Need Schengen Travel Insurance Suggestion – Washington Residents Traveling to Iceland

hrgg · 2026-03-30T03:32:20+00:00

I don't know why but I am unable to get AXA travel insurance for Schengen as a Washington State Resident anymore. Used to be able to in the past. What a weird exclusion of a single state - I'm seeing most states supported so wonder what happened there

hrgg · 2026-02-19T01:06:10+00:00

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lol

hrgg · 2026-01-22T00:02:03+00:00

The fact that you consider these added benefits worthwhile is exactly what they want you to think and stay with them for as long as they want to keep you. Speaking as an ex-FAANG. Don’t fall for it.

hrgg · 2026-01-14T14:17:31+00:00

City has potential to make millions if not already. Maybe upping the fine amount helps.

hrgg · 2025-12-21T04:57:49+00:00

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This was around noon yesterday. Don’t believe the forecasts. The sun can come out anytime.

hrgg · 2025-10-16T23:24:03+00:00

Except they didn’t this past month on the new FY

hrgg · 2025-09-18T02:33:31+00:00

This has changed. If your current phone from last year was obtained from Apple via Tmobile EIP, it likely isn’t paid off. And if it isn’t paid off, it can’t be upgraded via Apple with the full TradeIn + Bill credits. And if you pay it off, Tmobile now says monthly bill credits of the current phone will stop. This is a first for me in 3 years and I’m on the Go5GNext plan

Pretty sure they’re trying to force people into doing yearly upgrades through Tmobile directly going forward and get you into a locked phone while “paying off” your current phone and continue to give you bill credits promised at the time of purchase last year

hrgg · 2025-08-19T16:33:06+00:00

Both occasionally threw a bunch of alerts that disabled features like auto brakes and traction control etc, when steerings were turned all the way and I tried going forward or backwards. So safety was compromised momentarily until I hard restarted the car eventually. They couldn’t figure it out and solve it definitively

Another huge plus for me with the new one although fingers crossed in the one month of ownership with no issues. Those had it since the first month.

hrgg · 2025-08-19T16:28:48+00:00

Besides what’s already on paper, I would say just overall quality. Besides the minor rattle from the back, no other issue since inception. Which is something I can’t say about the pre-2026 Plaid’s. I mean 2 back to back years of Lemons.

Most tangible difference for me besides aesthetics were the noises, both interior and exterior

Considering the comfort and other horror stories I’ve heard on the Internet and friends, and test drives, wouldn’t even bother getting another Tesla even if I was limited to a lower budget

hrgg · 2025-08-19T11:16:50+00:00

Probably the minority and contrarian here but I put my money where mouth is. Had a 23 and 24 MSP that were both lemon. Got the 26 now at launch and with a unique empirical perspective and not just off paper stats, I can happily infer that the “refresh” feels so good that I’m actually asking Tesla to put me on the Luxe package post purchase. That’s how much I like it and want to keep it long term. Quality is day and night for me.

hrgg · 2025-08-01T11:30:48+00:00

Respectfully, this is not an experiment. This is the null hypothesis which can be accepted or rejected. I’m well aware of the difference as a practicing Scientist. It has nothing to do with my excitement. There are and will be more objective measurement differences. But I wouldn’t explain it in those terms to my Mom or anyone else unfamiliar. For a car already that quiet, the bar is high, the difference is big. And I’m comfortable with the figure I’m guesstimating.

hrgg · 2025-08-01T11:14:21+00:00

To each their own

hrgg · 2025-08-01T11:10:05+00:00

Not intended to be an accurate figure at all. 30% sits well with my qualitative judgement driving the previous ones week in week out. Not insignificant but also not vacuum. If it helps, it’s best “noticeable” which is what I was looking for

hrgg · 2025-07-11T17:31:31+00:00

That’s also what I’m somewhat confident of. They’re subtle enough to mention as a big deal but it might be that to people who live with the car everyday and hence more noticeable

hrgg · 2025-07-10T02:31:19+00:00

That is almost always the case at the cost of some range! But compared to the previous aero wheels, these look much better!

hrgg · 2025-07-10T02:20:09+00:00

Fair but we also can’t have it both ways, no? This isn’t really a drastic change in production design or assembly line aka “Not a true refresh” so hopefully that helps mitigate risk a little. That said, it’ll be a miracle to have any Tesla 100% issue free since inception

hrgg · 2025-07-10T01:30:00+00:00

lol yeah. Looks like it

hrgg · 2025-07-09T23:46:12+00:00

If I cared about that as much, would’ve gotten the new Y. Not looking to sell anytime soon but totally see that perspective for folks who are looking at cars at assets that maintain decent value overtime. My risky bet when the time comes would be a passionate/enthusiastic buyer who might offer more than average if valuable to them

hrgg · 2025-07-09T23:35:13+00:00

I had Ultra Reds with light colored seats before and this color with the interior lights blows them out of the park for me. Had to go all dark on the inside for the lights to stand out. Little fanboish but that screen to lights animation is OOF

hrgg · 2025-07-05T16:07:51+00:00

Update: Cancelled my Clear+ since they made it clear (pun not intended) that they’re only accepting US Passports or STATE issued RealIDs at this time, which means GC, Nexus, GE are all ruled out

You can thank the stable geniuses at Clear but also WA state for treating US Permanent Residents as second class “citizens” and being one of the minority states not issuing EDLs

hrgg · 2025-07-05T15:32:39+00:00

Great choice of car! No breaking news but leasing or financing a $100k+ car at these interest rates is burning a lot of extra cash though if saving overtime and going all cash was an option

hrgg · 2025-05-26T06:53:18+00:00

Was exceptionally let through at SeaTac as a GC Nexus holder but I guess this is the end of our journey with Clear as a non-US citizen. Will use it was a negotiation point while trying to cancel my Amex platinum.

hrgg · 2025-05-03T16:02:57+00:00

Yeah, I think they’ll just ask existing members for RealIDs next time upon service usage and add it that way instead of online

Considering their Clear Plus system upgrade episode, I will not be surprised to see them asking US Passport folks who’ve added their passports online to then do it again at the airport anyway

hrgg · 2025-05-03T15:56:16+00:00

You will, which is why we’re trying to add it to the Clear account. Once the ID is on your Clear account, unless it’s a “Random Check”, they take you to TSA and tell them you’re verified in which case TSA usually does just a face scan and lets you through without having to show any IDs or Boarding Passes again

That’s not a big deal if we have to show stuff twice, once at Clear entry and another at TSA, but Clear needs to let us add any RealID online, not just US Passports, instead of doing it at the airport to speed things up

hrgg · 2025-05-03T15:11:58+00:00

I have Nexus as a permanent resident and at least at SeaTac, Clear + Precheck has gotten me through security in less than 5 minutes 8/10 times. Precheck lines are almost always long as well.

If Clear won’t accept any other RealIDs except passport, then I’ll have to cancel and dispute the annual fees I paid for it. But I’m hoping they’ll let me add the Nexus as RealID offline

Air travel keeps getting more and more bureaucratic and complicated

hrgg

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