I've been wasting alot of money lately, on my RC monster truck.

I have a Traxxas E-maxx. Basically the fully electronic cousin of T-maxx

I never liked the idea of having to keep something that ran on gas in my bedroom, or gas itself in my bedroom. They also require ALOT more maintenance than my all electric E-maxx requires. The most I have to do is charge and discharge my NIMH batteries, which are, I'll admit HELLA EXPENSIVE.

But anyways, I've been breaking ALOT of bulkheads ever since I got the thing. I'm a really abusive driver. I bought it to beat the piss out of it, go over huge jumps, and mow down small children.

So I was looking around, and found these.

http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail.php?prod=FLM1750018500&cat=31

They combine the Bulkhead, and the little differential case into one solid chunk of aluminum. They also have an "extreme abuse" warranty. If I manage to bend or break these suckers, they'll replace them $15 per side. All of their parts have this warranty, so I'm pretty much going to exclusively use their parts, because no one else has a guarantee like that.

I also wanted to replace the drive shafts. I wanted something metal, the plastic stock ones are already starting to barber poll on me. I wanted something cheap, because I don't have a brushless motor replacement. So I don't need something that has to deal with NEAR the load some other people have.



So I got a set of these center drive shafts, and some RDlogics (The cheapest of the cheap) drive shafts.

So I spent something like $211.

But I won't have to replace anything other than suspension arms in the near future. As soon as I break more of those, I'll be replacing them with Fastlane parts. Fastlane is not only the cheapest manufacture I've found, but they also have that unbeatable extreme abuse policy.

Other planned upgrades are a brushless motor system (So I can put the kid down the street with the T-maxx to shame.) and of course, MUCH BETTER drivetrain parts to accomodate the brushless motor system. That'll cost me close to $300 to come up with.

Also, I'm taking a micrometer and a caliper to every single one of these parts, and getting the specs. With a little tweaking, I seriously don't see why I can't go into business myself in making these parts.

So what have you been wasting money on?

I wasted about 300$ on clothing that probably wont fit me in 2 months since I started working out again and the excess fat that I've gained over the last year will go away pretty damn fast. Well the clothing will still fit me, but I'll look like a yo.

And sounds like some pretty fun hobby you've got there, so I wouldn't really call it wasting money.

booze

world of warcraft

guitars

university

college

My service provider, so I can visit massassi.

ok, really, Eve online.

Knives, CDs, and flying discs.

food

PIGWOMAN! <.<

Rise of Legends... it's pretty cool

qft

edit: wtf, qft is censored?

Protein mix. I carelessly left two containers of it back in Peterborough, so I've had to buy more while at my folks' place. At $25 a container, it's pretty friggin' expensive for me. I suppose it's much less than a booze budget, though.

Lots of excellent pizza. And I'm still thin as a rake. Sadly, so is my wallet.

Just a bunch of clothing.

I am however saving some money to put towards the guiyar I'm going to start building over the summer.

[QUOTE=Michael MacFarlane]Lots of excellent pizza. And I'm still thin as a rake. Sadly, so is my wallet. :([/QUOTE]

giordano's half-price mondays \m/

Pop

Poker... if I lose that is.

My car. So last week I thought '**** it', ditched it, and now I'm on the tram until I can get my new car in August. Saving a hell of a lot of money with petrol as high as it is.

Also I agree with that poker thing
But I want to play in the WSOP, dammit!!

on a wide variety of things...

You don't have to pay hookers before you kill them.

And if you do, you can just pay the money back.

Nothing lately...spent a lot on my truck, but it was needed.

why would i kill your mom[/badjoke]

actually my last paycheck

bb gun and 2400 bbs $50
3do system with 15 games and a GBA SP $80
mosin nagant accessory kit (bayonet, sling, ammo pouch, cleaning kit, oil bottle) $35
60 rounds of 7.62x54R (40 rounds were fired the day i bought them) $12
kill.switch for GBA $7.50

$200 went to my mom... and some was spent on food

so basically when i say wide variety i mean guns and video games...

alcohol, as always.

although, the reason I actually have no money is that I'm saving £100 (~$190) a week towards travelling. not a waste, but leaving me with very little left over.

university as usual and a new mouse, keyboard , which although looks rather weird is helping my typing no end and is very comfy

also bought a new webcam for video/voice calls but I might return it as there is a well known problem with the drivers that makes sound distorted and logitech still haven't fixed the issue after 6 months... (I only got mine 2ish weeks ago) but they have known about the problem for a while, it effects a whole range.

Guitar and paintball. Probobly going to invest in a new video camera sometime this summer though.

CDs:
Tool-10,000 Days ($15)
Smashing Pumpkins-Gish ($15)
Red Hot Chili Peppers-Stadium Arcadium ($15)

DVDs:
Bill Hicks Live ($15)
The Short Films of David Lynch ($20)
The X-Files Season 5 ($45)

Books:
Penny Arcade: Attack of the Bacon Robots!

Airsoft:
Tokyo Marui MP5K PDW w/ silencer and 6 inch barrel ($200)
Tokyo Marui MP5 200 rd. hicap magazine($30)

mp3's on iTunes. I downloaded 6 just today.

rent

Same here.

gas

cigarettes

booze

pancakes. (my true vice)

I'm quitting on June 23rd. I bought another house.

Harvest Moon N64 on Ebay sealed for $CAD

Should be here sometime this week.

After paying my tuition and finding out I spent too much in February, I ain't wasting money on ANYTHING (though really, given what I know now, I'd have spent just as much back then, as I still feel there was nothing wasteful about it).

I need a job... anyone want to hire me?

WoW

D&D books. In the last 2 months I've bought Dungeon Master's Guide, Races of the Dragon, Complete Warrior, Complete Adventurer, Draconomicon, and the Player's Handbook II, and I still plan to get the Monster Manuel and Complete Arcane. All of these books cost $30.

Ecstasy, Yoshi? I hate to repeat what you've probably heard a lot, but your brain is disappearing rapidly when you use that stuff.

FFXI.

and saving up for a wii.

Taxi and autorickshaw rides to get around. Rides that cost $1-$2 max. Living in India has its advantages.

So does living at home. :p