I’ve had a LR3 for about 8 years. It was $500 back then too. Still works really well. Sometimes I have to replace parts, but the maintenance is fairly simple and Whisker has YouTube videos for how to do everything. Still highly recommended. Worth every penny.
I’m not going to tell anybody what to do or who to vote for but one of two things are very likely to happen at the end of this election:
Choose what you want to do, but take responsibility for your choice. Vote in your local elections. Big changes can happen from the ground up.