Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
10-04-2006, 08:07 PM
#51
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
LOL, I was never against other brands.. I just prefer Tamiya, that's all... I have always planned to get stuff from other brands...
10-04-2006, 08:13 PM
#52
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: edgewater,
MD
Posts: 1,569
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
yeah i know thats a good thing i guess. Maybe you can even get into nitro!!! (just kidding of course)
10-04-2006, 08:33 PM
#54
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
I don't mind getting a HPI Baja 5T (Truck version of the 5B, buggy..)
ORIGINAL: poe
yeah i know thats a good thing i guess. Maybe you can even get into nitro!!! (just kidding of course)
yeah i know thats a good thing i guess. Maybe you can even get into nitro!!! (just kidding of course)
10-04-2006, 08:35 PM
#55
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: tacoma,
WA
Posts: 425
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
i was looking into getting that one but it said only 6 cells is there a way that i can put 7 cells in it
10-04-2006, 08:36 PM
#56
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Overland Park, KS
Posts: 4,885
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer
I don't mind getting a HPI Baja 5T (Truck version of the 5B, buggy..)
I don't mind getting a HPI Baja 5T (Truck version of the 5B, buggy..)
ORIGINAL: poe
yeah i know thats a good thing i guess. Maybe you can even get into nitro!!! (just kidding of course)
yeah i know thats a good thing i guess. Maybe you can even get into nitro!!! (just kidding of course)
LB, all of these threads, and everyone keeps changing my mind! WHats the next one going to be?
I want one, but I think these will be gone quick. ANd I don't have the money to get one right now.[&o]
10-04-2006, 08:39 PM
#57
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
Not meant to take 7-cells, BUT, no doubt you can make it work.. if you mount the extra cell on top and 90 degrees away from the other cells.. (I have seen that kind of arrangement being sold on eBay..)
Or you just have to make an one-off battery...
ORIGINAL: SS5800EvADer
i was looking into getting that one but it said only 6 cells is there a way that i can put 7 cells in it
i was looking into getting that one but it said only 6 cells is there a way that i can put 7 cells in it
10-04-2006, 08:41 PM
#58
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
I think the truck version will be out next year..
Should probably get the TC4 FT as it is being closed out.. then get the T-Egg before it id discontinued.. hee hee..
Maybe I should order like 10 of them and just sell them to others later.. hee hee..
ORIGINAL: rc18t145
Errrr? Theres a truck version of the 5b??
LB, all of these threads, and everyone keeps changing my mind! WHats the next one going to be?
I want one, but I think these will be gone quick. ANd I don't have the money to get one right now.[&o]
Errrr? Theres a truck version of the 5b??
LB, all of these threads, and everyone keeps changing my mind! WHats the next one going to be?
I want one, but I think these will be gone quick. ANd I don't have the money to get one right now.[&o]
10-04-2006, 08:43 PM
#59
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Overland Park, KS
Posts: 4,885
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
I am $130 short of having it. grrrrr. I'll get a t-egg or something then, before that is discontinued.
10-04-2006, 08:44 PM
#60
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Glenview,
IL
Posts: 9,967
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
ORIGINAL: SS5800EvADer
i was looking into getting that one but it said only 6 cells is there a way that i can put 7 cells in it
i was looking into getting that one but it said only 6 cells is there a way that i can put 7 cells in it
10-04-2006, 08:56 PM
#61
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
You got a credit card?!
Hmm, maybe not such a good idea, if you got no self control.. credit card can be dangerous.. but if you got enough self control, it is useful, I guess.. i.e., when will be the next time you can get a FT TC4 for $199?! So in that sense, you are saving money...
Hmm, maybe not such a good idea, if you got no self control.. credit card can be dangerous.. but if you got enough self control, it is useful, I guess.. i.e., when will be the next time you can get a FT TC4 for $199?! So in that sense, you are saving money...
ORIGINAL: rc18t145
I am $130 short of having it. grrrrr. I'll get a t-egg or something then, before that is discontinued.
I am $130 short of having it. grrrrr. I'll get a t-egg or something then, before that is discontinued.
10-04-2006, 09:22 PM
#62
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Glenview,
IL
Posts: 9,967
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer
You got a credit card?!
