[poll] How much $$$ have YOU spent on ESK8?

#15

So THIS is how women feel when you ask thier weight. jheeez. :man_shrugging:

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#16

Yeah… many many monies spent. Pretty sure i’m somewhere in between 20-30k

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#17

This makes me feel better about myself.

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#18

A lot more than what has been mentioned so far :hot_face:
But only about 1% of the parts are for me :crazy_face:

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#19

I broke down the raw cost of raw parts for a board I was on one time to a curious bystander.

He said, “that’s an ok, used Camry”

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#20

One board’s first iteration

And now it has new wheels, new motor, new truck hangers, new bearings times two, new enclosure. So that vehicle has cost around 1210+110+90+17+17+25= $1469 to build and keep in service for one year. (1210 construction plus 259 yearly maintenance)

That vehicle is part of a fleet of 4 vehicles. Those 4 vehicles provide 99% of my transportation needs. Occasionally I will use one of those plus a commuter train, or an electric longboard instead. But most of the time it’s solely an electric shortboard.

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#21

Enough to buy and import a LaCroix Nazare to Australia, but you can’t put money on learning a new skill and the enjoyment riding your own DIY esk8 brings so… :man_shrugging:t2:

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#22

Wouldn’t be seen dead driving a Camry.

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#23

I had a camry station wagon once. Was a great car. It didn’t like being rolled at 110kph tho :roll_eyes: certainly not a hilux or a landcruiser, but still a great car.

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#24

I know, but it’s such a painfully generic old man’s car.

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#25

A single one won’t work, you’d need a fleet of them.

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#26

Mine was a shaggin wagon. I ripped the back seats out so I could put a bed in there on the weekends and fit all my tools in during the week.

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#27

FTFY. I have one board rn.

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#28

And I bet you also use a car.

It’s the whole “tools versus toys” can of worms all over again :rofl:

#29

Don’t assume. My wife has a car, I don’t.

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#30

My first car was a Used Lincoln LS and I loved it.

Picture Ford trying to make a bmw 5 series using mustang and Taurus guts…
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Then I was Japanese for a bit. Now German for last 2.

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#31

I’ve had Japanese, Italian, German, Australian, American, Korean, and now esk8. Owned 12 cars and 4 motorcycles in total just off the top of my head.

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#32

I roll around in a fully electric Fiat 500e
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@b264 Take that and your combustion engine hatred :sunglasses:

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#33

They are mocked here in the UK but fully electric for £11k doesnt sound too bad

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#34

That’s than 100$ US?

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