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how long do you keep a mt before selling/trading it??

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Old 01-16-2008, 06:28 PM
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Default how long do you keep a mt before selling/trading it??

thaught it would be cool to see how long everyone keeps a truck before moving on?? and the reasons why you sold/traded it??
Old 01-16-2008, 06:40 PM
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I think i will keep mine forever.
Old 01-16-2008, 07:20 PM
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i think i would keep my trucks till the next version comes out on the market.
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i will keep mine forever
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:45 PM
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ive had my muggy for over a year and dont plan on seeing it go anywhere...
Old 01-16-2008, 09:44 PM
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I've had my Revo for maybe a year or so and it's been great to me, no doubt about it. My friend may sell his MBX5T Prospec so if that goes through, I'll be selling my Revo for the truggy.
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i usually keep my trucks forever, unless something realy amazing comes out and i have to sacrafice one of my trucks to get it
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Default RE: how long do you keep a mt before selling/trading it??

R/C trucks are worse than 1:1... they lose their value EXTREMELY quick. I probably won't sell mine... I have no reason to... even if they are just sitting collecting dust... I'll keep 'em.
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i wont sell unless i have too many of them. They lose their value big time
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ORIGINAL: baboso

i wont sell unless i have too many of them. They lose their value big time
i have had this one savage 21 sice the first day it had come out it's still in the box sealed. cuz i bought 1 and i had a lottery ticket for ten dollars and i ended up turing it in and winnig $500 so i went back to lhs and bought another
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dang u were lucky , but i like to bash the crapf out of mine and hence no value
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i have over 15 trucks i have lost some money id say, but i have made quite a bit racing
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ill probably keep it forever if its a good truck. if its a problem truck id get rid of it real quick.
Old 01-17-2008, 08:47 AM
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until its disintegrates in a crash or it explodes
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My trucks eventually end up broken down into pieces... and they reach a point that I don't even know what's what, and thigns just go out in a great purging of stuff.
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I've had my original .21 powered Monster GT since April '04 and see no reason to get rid of it. For my driving style, the thing is bulletproof.
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never , your gona pry my cold dead fingers off that remote before i sell it
Old 01-18-2008, 04:13 PM
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Default RE: how long do you keep a mt before selling/trading it??

I have over 20, some our 2 to 3 years old and brand spankin new. I have an original mgt with the .21 never even put the wheels on it, and it still sits in the box. I have a new black and gold sut truggy still in the box, a new ofna dominator, a new xfactor, a new giga crusher, and a new 9.5 mbx buggy, a new fusion, etc. If wouldn't totally lose my ass Id sell some of them, but im holding on on till i get half decent offers. Oh forgot about the cen genesis, and many others[]

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