What to do with my old car

Dickarms · Post by **Dickarms** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:03 pm

put it up on CL. See how it goes.

Rampage · Post by **Rampage** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:05 pm

Whip a spoiler and a loud muffler on it and sell it to a high school kid as a project car.

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:19 pm

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:i dont really get the charity thing.
- i like helping people, but how does giving them my busted shit help ? (legitimately curious)
- i could get $500 now, or $500 on my tax return...whats the difference? (also legitimately curious, as ialways file a pretty normal ass return)

thanks for the input brolemites.

As far as I know, that $500 will only count for you if you have enough write-offs to go over the "standard deduction" the IRS allows.... say your standard deduction is $2000 and your donations and other allowed deductions for the year were $3000, then you are allowed to deduct the 3 grand.

But if your standard deduction was $2000 and the $500 write-off is all you have for the year, you only get the standard deduction (as you would anyway) and your car is pretty much gone for free. Check with a tax expert but I am pretty sure that is the case.

Dickarms · Post by **Dickarms** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:29 pm

GuitarBilly wrote:
Y0UNGBL00D wrote:i dont really get the charity thing.
- i like helping people, but how does giving them my busted shit help ? (legitimately curious)
- i could get $500 now, or $500 on my tax return...whats the difference? (also legitimately curious, as ialways file a pretty normal ass return)

thanks for the input brolemites.

As far as I know, that $500 will only count for you if you have enough write-offs to go over the "standard deduction" the IRS allows.... say your standard deduction is $2000 and your donations and other allowed deductions for the year were $3000, then you are allowed to deduct the 3 grand.

But if your standard deduction was $2000 and the $500 write-off is all you have for the year, you only get the standard deduction (as you would anyway) and your car is pretty much gone for free. Check with a tax expert but I am pretty sure that is the case.

yeah that sounds like that sucks, and i can always use cash. fuck you, charity. see you later when im ballin.

Rampage wrote:Whip a spoiler and a loud muffler on it and sell it to a high school kid as a project car.

too late, has 3" on it from previous owner :facepalm:

can you tell i didnt know shit when purchasing this thing? :lol:

i was like 20.

Lloyd Blankfein · Post by **Lloyd Blankfein** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:31 pm

I want you to know that I now posses your cellular telephone number.

I will not mention batmobile.

Dickarms · Post by **Dickarms** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:40 pm

lol

3 hits and a vm so far according to vc, i should have posted "first person to speak english and not lowball gets it"

Dickarms · Post by **Dickarms** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:41 pm

i still keep all the notes the mexican dudes leave on it in the driveway, just in case.

Lloyd Blankfein · Post by **Lloyd Blankfein** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:47 pm

I am tempted to text you speaking spanish and then go into a juarez nigerian scam.

However, my area code will give it away.

"Will the car's lowering kit affect it's ability to drive at high rates of speed on oil drilling roads in proximity to el paso/juarez?"

"Can the suspension handle 300 kil, I mean 600 pounds?"

"I have a friend, in juarez who wants this car., I will pay you in cashiers check and you will drop it off at the border.."

:cop:

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:07 pm

Lloyd Blankfein wrote:I am tempted to text you speaking spanish and then go into a juarez nigerian scam.

However, my area code will give it away.

"Will the car's lowering kit affect it's ability to drive at high rates of speed on oil drilling roads in proximity to el paso/juarez?"

"Can the suspension handle 300 kil, I mean 600 pounds?"

"I have a friend, in juarez who wants this car., I will pay you in cashiers check and you will drop it off at the border.."

Speaking of Mexicans invading your area :lol:

I was in Ojai yesterday, isn't that close to where you live?

Lloyd Blankfein · Post by **Lloyd Blankfein** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:12 pm

Lol, ojai. No, I'm north of that. Although I have been through there a couple times. Pretty awesome little town. If I grew citrus, it'd be #1 on my places to live. Out off the east end by Gridley. :love:

What you doing? Wine tasting and relaxing?

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:25 pm

Lloyd Blankfein wrote:Lol, ojai. No, I'm north of that. Although I have been through there a couple times. Pretty awesome little town. If I grew citrus, it'd be #1 on my places to live. Out off the east end by Gridley.

What you doing? Wine tasting and relaxing?

I'm kind of house shopping, actually. I will be moving out of the Valley sometime next year, but will still be in So Cal so I am looking at the market in certain areas to decide where to go. I can telecommute for my job and my gf is a nurse and can get a job anywhere so we don't want to be in the Valley anymore. The plan is to sell my house and get something bigger somewhere else. Ojai is really cool but ridiculously expensive, so that's out of question for our plan. We've been looking at areas around Ventura and North L.A counties. The weekend before, we looked at the Lompoc/Solvang area and liked it quite a bit.

PurpleTrails · Post by **PurpleTrails** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:31 pm

Y0UNGBL00D wrote:i dont really get the charity thing.
- i like helping people, but how does giving them my busted shit help ? (legitimately curious)
- i could get $500 now, or $500 on my tax return...whats the difference? (also legitimately curious, as ialways file a pretty normal ass return)

thanks for the input brolemites.

My donated 2002 Altima sold at auction for $3100. It was in a little better shape than yours, but the engine was toast and it had 172000 miles on it. They came and hauled it away, I got some paperwork about a month later that needed to get sent in with my return. I have way more than the normal standard deduction (mortgage payments, expenses and depreciation on a rental house) so it was pretty much gravy to me. No PITA over parting it out, having to haul it somewhere, etc. Money benefited a very cool radio station, and I probably realized as much of a deduction as if I had tried to sell it on CL.

~Abstract~ · Post by **~Abstract~** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 6:24 pm

Donate it to Westboro Baptist Church.

...using a crane.

indienoise · Post by **indienoise** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:43 pm

+1 to what Billy said about the tax deduction. If you get tired of dealing with the dregs of CL, assuming you don't have a way to tow the car to a scrapyard yourself, call up a local towing place. Tell them you want a car taken to scrap. They will likely give you $200-250 (provided scrap metal prices still are where they have been for a while) and keep the difference as their fee. You get quick cash and don't even have to get your hands dirty, save for whatever's on that cash they hand you.

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