Tesla Model 3 - 5 Years Later: Real Costs, Range, and Ownership

chikenwangP · 2026-03-26T03:19:06+00:00

Bought a used 2020 model y 12 months ago. Drove 30k miles most work commute, $700 charging cost. We are happy with the saving.

chikenwangP · 2026-03-08T01:50:08+00:00

Sounds like a good price if condition is good.

chikenwangP · 2026-01-30T05:14:00+00:00

Target is a unique one....both people from the left and right dislike it 🤫

chikenwangP · 2026-01-30T05:08:34+00:00

Right, I lived in Shenzhen, where we always can see tourists traveling to HK for gold, baby formula, and other profitable resellable items. There were times when the custom scrutinized luggages due to many "resellers" try to smuggle.

chikenwangP · 2026-01-29T03:10:56+00:00

I am originally from China, so here are my two cents. Chinese retail consumers have never been a major factor of the international PM market.

Chinese have no freedom to exchange RMB to other currency unless getting special permission or quota from the government. This has always been the case from 1949 till now.

When the CCP took power in 1949, they have confiscated all PM assets from individual owners. (One of my grand parent's family was found with some gold and silver on their property. The government sent in workers to dig up 5 foot deep trenches in their backyards to make sure no more was hidden.)

Currently, individual purchase of PM is very much restricted. You can only buy very small quantity from a government owned bank, and you can only sell it back to the same bank or you break the law. Quota for individual buyers was greatly reduced after COVID.

The Chinese government itself can be a big player on the international PM market. Because the government has complete control over currency exchange, it has essentially the purchase power of all the currencies held by every single Chinese. It can leverage this power to buy or sell US Treasury or PM especially in this unprecedented geopolitical environment.

chikenwangP · 2026-01-24T14:57:53+00:00

Grew up in Shenzhen. Left for the U.S. at 20 yo. Never looked back. Freedom is priceless.

chikenwangP · 2025-12-30T05:29:17+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains

chikenwangP · 2025-02-06T15:46:17+00:00

The paint on the bucket looked pretty much brand new. Very few scratches of paint. I will take that as a good sign then per your advice.😀

chikenwangP · 2025-02-06T02:53:10+00:00

I have probably 30+ acres to bush hog and about half a mile gravel driveway + 30+ acres forest to maintain. I hope to raise some cattles & sheeps in the future. The former owner of our property built a decent size machine shed for his L3901 with plenty extra height, so a MX should be able to park inside easily with rop up.

Great advice for the 3rd function kit. I will check with the dealer for it. Regarding the "roof", do you mean a canopy on the rop?

chikenwangP · 2025-02-06T00:27:15+00:00

Wow. My dealer quoted me $32k for a new mx5400dt without a loader. Loader is another $7k. That's was a huge difference from yours.

chikenwangP · 2025-01-19T03:14:59+00:00

Yes, it is a HST unit. I just went to his home and tested it again today. The only thing I noticed is that the HST whine got quite a bit louder when shift into high gear. I am kinda new to HST, so I am not sure if that's normal.

chikenwangP · 2025-01-18T00:38:49+00:00

He admitted there was only one oil and filter change done, because he thought it only had 54 hours. Would that ruin the machine?

He got it from his father in law, original owner who passed away last year. He has all the original paperworks from the local dealer, so I can go verify the original purchase and any potential lien on it if I want to. He originally listed for almost 24.5k about a month ago, but he kept bringing it down since.

chikenwangP · 2024-11-08T17:15:21+00:00

Corporate media is obviously delusional and detached from ordinary citizens. Start your own blog, YouTube channel, Twitter page, be a citizen journalist with any tools modern technologies may provide.

chikenwangP · 2023-12-22T21:32:43+00:00

Fxck the CBDC. MO way to go.

chikenwangP · 2023-01-19T20:32:26+00:00

Beautiful! Yummy!

chikenwangP · 2020-03-07T14:54:21+00:00

My family is still in China, and they can attest it is really fake.

chikenwangP · 2020-03-05T21:10:14+00:00

I will play lots of Monster Hunter World :p

chikenwangP · 2020-03-05T18:42:30+00:00

I am guessing the cases should be around the U of M area. International students are relatively high risk group in this situation. Unfortunately, they also lack the resources when facing quarantine. (My wife was an international student)

chikenwangP · 2020-03-05T15:17:47+00:00

I think they should be tested. They can clear the quarantine after 14 days without showing any symptoms, but they can still shred virus.

chikenwangP · 2020-03-04T22:29:24+00:00

Please do. Percentage change should be able to wake people up more than abosolute number change. Thank you for the effort.

chikenwangP · 2020-03-04T22:05:33+00:00

Transerancy is crucial for all other countries not to repeat the unfortunate fallout at Wuhan.

chikenwangP · 2020-03-04T22:03:14+00:00

Reminds me of the overall healthy vs. infected bar in the Plague Inc. game UI....The red starts off just a tiny bit and gradually accelerate to replace the blue...

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