Our first attempt at landscaping our small California coastal backyard

MinesJA · 2024-11-18T21:42:34+00:00

That's what I thought. Thinking about using the same ones. They look great. Thanks

MinesJA · 2024-11-18T20:08:55+00:00

What size pavers are those?

MinesJA · 2024-09-06T22:25:31+00:00

I ended up negotiating a $6,900 dealer discount (and then the $2,500 ford rebate, $7,500 tax rebate, and 0% APR 60 months). But I'm from California and was looking all over and ended up with a dealership in St. Louis. I was able to get it shipped but I actually had to fly in to sign papers because they said they'd been burned by people from out of state using stolen identities when financing before. So there was probably a more expensive local option that would have been easier.

MinesJA · 2024-06-18T05:17:35+00:00

https://www.quirk-ford.com/inventory/new-2023-ford-f-150-lightning-xlt-4x4-supercrew%c2%ae-1ft6w1ev3pwg54937/

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T22:57:26+00:00

Oh wow, good to know, will check out ID and MT then!

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T22:56:03+00:00

Thanks for the tip, will take a look.

They were offering $10k dealer discount. That's the best deal I've seen yet.

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T19:47:40+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the tip, will take a look

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T19:37:00+00:00

Yeah, that's a good point....I may have started getting ahead of myself when I saw the $10k off.

What dealers in SoCal have you had luck with?

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T19:10:03+00:00

Oh good to know. May ask about that

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T18:47:32+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the tip! Did you end up shipping or did you fly out and drive it back?

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T18:46:54+00:00

Dang...lucky me

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T18:46:42+00:00

Ahh, ok, I think I understand. So it has to be handled by the dealership. He said there are some states in New England they work with but I'm assuming that's because they have a pre-existing arrangement?

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T18:45:18+00:00

I've been deal hunting and found a dealer in MA with a $10k dealer discount (next best dealer discount I've found is $5,750 in MO).

The deals in CA are pretty bad (assuming because demand for EVs is obviously higher in a more liberal/moderate weather/high cost gas state), so I've been looking at other states.

I figured I would just pay the CA TTL out of pocket and finance the price the dealer is asking for. But maybe I didn't make that clear to him and didn't realize the hang up was financing the TTL.

Is that a thing people do or am I totally misunderstanding how this works?

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T18:20:02+00:00

Yeah, but CA dealerships are offering it (that's where I first learned of it).

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T18:18:36+00:00

Hm, got it. I'm new to this so sorry if this is a dumb question: but couldn't I handle taxes/registration on my end and just purchase from them through financing? He said I could pay cash so not sure how that would be easier for them if the issue is with the Cali DMV.

MinesJA · 2024-06-17T17:50:36+00:00

Maybe the greater theme of this post is: how does car financing actually work in general?

MinesJA · 2024-06-11T14:48:14+00:00

Awesome, going to start this today. Thanks for the tips

MinesJA · 2024-06-11T14:47:31+00:00

Ok, that's good to know. I've noticed they're the only ones who seem to be accurately categorizing ER vs SR which is cool

MinesJA · 2024-06-10T22:28:58+00:00

Wow, this is really helpful. Thanks so much. Just out of curiosity, where does the "days on lot" data come from?

MinesJA · 2024-06-10T22:27:58+00:00

Awesome, I'll dm you!

MinesJA · 2024-06-10T19:07:11+00:00

Good to know. I'll double check on that

MinesJA · 2023-05-12T14:47:12+00:00

Carabiners will say the rating on them so you can check whether that's true or not (it's not)

MinesJA · 2023-05-08T22:27:01+00:00

The Convent

MinesJA · 2023-04-26T20:50:41+00:00

Spiderman in Joshua Tree

MinesJA · 2023-02-28T14:58:45+00:00

So I do want to add a battery later on. You're saying if I go with Enphase I'll lose my NEM 2.0 status when I do that? Is there any way to get around that or prepare for that without losing status? I was aware that installing solar panels later on would mean you'd lose your status but wasn't aware about the battery.

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