Hmm, maybe not such a good idea, if you got no self control.. credit card can be dangerous.. but if you got enough self control, it is useful, I guess.. i.e., when will be the next time you can get a FT TC4 for $199?! So in that sense, you are saving money...
You got a credit card?!
Hmm, maybe not such a good idea, if you got no self control.. credit card can be dangerous.. but if you got enough self control, it is useful, I guess.. i.e., when will be the next time you can get a FT TC4 for $199?! So in that sense, you are saving money...
ORIGINAL: rc18t145
I am $130 short of having it. grrrrr. I'll get a t-egg or something then, before that is discontinued.
I am $130 short of having it. grrrrr. I'll get a t-egg or something then, before that is discontinued.
10-04-2006, 09:28 PM
#63
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Overland Park, KS
Posts: 4,885
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
I would rather use paypal, because it's easy. I wish tc's weren't so much. The rtrs are a little expensive.
10-04-2006, 09:30 PM
#64
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
PayPal -> doesn't let you spend money that you don't have........... (not suggesting you should spend the money that you don't have... but... FT TC4 at $199... I'd borrow money to get it.. ha ha!)
(not suggesting you should spend the money that you don't have... but... FT TC4 at $199... I'd borrow money to get it.. ha ha!)
10-04-2006, 09:33 PM
#65
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Glenview,
IL
Posts: 9,967
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer
PayPal -> doesn't let you spend money that you don't have........... (not suggesting you should spend the money that you don't have... but... FT TC4 at $199... I'd borrow money to get it.. ha ha!)
PayPal -> doesn't let you spend money that you don't have...........
(not suggesting you should spend the money that you don't have... but... FT TC4 at $199... I'd borrow money to get it.. ha ha!)I never said that^^^^^^
10-04-2006, 09:39 PM
#66
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
Nah, you know what, we are being bad influences.. [:'(] I am sure good deals will come and go.. maybe in a few months, some other companies will close out some other models, etc. Who knows?!
I guess don't spend the money that you don't have is proably not a bad rule to follow...
We need to teach some basic financial responsibility here!!
- Always participate in 401K if you work for a company that has the plan, at least up to the matching limit
- Put $$$ in IRA or Roth IRA
- Have good debt (mortgage, student loans, etc.) but not bad debts (auto loan, credit card debt, etc.)
- Don't spend what you don't have!
(unless it is a TC4 FC for $199... just playin'...
)
10-04-2006, 09:44 PM
#67
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Glenview,
IL
Posts: 9,967
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer
- Don't spend what you don't have!
- Don't spend what you don't have!
I just use cash...
10-04-2006, 11:26 PM
#68
Senior Member
My Feedback: (-1)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: none, TX
Posts: 8,763
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
Lunchboxxer, that sounds so much like you. my car broke. Let's buy a new one to fix it!!
TC4 breaks. It broke. I'll fix it with a HPI 5t!
TC4 breaks. It broke. I'll fix it with a HPI 5t!
10-05-2006, 09:20 AM
#69
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
Oh come on.. my cars usually don't break.. I don't bash hard enough!!!
But I guess when you are racing with others (TEX, in this case), you start going faster and faster, and w/ BL powered, you do generate quite a bit of velcoity.. and things break... [:@] (if you hit something..!)
I wouldn't mind getting a belt drive car just to see what it is like.. someone said the XRay T2 is good.. or maybe stick w/ Tamiya for one of them TRF 415 things....
Nah, I shouldn't buy any more RC for awhile.. not like they are cheap.... argh!! [:@]
But I guess when you are racing with others (TEX, in this case), you start going faster and faster, and w/ BL powered, you do generate quite a bit of velcoity.. and things break... [:@] (if you hit something..!)
I wouldn't mind getting a belt drive car just to see what it is like.. someone said the XRay T2 is good.. or maybe stick w/ Tamiya for one of them TRF 415 things....
Nah, I shouldn't buy any more RC for awhile.. not like they are cheap.... argh!! [:@]
ORIGINAL: mayhem maniac
Lunchboxxer, that sounds so much like you. my car broke. Let's buy a new one to fix it!!
