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Burren said:
Some hood rat isn’t going to beat my attorneys. But that sounds like such a major hassle. So far I’ve only listed on enthusiast sites, thinking it would be better buyers.
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Carmax gave me a ridiculous amount for my diesel truck a few months ago. Prob 3-4k less than what I could have gotten hustling the private market but I’m ok with that! So simple, check in hand in 30 min and cashed the next day.
 
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Hekotat said:
Average income people are hurting like hell currently, I think you're going to have issues selling. The reason I know this is I had a 3080 for sale for 600 then 500 then 300 and not a single offer, I also had other really well taken care of high end PC parts for well over 4 months. I ended up giving most of it away to friends. That shit should have went like hotcakes.
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Also a new generation NVIDIA (5xxx or whatever) is around the corner, so the market might be flooded with cheap 4xxx cards, makes it a biatch to sell anything older for a meaningful amount.
 
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Also a new generation NVIDIA (5xxx or whatever) is around the corner, so the market might be flooded with cheap 4xxx cards, makes it a biatch to sell anything older for a meaningful amount.
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I agree, however, I've never seen people not even make offers and it wasn't just the video card. I still have cases and PSUs just sitting here chilling that I need out of here.
 
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ToeMissile

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Not in defense of her at all, more commentary on our 'ruling class'; how many of them even drive themselves anywhere?

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Haus

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So this weekends adventure in automotive maintenance...

Had a work trip this last week to Austin, got home Thursday. Friday my back passenger tire was low on pressure. I filled it, seemed to be holding.

Saturday I get in my car, back passenger tire has... 2lbs of pressure. Limp (since they're runflats) to the tire place I got my last tires at. Check check the tire..

"Good news, there's nothing wrong with your tire..."
"Bad news, your wheel has a crack in it"

And I suddenly have perfect clarity of a pothole I remember catching leaving Austin.

Now, do I :
  • Replace with OEM wheel, for around $700....
  • Buy a new set of wheels for it (even though I like the look of the stock wheels)
  • Take a shot at one of the local wheel repair shops that claim to be able to TIG cracks in wheels back to good.
This is not something I wanted in my weekend....
 
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Burns

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Haus said:
So this weekends adventure in automotive maintenance...

Had a work trip this last week to Austin, got home Thursday. Friday my back passenger tire was low on pressure. I filled it, seemed to be holding.

Saturday I get in my car, back passenger tire has... 2lbs of pressure. Limp (since they're runflats) to the tire place I got my last tires at. Check check the tire..

"Good news, there's nothing wrong with your tire..."
"Bad news, your wheel has a crack in it"

And I suddenly have perfect clarity of a pothole I remember catching leaving Austin.

Now, do I :
  • Replace with OEM wheel, for around $700....
  • Buy a new set of wheels for it (even though I like the look of the stock wheels)
  • Take a shot at one of the local wheel repair shops that claim to be able to TIG cracks in wheels back to good.
This is not something I wanted in my weekend....
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Look up your exact rims online and see how well people have faired with getting them fixed. AFAIK it's heavily depends on the forge process/metal of the rim. You may even been able to find some recommendations for local "trustworthy" DFW shops on corvetteforum.com, rennlist.com, or bimmerforums.com.

Another recommendation I just read, was to look for pull offs from someone in the exact situation as you, who decided to upgrade to aftermarket. So they might list their 3 good rims on FB Marketplace, an enthusiast site, or anywhere else that might have used parts. The Caddy is a bit rarer, so it might be harder to find. Dunno if there is an active Caddy enthusiast forum.
 
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Burren

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Haus said:
So this weekends adventure in automotive maintenance...

Had a work trip this last week to Austin, got home Thursday. Friday my back passenger tire was low on pressure. I filled it, seemed to be holding.

Saturday I get in my car, back passenger tire has... 2lbs of pressure. Limp (since they're runflats) to the tire place I got my last tires at. Check check the tire..

"Good news, there's nothing wrong with your tire..."
"Bad news, your wheel has a crack in it"

And I suddenly have perfect clarity of a pothole I remember catching leaving Austin.

Now, do I :
  • Replace with OEM wheel, for around $700....
  • Buy a new set of wheels for it (even though I like the look of the stock wheels)
  • Take a shot at one of the local wheel repair shops that claim to be able to TIG cracks in wheels back to good.
This is not something I wanted in my weekend....
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I don’t recommend trying to weld the wheel.
 
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Burren

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Burns said:
Look up your exact rims online and see how well people have faired with getting them fixed. AFAIK it's heavily depends on the forge process/metal of the rim. You may even been able to find some recommendations for local "trustworthy" DFW shops on corvetteforum.com, rennlist.com, or bimmerforums.com.

Another recommendation I just read, was to look for pull offs from someone in the exact situation as you, who decided to upgrade to aftermarket. So they might list their 3 good rims on FB Marketplace, an enthusiast site, or anywhere else that might have used parts. The Caddy is a bit rarer, so it might be harder to find. Dunno if there is an active Caddy enthusiast forum.
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Junk yard and get a wheel is cheapest option.
 
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RobXIII

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Burren said:
Junk yard and get a wheel is cheapest option.
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This is the answer for a lot of problems.

I had a hatchback window randomly explode once, Safelite and the dealer wanted like 1100 plus, because it was specialized curved glass.

I spent $150 for an entire hatchback. 2 bolts + reconnecting a wiring harness later I had a fixed window :p
 
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Sludig

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Perfectly about 1cm or so square 3-4ft scrape down my front drivers door/quarter panel. Fucking faggots. Pretty thin but noticable.

Cocksuckers.

Doubt it's worth the deductible to fix, not sure how much a big deal it would be, not sure if it's possibly just clear and can buff. Didnt rub out at all to the ol finger smush.
 
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Sludig said:
Perfectly about 1cm or so square 3-4ft scrape down my front drivers door/quarter panel. Fucking faggots. Pretty thin but noticable.

Cocksuckers.

Doubt it's worth the deductible to fix, not sure how much a big deal it would be, not sure if it's possibly just clear and can buff. Didnt rub out at all to the ol finger smush.
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Dr Color Chip works well
 
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Sludig

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To be faiiiirrrr, 2019 inflation to now etc certainly changed a lot. That and I think they realized it might not be a good mass market vehicle, so luxury/hype beast is the only way to take it.
 
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Sludig said:
To be faiiiirrrr, 2019 inflation to now etc certainly changed a lot. That and I think they realized it might not be a good mass market vehicle, so luxury/hype beast is the only way to take it.
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It was patently ridiculous in 2019 so it's just another hype fail.
 
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I would love to see a respectable EV in the 20-25k range new. But right now it's a buyers market, you can get a relatively newish one for cheaper than that.
 
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Reposting this here since the Politics thread moves so fast many people don't keep up with it (including me):

They only named the OnStar Smart Driver program, so I wonder if this is only for vehicles with OnStar and can you order vehicles w/o OnStar still? Otherwise how would it connect to the internet to upload data?
 
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