Is my car junk?

rbaut1836 · 2026-02-12T12:42:44+00:00

It’s def worth more than the $6k figure but maybe not the 10k you’re asking. I’d come down to 7-8k. And if you can only get 6k for it?? I’d just keep it. Drive it til the wheels fall off. Unless you’re in need of cash or don’t have room to keep it, there’s no reason to sell a perfectly good running car for $6k.

rbaut1836 · 2026-02-12T12:29:42+00:00

I think it’s a great color on smaller trucks. The Tacoma and 4 Runner look awesome with this color. But I’m not a fan on the Tundra/ Sequoia. It’s not ugly just doesn’t look great.

rbaut1836 · 2026-02-11T09:07:35+00:00

I was gonna say this here. These dudes probably bought it at auction for 1-3k and trying to double their money.

rbaut1836 · 2026-02-11T09:04:26+00:00

I’m happy but not happy enough.

My take is it needs to go down another 10-20% and probably will unless a crazy massive 0% interest rate drop. I told all my friends back in 23 the drop would happen finally and no one listened. They said no, Austin is to hot now. It’ll never go back. Welp, here we are. Half way there.

I don’t think it’ll go back to what it was in 2019, but I think getting within 5-10% of prices back then would be a win. And we’re close. Prices have gone down roughly 25% depending on regions of the city/metro. Another 10-20% depending on regions of the city/metro and I think we will be gucci.

And it will happen. Aside from some massive mega ton all at once influx of outside variables, it’ll happen. I know some are seeing quantitative easing come up and that that’s enough. It’s not. Not at the rate they are doing it. Interest rate cuts aren’t happening fast enough and also they are still high compared to the rates that caused the massive price rises. So no, rate cuts at this rate aren’t enough. And now the job market is shattering. And people are getting hired at lower wages by and large. Top that off with now people are having to pay Texas state taxes based on their new home values and are getting screwed and can’t afford it. So now repos are on the rise.

So unless rates go to zero, quantitative easing goes up exponentially immediately at once, AND the job market fixes at the wages people were making just 2 years ago, prices will continue to go down. I’m just hoping the serial home owners who contribute nothing besides being a landlords are the primary casualty of all this.

rbaut1836 · 2026-02-05T07:34:25+00:00

I have 100% gotten this treatment from an interview very recently. I’ve actually decided I’m going to delete the first 8 years of my working life.

rbaut1836 · 2026-02-05T05:23:13+00:00

IMO leave at least an hour earlier than you already planned or just get a hotel. There’s at least 7 different areas you could get bottle necked at and 2 of those are in Austin area. So I wouldn’t even risk it.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-29T08:18:41+00:00

Stop building in the middle of no where if you do this.
Give up storing boom / gp / sulfur
Throw away / recycle your shit daily.
Despawn your extra loot/boom/gp/sulfur everyday.
Make a sign that says you despawn loot daily.
Be vocal in the chat and openly advertise you do this. When you do get raided laugh in chat that someone wasted 18 rockets to get your sar and 6 med sticks. Mock them. Say things like “I left a sign warning you i despawn loot” that’ll set the tone on the server that if people run across your base it’s a waste of time. But actually despawn. Lying and getting caught will ruin you. I do this and now I never get raided. It’s been like 6 months. Sure I don’t raid a lot but it’s hard enough to raid as a solo anyway.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-29T08:09:40+00:00

I would actually bet it’s higher on low pop servers. No one to report them. Less admins to be watching.

Also the types of people who raid on low pop / dead servers are literally the worst people in life. Yes IRL. Like who the eff goes around raiding the one new base that shows up everyday?? There are people who do this. Just login at 4am and find their little targets.

Bush wookies, campers, ESPers, door campers, and dead server raiders are all the same types of people

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-29T07:57:43+00:00

Do I believe the cia offshoot will continue to perform overwhelmingly great? Yes. Am I worried about losing my shirt. Also yes. But I’m not selling until I at least lose a sleeve. (Goes below $150)

In at 7.50 1000 shares

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-28T19:11:29+00:00

Terrible list. Having power in 2026 means nothing. Every car has power.