TC4 breaks. It broke. I'll fix it with a HPI 5t!
Lunchboxxer, that sounds so much like you. my car broke. Let's buy a new one to fix it!!
TC4 breaks. It broke. I'll fix it with a HPI 5t!
10-05-2006, 09:41 AM
#70
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
Besides, I am going to fix up my TB-02! Parts have been ordered.. just waiting for them to come in from Hong Kong, that's all! Gonna take awhile for sure.. [:'(]
ORIGINAL: mayhem maniac
Lunchboxxer, that sounds so much like you. my car broke. Let's buy a new one to fix it!!
TC4 breaks. It broke. I'll fix it with a HPI 5t!
Lunchboxxer, that sounds so much like you. my car broke. Let's buy a new one to fix it!!
TC4 breaks. It broke. I'll fix it with a HPI 5t!
10-05-2006, 10:30 AM
#71
Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Wilmington,
NC
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
1. Suggested retail isnt what they actually sell for, you are still saving, but not as much as you are making it out to seem. Actual retail price on tower is 349.
2. Since when is an auto loan considered bad debt? Interest rates are low on them, and usually one needs a car to get to work, to pay off the student loans, home loans, etc. They don't effect you credit score, which to me is what determines good debt from bad debt. Really the only bad debt is the debt you don't pay off. (spending out of your income range)
That being said, I was a tamiya only owner forever until I bought a FT T4, a few months ago, and I love everything about it. The ease in replacing, upgrading parts, durability of the transmissions when using brushless power, even the way they package the parts bags for easy assembling. I am sure you will be very impressed with your first non-tamiya purchase. Don't know if anyone has told you or you already knew but team associated kits dont use screw drivers at all, it is all hex drivers (except nut drivers for the wheels) so make sure you pick up a good set if you dont have one already.
2. Since when is an auto loan considered bad debt? Interest rates are low on them, and usually one needs a car to get to work, to pay off the student loans, home loans, etc. They don't effect you credit score, which to me is what determines good debt from bad debt. Really the only bad debt is the debt you don't pay off. (spending out of your income range)
That being said, I was a tamiya only owner forever until I bought a FT T4, a few months ago, and I love everything about it. The ease in replacing, upgrading parts, durability of the transmissions when using brushless power, even the way they package the parts bags for easy assembling. I am sure you will be very impressed with your first non-tamiya purchase. Don't know if anyone has told you or you already knew but team associated kits dont use screw drivers at all, it is all hex drivers (except nut drivers for the wheels) so make sure you pick up a good set if you dont have one already.
10-05-2006, 10:35 AM
#72
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Batavia,
IL
Posts: 10,314
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
ORIGINAL: KilgoreTrout
2. Since when is an auto loan considered bad debt? Interest rates are low on them, and usually one needs a car to get to work, to pay off the student loans, home loans, etc. They don't effect you credit score, which to me is what determines good debt from bad debt. Really the only bad debt is the debt you don't pay off. (spending out of your income range)
2. Since when is an auto loan considered bad debt? Interest rates are low on them, and usually one needs a car to get to work, to pay off the student loans, home loans, etc. They don't effect you credit score, which to me is what determines good debt from bad debt. Really the only bad debt is the debt you don't pay off. (spending out of your income range)
I see your points, and auto-debt is incredibly common - but you can't deny that a car is one of the worst big money investments you can make as far as depreciation goes.
Lunchboxer - you need to buy a Schumacher!
10-05-2006, 10:41 AM
#73
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
Sure, I never said it was $600.. I know how much it is at Tower.. w/ $30 coupon, it was $320.. still, $120 off a typical online retailer.. pretty good!
I considered an auto loan a bad debt because it is a depreciating asset.. but I see your point.. hey, we need a car, right?! It depends on how $$$ the car is, though.. i.e., if you take a loan to buy a $60k car.. compare to buying it outright a $20k car.. hee hee..
Thanks for the heads up on the AE kit! Awesome!! Yeah, I do have hex drivers at home..
ORIGINAL: KilgoreTrout
1. Suggested retail isnt what they actually sell for, you are still saving, but not as much as you are making it out to seem. Actual retail price on tower is 349.
