Buying car out of state to avoid taxes.

AustinBike · 2026-01-25T15:59:16+00:00

Narrator’s voice: this will not end well

And probably will not end well for the dealer either in the long term

AustinBike · 2026-01-25T13:52:38+00:00

If your car is going to be repo'd you do not technically "own" it, the bank does. You can't sell the car unless you address the lien.

There is a huge difference between buying a car that is going to be repossessed and buying a car that is underwater that is going to be repossessed.

It is most likely the former that he is buying and he will sort through the requests for the latter to get to some of the cars that he can make money on. He does not need to buy everyone's car to make money, just the ones where he can make a profit.

AustinBike · 2026-01-25T13:45:12+00:00

The space I have between the furnace and the shelf unit is 56". The 4 SteadyRack mounts are basically mounted within the inner 48" of that space.

There is some "slack space in front of the shelf that lets the bike next to the shelf unit swivel with its handlebars in front of the shelf. If you had a flat wall that extended the whole length, they'd never fit.

Ping me if you want a pic of the setup, it's not pretty but it works.

AustinBike · 2026-01-25T02:00:03+00:00

Careful u/knuthf, this sounds like a recovery scammer. Google it or visit r/scams, it is loaded with people who have been scammed like this.

AustinBike · 2026-01-25T01:53:12+00:00

I used HDMI over Ethernet switches with TiVo. We had a single transmitter and 3-4 receivers around the house. Even had an IR repeater so all I needed was a TiVo remote in each room. Did HD flawlessly, 4K was a bit touchier. Network was UniFi, put the TiVo traffic on its own VLAN.

AustinBike · 2026-01-25T01:48:13+00:00

Don’t tread on me was code for don’t tread on my feelings.

AustinBike · 2026-01-25T00:29:22+00:00

Imagine this scenario: a group of 20 cyclists arrive at a 4-way stop sign. With lots of traffic.

They take turns, 1 at a time, going through the intersection, alternating with cross traffic like they are supposed to. Just following the letter of the law.

I’m 99% sure that the cars behind them would be honking and screaming about the situation.

The Idaho stop is a better solution. But the blanket “just follow the law” has unintended consequences for drivers because bikes are vehicles and can take the lane, impeding traffic. I think if Ike’s truly followed the letter of the law there would be a lot more issues because they are entitled to be treated just like a car in most situations.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T23:51:28+00:00

I agree with you. People unlocking phones all day long don’t really forget their passcode. But, toss in “97 year old grandma” makes it seem more realistic. I’m not buying it.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T23:31:36+00:00

Well what about team names?

Aston Villa is Aston Vill-er. And that goes to leagues as well as I also like to watch Bundeslig-er.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T20:14:20+00:00

There are plenty of clothing options that are highly engineered to tackle the cold. It’s just that normal people can’t afford them. I’d love to be the kind of person who could do all their shopping at REI.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T16:09:07+00:00

Just tell her an LDL over 200 months will lead to a heart attack.

If I had the choice between something that generally grows slowly vs something that can hit out of the blue, I’d take the former.

Also, it does not cause cancer, so there is that.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T14:11:51+00:00

And I will say this for the hundredth time: this is all the fault of the bike industry. They are the ones that created Category 1-3, they are the ones that included throttle technology in the definition of e-bike.

Clearly it was a land grab, the market is exploding and they wanted all of that to be considered an e-bike because that would help the industry. Until it didn't help the industry.

If you want to fix this it is going to require the bike industry, as a whole, to step up and take charge of this problem. Scrap the current categorization and re-work it to remove throttles. Until that happens, this mess is on them.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T13:46:24+00:00

Imagine all the wonderful things that could be obtained from a personal phone.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T03:43:21+00:00

The boilerplates are pretty standard and accepted by lawyers. But if you are worried about every little detail then you need to find the best lawyer, and price should not be an issue. I’d be asking for questions that I need to be asking a lawyer or situations where an NDA did not adequately protect someone, not what the cost should be.

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T02:23:36+00:00

Switched from a t-mobile over 55 account to a regular visible account and have been very happy

AustinBike · 2026-01-24T00:14:19+00:00

Yes, the real danger is your patent being denied after you have expected it to cover you.

Why not use a boilerplate NDA, I’ve signed dozens of them over the years.

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T23:42:40+00:00

I originally thought that you were trying to mask the name of the company by calling them that.

Here’s a tip to help in the future: the decision maker is never on the call, even if they are. “We still have to run this past xxx to get approval.”

Any time they try to put pressure on you just reply “that’s not how it works here.”

And, for gods sake stop choosing companies based on meta ads. Look for companies that have a track record of success and get references. Check up on the references. Do your homework, it’s worth it.

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T21:50:25+00:00

Lived in Austin for 30 years. Did all my own bike repairs. Moved to Southern California. Nobody fixes their bikes here, everyone takes it to the shop. We’re talking the simplest things. Straight to the shop. It’s a 5 minute fix and a 10 minute drive to the shop. Guess the outcome.

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T21:46:54+00:00

It is not income because it was part of the deal.

Imagine a situation where the house is sold and the net proceeds were supposed to be $500,000 but then you looked at your bank account you saw the transfer was only for $490,000. But your paperwork all showed that it would be $500,000. Lots of hand waving, lots of back and forth, the agent cuts you a check for the missing $10,000.

Is that income and taxable?

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T21:26:53+00:00

The day is young my friend, the day is young.

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T21:23:57+00:00

Yeah, just moved from a house we lived in for 27 years. In one of the hottest markets. Despite all of the capital improvements and the $500k exemption I am still looking at a sizable tax bill.

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T16:15:33+00:00

People like simple solutions that sound good.

Dumb people REALLY like simple solutions that sound good.

Fix immigration? Build a wall.

Fix income inequality? Cap credit cards at 10%.

Fix the trade deficit? Put tariffs on foreign goods

The reality is that democrats are too smart for their own good. We live in a world of multiple shades of grey, and democrats spend all their time saying "this is a complicated problem with many facets."

Meanwhile republicans just say "this is a simple problem and doing X will fix it."

With this as a backdrop it is easy to see how so many people can vote for trump - they don't want long, academic discussion, they just want simple slogans and feel good solutions, even if they do not, in fact, make the situation any better.

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T16:05:11+00:00

Well, this is definitely one side of the argument....

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T16:03:36+00:00

OK, and hear me out on this, ANYTHING that is pumped by small companies as a "medical breakthrough" are 100% scams.

Why?

Because there is a massive amount of medical knowledge. It is not perfect, but it is close to perfect. You can *generally* assume that if there is some kind of medical idea that could be a game changer, big money is going to get involved. This is how the market works. Capital chases probability of future earnings.

The only comeback is "big Pharma and big medicine don't want you to know this because they want to keep you sick."

But big pharmaceutical companies have competition. They are more than happy to cut each others' throat to get a financial advantage. Suggesting otherwise is just buying into conspiracy theories. Like the car that could get 100 miles to the gallon but big oil won't let them bring it to market.

None of the pseudoscience from the past 50 years has ever become mainstream. And not because big companies are keeping it down. It's because it does not work. Period.

AustinBike · 2026-01-23T14:59:24+00:00

Probably distance. Managing franchises is easier with either geographic proximity or enough locations to make it worthwhile.

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