RE: How do you handle waiting for parts in the mail??????
If I had a decent hobby shop 20 minutes away, I'd say bump ordering. When I first got started in this hobby, I was in Sierra Vista, AZ where there was no decent LHS in town. I would make the 1 1/2 hour drive to Tucson to race/buy parts. I would do that if there was one anywhere near that close here. Here, I don't like to pay the overnight charges because it makes my order $40 more, so I'd rather wait the week to get them sent standard mail when I have to order parts.