LOL! I don't think ANYONE who's owned a C5 has ever parted with it because it was "one of those spur of the moment things" - these little guys get under your skin and I swear they've got a personality of their own!
I always wanted one as a kid, I grew up in the Welsh Valleys, just down the road from the Hoover factory where they were made (it was fun going back there last April with for a C5 run from the Hoover factory all through the villages I grew up in as a kid!). I did a similar "spur of the moment" thing on ebay 18 months ago and bought a C5 for £170 which promptly broke down LOL but after a bit of TLC from Mark ex-C5Alive and a few spare parts it's been running like a dream ever since! I managed to blow up the pod and kill the motor box in the meantime but the learning curve on these badboys is great and I've come a long way in a short time as they say!!
My 4 year old son loves the C5, he is convinced it's a super-fast flying machine I think!
He holds onto the front cowl above the pod for dear life whenever we take it for a spin and he laughs all the way!
Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I'm 100% convinced you'll love your C5s - I can also guarantee that it'll cause you a few sleepless nights trying to work out what's broken and how to fix it too! LOL - all part of the fun, the frustration you feel when they're broken makes it all the sweeter when the little buggers work!!