2. Since when is an auto loan considered bad debt? Interest rates are low on them, and usually one needs a car to get to work, to pay off the student loans, home loans, etc. They don't effect you credit score, which to me is what determines good debt from bad debt. Really the only bad debt is the debt you don't pay off. (spending out of your income range)
That being said, I was a tamiya only owner forever until I bought a FT T4, a few months ago, and I love everything about it. The ease in replacing, upgrading parts, durability of the transmissions when using brushless power, even the way they package the parts bags for easy assembling. I am sure you will be very impressed with your first non-tamiya purchase. Don't know if anyone has told you or you already knew but team associated kits dont use screw drivers at all, it is all hex drivers (except nut drivers for the wheels) so make sure you pick up a good set if you dont have one already.
1. Suggested retail isnt what they actually sell for, you are still saving, but not as much as you are making it out to seem. Actual retail price on tower is 349.
2. Since when is an auto loan considered bad debt? Interest rates are low on them, and usually one needs a car to get to work, to pay off the student loans, home loans, etc. They don't effect you credit score, which to me is what determines good debt from bad debt. Really the only bad debt is the debt you don't pay off. (spending out of your income range)
That being said, I was a tamiya only owner forever until I bought a FT T4, a few months ago, and I love everything about it. The ease in replacing, upgrading parts, durability of the transmissions when using brushless power, even the way they package the parts bags for easy assembling. I am sure you will be very impressed with your first non-tamiya purchase. Don't know if anyone has told you or you already knew but team associated kits dont use screw drivers at all, it is all hex drivers (except nut drivers for the wheels) so make sure you pick up a good set if you dont have one already.
10-05-2006, 10:42 AM
#74
Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Wilmington,
NC
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
bad investment ....... YES bad debt ..... nope. Two VERY different things, IMHO. Your credit rating is actually lowered if you dont ever develop a credit history and when somebody is first starting their adult life I would say buying a car to build credit is much better than running up huge credit card debts with insane APR's.
leasing a car is about the worst thing you could do, especially these days with all the penalties that accrue with general driving performance.
my advice on cars would be to buy used, they dont depreciate thousands of dollars the instant you drive them off the lot.
I'm sure most of this is falling on deaf ears anyhow, since most here don't even have a drivers liscence, let alone the ability to apply for credit cards.
leasing a car is about the worst thing you could do, especially these days with all the penalties that accrue with general driving performance.
my advice on cars would be to buy used, they dont depreciate thousands of dollars the instant you drive them off the lot.
I'm sure most of this is falling on deaf ears anyhow, since most here don't even have a drivers liscence, let alone the ability to apply for credit cards.
10-05-2006, 10:46 AM
#75
Thread Starter
RE: Forgive me for I have sinned - Lunchboxer's first non-Tamiya...
Eman77 and I think alike.. ha ha!! I guess I am just more conservative as I age.. still, might just pamper myself by getting some silly expensive car in the future..
What we need and what we "want" are very different, ha ha ha ha ha ha!!
Right now I drive a Toyota w/ 160k miles.. LOL!! And do most of the works on it myself.. so I am cheap............... hee hee..
ORIGINAL: Eman77
I would consider an automobile a horrible investment regardless, so it's bad debt in a way. The minute you get it, it depreciates at a horrifying rate. If one were to get behind on car payments or get into troule while leasing (my brother is in a terrible lease situation of his own fault, and pays a ludicrous amount of $$ per month), that's pretty bad too.
I see your points, and auto-debt is incredibly common - but you can't deny that a car is one of the worst big money investments you can make as far as depreciation goes.
Lunchboxer - you need to buy a Schumacher!
I would consider an automobile a horrible investment regardless, so it's bad debt in a way. The minute you get it, it depreciates at a horrifying rate. If one were to get behind on car payments or get into troule while leasing (my brother is in a terrible lease situation of his own fault, and pays a ludicrous amount of $$ per month), that's pretty bad too.
I see your points, and auto-debt is incredibly common - but you can't deny that a car is one of the worst big money investments you can make as far as depreciation goes.
Lunchboxer - you need to buy a Schumacher!