I started driving electric cars in 2015. The first car was e-Golf SEL, top of the line, it had Navigation because it didn’t have CarPlay at that time. I was driving an A8L to work and it costs $300-$400 a month for gas. I went to a dealer and got a lease for this car […]
Category: Finance
All about money
File Tax With TurboTax
Every year we file income tax with TurboTax, it’s easy and quite efficient. The best is to buy with amazon with discount. If we have investment accounts, we need the Premier version.
Why You Should Not Buy Cheap BMW i3 Used
Many years ago, we went to see the BMW EV i3 and we couldn’t believe the not so attractive looking car cost $50k. We’ve never looked back. Here in Silicon Valley, BMW has always been a status make as well as Mercedes, quite a lot of people who couldn’t afford the car New would buy […]
COVID-19 Mortgage Refinance At 2.5% Fixed
We refinanced our mortgage from 4.5% to 3.5% 30 years fixed almost 4 years ago. Due to the COVID-19, the interest rate went down to the point that’s too good to pass, 2.1% to 2.5%. We would like to share the experience of refinancing online vs mortgage brokers. The online brokers have low overhead, therefore […]
Tesla Model 3 Is Great But We Wouldn’t Buy It
If you live in the Bay Area, you would noticed there are more Teslas than the popular Honda Accords or Toyota Camrys at least per our perception of daily commuting to/from work. It seems the Bay Area is full of Green people or just people following a fad. Tesla cars are no doubt high tech, […]
FasTrak CAV Transponder Malfunctioned Causes Malicious Charges
If you live in the Bay Area, chances are you use 880 and 237 often to go to the East Bay. If you own an EV, now you’re required to use CAV transponder from FasTrak to even use the freeways. So, as good citizens as we are, we ordered them and found out they’re not […]
Why Do I Drive 2019 VW eGolf?
Living in Silicon Valley or CA as a whole, we do have lots of incentive to drive an EV (Electric Vehicle), with federal tax credit of $7500, rebate $2500 and $800, that’s a total of $10800 off the price of any qualified EV, we can also get the CarPool purple sticker expires Jan 2023. Last […]
Apple iPhone XR and Trade Ins
Apple iPhones are getting very expensive, we’ve been buying used and refurbished 6’s for a few years now. This year, we have a friend who works for Apple and could buy for friends and family with 15% discount from the list prices, which is very nice. Even with the discounts + tax still costs $742 […]
