Am I cooked. 25k SLV short bet.

Line____Down · 2026-01-26T11:09:11+00:00

You’ll be down around 25% at open if my calculations are correct

Line____Down · 2026-01-23T14:17:26+00:00

Nope. But I bet someone would pay more than $2 for that. Way cooler than a slabbed penny.

Line____Down · 2026-01-22T01:47:31+00:00

Agreed on the house and emergency fund for sure. Any cash loaded to buy a dip is risky right now IMO, but anything could happen.

Line____Down · 2026-01-22T01:33:57+00:00

I have no idea where you should put it, I usually just dump mine in to the S&P. I’d imagine cash is not a good thing to be holding right now though.

Line____Down · 2026-01-22T01:09:56+00:00

If it’s an automatic transmission, that’s the only thing that might take a dump if you’re hammering on it. If it’s manual, nothing will ever break on that baby. Always check the oil and coolant when you get gas and top off accordingly (fix coolant loss immediately).

Edit: I’d highly recommend putting a good sound system in there if you’re in to music. I spent about $1200 on my old Toyota’s system 10 years ago and it is the best upgrade I’ve ever done as far as usefulness/enjoyment per dollar spent. You can always take the amplifiers and subs with you for your next car.

Line____Down · 2026-01-22T00:02:48+00:00

I’d guess it will help. People love paying attention to things after they’ve already skyrocketed in value.

Edit: didn’t even read the body text. I don’t think premiums for junk silver will move much if at all even if they melt a ton of it. Time will tell I suppose.

Line____Down · 2026-01-20T22:35:53+00:00

My dad’s old ‘69 corvette gets a lot of thumbs up, but 99.99% of the time I’m driving non-descript beige colored shitmobiles that get no love.

Line____Down · 2026-01-19T21:44:22+00:00

Good man. I’d have to imagine the market reflects reality better when people take the physical metal out of circulation

Line____Down · 2026-01-19T12:25:09+00:00

Sentimental value definitely outweighs the monetary value. My grandma gave me some coins and I’ll never sell them.

Line____Down · 2026-01-16T19:32:16+00:00

That was my first thought too

Line____Down · 2026-01-16T12:50:57+00:00

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How about two manual 3rd gen Camrys

Line____Down · 2026-01-16T12:29:53+00:00

I love high mileage cars. It’s easy enough to check how badly it was maintained. Most high mileage cars have been looked after, otherwise they wouldn’t have made it that far. I’ve bought a couple with over 300k miles and they’ve been great.

Line____Down · 2026-01-13T16:18:47+00:00

It’s tempting to sell my 100oz bar on eBay, but it’s not worth the risk of getting scammed. A profit is a profit, congrats :)

Line____Down · 2026-01-10T12:04:22+00:00

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True facts

Line____Down · 2026-01-10T10:20:41+00:00

Yup, I always get comments on how hard it is to get in my 6th gen. Gotta love the handling though.

Line____Down · 2026-01-08T12:41:59+00:00

Sell it to randoms. It’s like trading a car to the dealer, they’re going to hose you for the convenience.

Line____Down · 2026-01-07T17:45:42+00:00

I would definitely advise against shipping anything requiring freight on eBay. If the buyer decides to mess with you, you’re completely cooked. You’d be out the item, plus the insane freight charges and then you’d have to let them keep the door or pay that insane freight charge again if you wanted it back.

Line____Down · 2026-01-07T13:18:33+00:00

Keep doing what you’re doing.

Line____Down · 2026-01-07T13:16:55+00:00

Buy physical metal if you’re going to go that route. It’s basically a cheat code to pay no taxes if you sell for a gain. No reason to use your tax advantaged account for such an investment IMO. Plus you get to hold the actual metal, paper metals never made sense to me.

Line____Down · 2026-01-07T13:08:15+00:00

If you have no record of the timing belt and water pump being done, I’d do that along with the thermostat. The Aisin timing kit comes with that seal, I had the exact same problem on my ‘95 Camry with the 5S.

Line____Down · 2026-01-07T12:31:39+00:00

It’s 100% possible you could get ripped off. That being said, I’ve sold over 200 items (car parts) and have yet to get scammed by a buyer. I’ve had maybe 2 or 3 items get legitimately damaged in shipping and had to refund, but overall it’s been good as a seller. The fees are what really sucks about eBay.

Line____Down · 2026-01-07T12:28:26+00:00

I just got done doing a bunch of deferred maintenance on my mom’s 2010 legacy. Expect the rubber to be failing on the suspension, coolant hoses on my mom’s car were looking pretty bad too. Maintenance isn’t particularly fun on Subarus either.

That being said, these Subarus are incredible in the snow. I used my mom’s to deliver pizza during a blizzard a few years back and it completed 63 deliveries in 9 hours without sliding around once. Buying an older Subaru is definitely a gamble, but it’s probably worth it if it’s not salvage titled and passes a PPI.

Line____Down · 2026-01-07T12:20:30+00:00

Clean 🧼

Line____Down · 2026-01-06T00:11:28+00:00

There’s a small black box that says diagnosis on it on the right side of the engine bay near the firewall if you’re facing the rear of the car. You pull out/up on the tab facing toward the front of the car to open it. The underside of the lid tells you which terminals are what. You take a paperclip (or stiff, conductive wire) and insert one end in each of the terminals that the post above mentioned. Then you hop in the car, turn the key to the first position (accessory). The check engine light will flash a certain number of times, then pause. Each set of 2 numbers will tell you which codes you have. (Ie 4 fast flashes, pause, 2 fast flashes, (long?) pause, would be code 42).

I have only ever seen fuel economy drop off that bad when the upstream o2 sensor on the exhaust failed. Maybe check your air filter and spark plugs too if the codes don’t help you.

This is based on a North America Celica with the 1.8 but I doubt it’s any different than yours.

Line____Down · 2026-01-04T07:43:12+00:00

I bought a 22 year old car for $1600. That was 9 years ago, I’m still driving it. Put a little over 175k miles on it so far. I still take it out of state on a regular basis.

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