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  • I sold a Honda Civic Si that I’d done a k-swap on, and overheated (!!!), about two years ago. I specified in the ad that I hadn’t seen coolant in the oil when I’d changed the oil, and that the a/c compressor failing and killing the serpentine belt was what caused it to overheat. I got more than I expected, esp. for a car with 180,000 miles on the body/transmission. So, for starters, don’t assume that you can only get $700.

    For someone that knows what they’re doing, and has the tools and space to work, a head gasket isn’t usually a big deal, as long as it’s just the head gasket, and not a warped cylinder head. Most of the charges for the repair are labor.

    I agree that FB Marketplace is your best bet. Check the KBB value, and use that as a starting point. Take a lot of photos, make sure that you’re pointing out the known issues. Write a very detailed description, i.e., not “message me for details”; if people ask you shit that you’ve already addressed in the listing, refer them back to the write up. It’s a good way to weed out unserious people. Don’t take the very first offer! You’re likely to get a number of people trying to give you ridiculous low-ball offers. Specify cash-ONLY, as in, no Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, check, money order, cashier’s check, bank draft, or goats. (You can take bitcoin if you’re into that; there’s no way to do a chargeback with BTC once you’ve gotten 3 confirmations.)

    Make sure that you make two receipts, and have them sign both. Check the name against their driver’s license. Remember to remove the license plate. Call your insurance and cancel the policy immediately after the sale. Essentially, you want to CYA so that if they get tickets or crash the car, you aren’t going to be on the hook.



  • FWIW, you can do this fairly easily with sous vide and still ensure that it’s perfectly safe.

    I had a steak like this, something like 20-odd years ago (i’m nowhere near wealthy enough to go to nice steakhouses now); it was amazing. I don’t intentionally eat any steak cooked more than medium rare at this point.


  • HelixDab2@lemm.eetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldWhat happened in 1971?
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    12 days ago

    Really? You think that deflation is good for workers? Deflation means that they get laid off, because why the fuck would I, were I an employer, continue to employ someone when their effective wage rises ever year, if I can get someone for half the real wages? Deflation means that no one is going to get a mortgage, because you’re going to be underwater on that loan before the ink is dry; that also means that you won’t be able to sell a house if you need to. With deflation, everyone puts of discretionary purchases, because the increasing value of money means that those purchases will be cheaper at a later date. With everyone stopping discretionary spending, you see a very rapid halt to the economy.


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    Categorically false.

    The problem with a gold standard is that your monetary supply can’t increase with your population, unless you can also increase your gold reserves at the same rate. If your monetary supply can’t keep pace with the population, then your money increases in value. That’s a bad thing; it makes it more expensive to buy anything, or to use any kind of credit.

    A way to explain it is that if you have 100 people, and $1000, then you have an average of $10/person. But if your population increases to 110, and you still have the same amount of money, then you have an average of $9.09/person. But that $9.09 has the same purchasing power as $10 had previously. The result is that people hold on to money, since it’s going to be far more valuable in a few years than it is now. This is a form of deflation, and it’s a good way to crash an economy.

    Going off the gold standard allows the federal reserve to more readily manipulate the monetary supply–they don’t have to hold reserves of gold or silver–to keep an economy growing along with a population.