?
06-26-2006, 08:43 AM
#46
Originally Posted by cyrrus
31. Your more excited than the kids on x-mas morning. as you can't wait to see what kink of new rc stuff you got.
32. You plan your next vacation around rc racing.
32. You plan your next vacation around rc racing.
"What do you mean Rod wasn't working at PM the day you went in there, and couldn't show you what i wanted for x-mass??!!"
06-29-2006, 12:47 AM
#48
Tech Initiate
34. You go the the corner store to grab a pop. You reach into your pocket and pull out change mixed with last week's burnt out glow plug, body clips, set screws, a set of brushes and your temp gauge.
35. You can't figure out why no one thinks the body clips are an acceptable form of currency.
36. You are driving through a school zone at 30km/h trying to figure out the best line to shave a 1/10th of a second off while maintaining 30km/h.
37. You try to figure out how many servos you would need to make your 1:1 scale car drivable with your remote control.
38. You have enough battery packs and 540 can motors for the above 1:1 scale car project.
35. You can't figure out why no one thinks the body clips are an acceptable form of currency.
36. You are driving through a school zone at 30km/h trying to figure out the best line to shave a 1/10th of a second off while maintaining 30km/h.
37. You try to figure out how many servos you would need to make your 1:1 scale car drivable with your remote control.
38. You have enough battery packs and 540 can motors for the above 1:1 scale car project.
07-11-2006, 11:18 AM
#50
39 You left the back off of the washing machine to cut down on the repair time of removing the body clips from the water pump. 
07-11-2006, 11:27 AM
#51
Tech Addict
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: In the pits throwing wrenches at slow cars!
Posts: 548
There is no place in your house or car that hasn't been touched by R/C:
#40 -There's a tire brush at the kitchen sink (but no way to clean the lasagne pan from last nite...)
#41 -More body clips in the loose change container/cup holder than actual change
#42 -R/C magazines in every room
#43 -random tires/parts under the couch/car seat, in the trunk
#44 -calander has race days highlighted but not the wife/GF's b-day
#45 -you have more than 100 R/C sites bookmarked in your browser
#40 -There's a tire brush at the kitchen sink (but no way to clean the lasagne pan from last nite...)
#41 -More body clips in the loose change container/cup holder than actual change
#42 -R/C magazines in every room
#43 -random tires/parts under the couch/car seat, in the trunk
#44 -calander has race days highlighted but not the wife/GF's b-day
#45 -you have more than 100 R/C sites bookmarked in your browser
07-14-2006, 11:21 AM
#52
LOL... #43 is funny! I opened up my work truck door the other day... and out fell a 3mm stainless steel hex head screw and a body clip (not items I use for work.)... They must have rattled out from their hiding places in my truck during my travels and found their way to the door.
As for the R/C mags (#42)... well, my wife has been collecting them from around the house (she's been complaining that they're everywhere!) and has been organizing them in our bedroom closet on the top shelf... there's so many that the shelf is bowing and looks like it's going to break! LOL.
As for the R/C mags (#42)... well, my wife has been collecting them from around the house (she's been complaining that they're everywhere!) and has been organizing them in our bedroom closet on the top shelf... there's so many that the shelf is bowing and looks like it's going to break! LOL.
07-14-2006, 11:32 AM
#53
#46 - You spend a fortune 4 years ago on vintage rc cars, and you still 'haven't found the time' to restore them, yet you find another vintage rc car and you buy that also... now you have about 5 years worth of 'projects' sitting on shelves... and you still keep your eye out for more!
07-15-2006, 02:06 AM
#55
Tech Addict
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: In the pits throwing wrenches at slow cars!
Posts: 548
Originally Posted by kerry
damn wish these r/c companies would go public 
...or at least their parent companies are/were...
07-24-2006, 10:15 AM
#56
Originally Posted by kerry
#47 your financial planner has a seperate category set aside for r/c purchases. damn wish these r/c companies would go public
07-24-2006, 12:04 PM
#57
Obsession
#49 You drive 6.5 hours one way just to see if a new setup you want to try really works............................hey wait a minute.
07-26-2006, 12:00 PM
#58
Tech Adept
50. Even though you had a perfectly good running Acura, you sell it to buy an SUV because you couldn't fit all your rc gear plus your gazebo. tables, chairs and air compressor in the car.
51. Your cel phone just got disconnected but you are placing an online order for hop ups for an rc motorcycle you don't even race, just because you need stickier tires to be able to do wheelies. Since I am ordering tires, I need that integy piggyback shock too and and and
52. You quit a job because you had to miss a CORCS race and they wouldn't let you get time off for the local one even, let alone the nats final.
51. Your cel phone just got disconnected but you are placing an online order for hop ups for an rc motorcycle you don't even race, just because you need stickier tires to be able to do wheelies. Since I am ordering tires, I need that integy piggyback shock too and and and
52. You quit a job because you had to miss a CORCS race and they wouldn't let you get time off for the local one even, let alone the nats final.
08-03-2006, 12:27 PM
#60
LOL gregg,
Im wayyy luckier, that same comeback has worked a few times. Ive got another quote
"I sold one car and bought three more, honest didnt cost me a cent!"
Well it was close to the truth. had two top line Tamiya chassis, one sat on the shelf, sold it one day and came home the next day with a 1/8th buggy rolling chassis and a Sand scorcher. OK.... there was three, when buying the buggy, the seller had an awesome display of rc cars, i got caught up in the moment and bought another 1/5th scale bike.... heres my new one... -
#53 - you make a pact with yourself, minimal to no money to be used on rc cars for the next 6 months..... yeah like that will work
Im wayyy luckier, that same comeback has worked a few times. Ive got another quote
"I sold one car and bought three more, honest didnt cost me a cent!"
Well it was close to the truth. had two top line Tamiya chassis, one sat on the shelf, sold it one day and came home the next day with a 1/8th buggy rolling chassis and a Sand scorcher. OK.... there was three, when buying the buggy, the seller had an awesome display of rc cars, i got caught up in the moment and bought another 1/5th scale bike.... heres my new one... -
#53 - you make a pact with yourself, minimal to no money to be used on rc cars for the next 6 months..... yeah like that will work
