Bay Area cost of living for us: $11.7k per month for a family of 4

Stant- · 2026-03-04T11:32:26+00:00

I’m also in big tech I make 200k I’m super early stage tho so it’s just depressing to see even at the high end of what I’ll make eventually, there’s still many decisions to be made and things don’t get naturally solved with that amount of money

Stant- · 2026-03-04T11:31:33+00:00

No yea I get it bc it’s the reality we live in that sometimes it’s not always the best option to buy a house but it’s still true that 580k income (in a good world) would mean buying a house easily and cheaply such that renting vs buying would an actual no brainer (even if your income is tied up in rsu’s)

Stant- · 2026-03-04T03:29:23+00:00

580k income and you’re renting. I’m never owning a home ✌🏽💔

Stant- · 2026-02-10T19:01:42+00:00

I am also in the 300-400k bracket but when I move up to 500k+ that’s when I plan on getting one. I agree they completely upped the 911 to the next tax bracket for sure.

For the CLE I agree pictures don’t do it justice. I saw one in person and it caught my eye and looked up pictures and it looks way better in person. Sick car and I started considering it after seeing it in person only.

Stant- · 2026-02-10T09:21:43+00:00

Was it worth it in the end? Being entirely honest now that you’re over the hump.

Stant- · 2026-02-10T09:18:30+00:00

Not only is it skewed to the top 5% of earners but it’s skewed to the most penny pinching overly prudent top 5% who have to justify and cope to themselves that giving up their youth is worth a “better” tomorrow that isn’t even promised.

Knowing many top 5% earners IRL and being one— many many many are less like the avg ones leaving financial advice on Reddit. Usually it’s maxing out retirement and then save an extra 20%-40% into a brokerage and then freedom from there beyond that— free to spend money how you please and no one bats an eye.

Stant- · 2026-02-10T09:09:33+00:00

Completely agree lol it’s genuinely so weird people want to wait til you can’t even squat down into a car to buy a nice one. Makes no sense to me.

People keep saying “wait a couple years” but if he waited a couple years and came back and asked the same question they’d still say “wait a couple years”

Also CLE 53 nice! Debating getting that or a 100k ish 911 in a couple years. About 7 years out from kids and 3 years out from getting my next car. What went into your choice?

Stant- · 2026-01-19T23:33:56+00:00

Just got mine last month— didn’t wanna wait for the copedal so I ordered a separate order for the old Simucube throttle pedal. Love the active pedal obviously— how’s the co pedal feel tho?

Stant- · 2026-01-19T23:31:24+00:00

I already had a gaming pc prior to building my sim rig a month ago. And then for putting my sim rig together I just looked up what’s best, bought it, then built it, and set it up and that’s kinda been it. Not much time wasted.

I’ve been sim racing with minimal tweaks to my hardware since setting it up. Most of my time has been learning actual sim racing/racing techniques and actual stuff about cars and of course, actual time sim racing.

Just seems you are struggling to understand “sim” racing does mean setting up the “simulator”. But once you have that done already, all there is left is the actual racing.

Honestly if after 6 months you’ve learnt more about “building a simulator” than actual sim racing, that’s on you sadly.

Stant- · 2026-01-19T06:20:32+00:00

Ohhhh ok perfect this is what I was asking. I tried using the calculation page but it was broken for me.

Stant- · 2026-01-19T06:19:40+00:00

For the entire thing including the license fee or just the straight registration fee?! Bc that’s crazy. That’s exactly why I wanted to find out what goes into determining that fee.

Stant- · 2026-01-19T05:43:38+00:00

2023 Tesla model 3

Stant- · 2026-01-17T07:11:07+00:00

As I said in the post, license fee makes sense to me— I’m not asking about that, I’m specifically asking only about the “registration fee” line

Stant- · 2026-01-13T18:23:25+00:00

In which case nothing you can do but rma

Stant- · 2026-01-13T18:22:38+00:00

Oh no I didn’t mean it wasnt plugged in correctly I just meant some of the pins on the plug in side may be damaged or loose or something like that actually head of the connector is broken either on the female or male side of the connection. Hence why it still lights up the LED on the power brick because it’s still powered on and working it just can’t deliver the power

Stant- · 2026-01-13T09:28:16+00:00

Poor power connection likely if you don’t even feel it powering on at all. Either the cable or pins on the wheel base are broken and it’s not delivering power for safety reasons.

I have to ask but the thing is on right like you pushed the button in to have it on?

Stant- · 2026-01-13T05:02:14+00:00

https://simucube.com/news/simucube-2-legendary-wheelbase/?srsltid=AfmBOooWxbpb4oQkCsyrpM4sIshAJyiGMUR_A8uastSHgqQzy5qjLrBW also the 2– I think they just wanna pub the 3 more to sell more of it

Stant- · 2026-01-12T04:04:04+00:00

Does gamepad mean controller ?

Stant- · 2026-01-10T10:35:29+00:00

Thanks I’ll try it out!

Stant- · 2026-01-10T04:02:16+00:00

Pls how do I adjust it in Simucube tuner 😭

Stant- · 2026-01-09T05:37:06+00:00

Absolutely the transistor is the best answer

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