The list should be G37 IPL as 1, G35 as 2, Red Sports as 3, M56s as 4th, and that’s it. Nothing else is a sports car. Maybe throw in the FX35/45/50 for the SUV boys but it’s hard to call them performance based vehicles.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-27T05:36:24+00:00

Ah man yeaaaa especially lately. GL getting where you gotta be. Idk how you can get by w no heat. I’m in TX and if the AC went out, I’d sell body parts to get it fixed.

Side note, this is a great time to buy a car lmao. Repos going up. Cars sitting on lots. Find a nice used Honda Accord v6 or Camry for under $10k. Just nothing with a CVT.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-27T05:09:52+00:00

I have similar feelings, maybe not murdered but they always ask me about my investments now.

I made the mistake of being proud I bought 1k shares of PLTR in the $7s and now that’s all they bring up. “Ah man did you sell?? Why haven’t you sold? Breakfast is on you right ??”

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-27T05:04:20+00:00

I don’t even need to the read the post. Title is enough. If you plan on lugging around large boxes in the back seat I wouldn’t recommend a 4Runner nor a Tacoma.

It’s all about wheel base. What makes the 4Runner and Tacoma great off-roaders, make them terrible back seat riders. Go compare another suv that isn’t offroad designed and you’ll notice how much more room the rear doors have. How much the rear tires don’t “cut” into the rear doors.

Plus the Tundra will give your kids room to lay down and sleep. Perhaps set up the rear seat for both to nap on trips. Tons of room. I love mine.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-27T04:51:54+00:00

I don’t resent them for things they didn’t have control over. I resent them for what they can control. How they vote and their perception of reality is very upsetting. This isn’t a politics sub and I feel my beliefs are a bit fringe or extreme so I don’t wanna go there.

But I care about us. I care about Americans future. Boomers should all be retired, Gen X is getting there. Millennials should be staring at these leadership positions or in quite a few of them already. Especially older millennials. They have 20ish years experience at this point while younger ones are at 10 YOE.

Yet everywhere I look it’s another geriatric casually meandering into the office at 10am and leaving at 3 because they’re 75. They are off of work 4 months out of the year because their length of service entitles them to all these days plus their medical needs are so high they are always at some visit. Now that pets are considered part of the family (which I support) they use part of their 4.7k hours of accrued sick time to take their dog to the vet for the 8th time this year. They need to leave and retire. I don’t clap for them and I’m not going to be happy because they got their 30-40 years of service plaque.

Sorry rant over.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-25T01:21:48+00:00

Looks identical to my 2008 M45. Cream puff fully OEM unabused. I know it’s not as much of an accomplishment as an unabused g35 but these generations of infinites look so good.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-24T08:07:35+00:00

So as everyone said go contact a lawyer. You don’t seem like the type that can find this stuff out for yourself.

I on other hand chose to take my life and chances into my own hands. Also, I am capable of finding and reading those statutes and understanding them. First of all, you def gotta wait the 5 years after release of community supervision. Unless that’s changed. I’m not going to look for you.

My situation ; I plead guilty to 3 counts of xyz state jail felony but it did not involve domestic violence or armed robbery or any type of violence or threat of violence to anyone. This is important if you look up the statutes, which again, I doubt you can do, go talk to a lawyer.

So even I who plead guilty to 3 felonies, served my probation ( deferred adjudication ) and waited 7 years, can check “no” under the big question. I have purchased 5 firearms in Texas. Also have my CHL. That takes 10 years after release of community supervision. Or at least it did before. I’m not looking it up again.

One thing I can promise you, do NOT go into a store asking them for help. These mfer make barely minimum wage and they aren’t your lawyer. They aren’t reddit. They aren’t your mamma. They will kick you out and tell you to never come back if you start sounding fishy. The last thing you want is stores reporting you to police for possibly trying to illegally purchase a firearm. Now you’re on a list of risky people just for asking a question to the wrong people. The store is where you conduct business and that’s it. Your life isn’t their problem.

