Sell the Pukon and get a small pickup or something that gets better milage. Then use all the spare cash to build your R/C collection.

For me, the ability to drive made it possible to travel to the races and forest preserves to bash. Made the addiction worse.

Actually, it was girls, graduating high school, partying, etc. that interfered with the hobby. The hobby took a dive once I was college. From there it was study, fraternity, girlfriend, graduation, job, wife, house, and finally.....over a decade later....back to R/Cs!