Finance

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Tesla Model 3 Is Great But We Wouldn’t Buy It

Tesla Model 3

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

CAV and Flex Transponders

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?

Adaptive Cruise Control

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

iPhone XR

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

2015 MB B-Class 250e Electric Drive

We’re slowly moving to all EV (Electric Vehicles) for our fleet. My mother in-law 2004 Honda Accord’s starting to fail more often, CEL (Check Engine Light) and Power Door Lock not functioning. I think Honda quality for this series is bad, anyhow, it’s time to get an EV for her so no more car maintenance,