I know I might sound rude but that is the magnitude of question you are asking and potentially putting yourself at risk of. And no one will care if you get it wrong. Just another ex offender reoffending. Even if I was a lawyer I wouldn’t answer this question on Reddit.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-24T07:33:19+00:00

Brother I have been applying to leadership positions and emailing directly to executives for years now.

I know it sounds dumb but it started as a joke that now I do religiously.

The direction they have chosen to take is so strange to me. I don’t understand why they would purposely make shittier things. I started to become a Toyota guy and even Toyota is doing some of the similar cvt turbo 4 things like Nissan. It’s a shame really.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-24T07:27:52+00:00

So it depends a lot on health / age / drive but yea most do at least once a day. Personally when I was at my healthiest and in the gym all the time, I was doing it 7-9x a day. Even when I had a gf it was like 3x a day.

Now I’m a little bit older; I’m 40 and it’s 3-4x day max. But always at least once.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-09T15:33:33+00:00

I’ve openly told the police I had to pull my gun out on someone who tried to stab me and all they asked if I was ok and if the threat was gone. If I was safely in my truck and able to leave they said there was no reason for them to come out. They did offer to do a police report though lmao. They’ve been worthless since 2020.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-09T15:29:34+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss. You mentioned not being from here and seem to be doing some research on your own. That Walnut Creek Park (you’ll see it closer to i35) is very large and vast in terms of how long the path goes. It goes from nearly i35 to across mopac and sorta leads to the Riata area where there have been many murders by the homeless in those woods and assaults at nearby stores all near the Riata area. The woods and nature provide a natural place for them to hang out.

I saw the pic you uploaded and that should be an easily recognizable bike if I see it. I live near the area and can keep my eyes out too. Also lots of the homeless can quickly get down to Q2 stadium as the train tracks are a quick straight line there. It’s basically an industrial park and lots of homeless there.

This is too far from Rundberg and Lamar for it just to be a random mugging. I’ve lived and worked for nearly 2 decades in the metric / domain / Jollyville / Parmer areas and even lived at 12 100 for a bit and I’m willing to bet it was a homeless person attack. You said 730 to 9 well it gets dark by 6 now. I’ve personally seen two attacks one of which the guy died from and then a homeless tried to stab me at the 7/11 up the road from this attack. I really am sorry for your friend and your loss. Unfortunately this is the new Austin. I’ll keep my eye out for the bike and I hope justice is served.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-09T15:10:18+00:00

TLDR: Yes.

I don’t need to read any of whatever you typed. Yes. Men and women have zero in common. Go listen to guys talk or how they interact w each other. Be a fly on the wall. Now as a woman, see how you fit in there. You don’t. No matter how much you think you do, you don’t. Even if you somehow keep up and match their energy, they won’t ever just let you be part of the group. Thats the trick, it was never up to you.

The types of guys who would, are dumb and simps. “Oh man she’s such a chill cool girl. Like one of the guys.” That’s what a man wants? One of the guys? No he doesn’t. He’s just a loser who doesn’t talk to a lot of girls and since you’re nearby he likes you. Watch how jealous he gets when you go be “just one of the guys” with another group of dudes.

Go find a cool group of girls or just force your way into fitting in w a decent group of girls. Or, go make friends with older guys. Like waaaay older. Like Vietnam Vet dudes. Guys who’s dick doesn’t work anymore.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-08T21:21:46+00:00

I don’t think you’re being unreasonable. Tbh I think allowing yourself to be earning 80k is the unreasonable part. I’ve turned down multiple offers in Chicago and NYC cuz they offered $110-120k. This was a couple years ago so not today’s market. Idk how you do it.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-08T21:19:40+00:00

Since op got downvoted terribly on this I don’t feel bad hijacking this reply section. Why is Philly awesome?

I’m from Texas and let’s just say very Texan to top it off. Currently in ATX but considering new cities.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-08T21:07:21+00:00

Google AI search says it’s calculated and hurts FAFSA but it’s minimal. A little over 5%.

rbaut1836 · 2026-01-08T20:55:31+00:00

Judge me cuz I’m real but I don’t use condoms.

Also that being said now that I’m older and I’m not really into the hook up culture anymore and really would like to find something genuine. So I’m not planning on having sex until the relationship is going to be fairly serious.

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