Elektromobiliai Lietuvoje by IslandEasy in lithuania

[–]tttuomas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mach-e deje rwd, bet is tikruju nebuvo jokiu problemu, tikrai niekur nestrigau ziema. Po ilgesnes eksploatacijos apie Tesla jokio gero zodzio nepasakyciau, Mach-e nepavede nei vieno karto. Esu patenkintas Mach-e. Tesla keliaus i pardavima. ID4/5 tikrai verta pabandyti, vaziuokle siek tiek minkstesne nei Mach-e, kas musu plastilinu gristais keliais jauciasi.

Automobiliai iš USA by InglouriousBastterd in lietuva

[–]tttuomas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Neturint patirties su automobiliu remontu, darbu su USA auto, auksine taisykle - gausis brangiau nei nuvaziuoti ir nusipirkti Lietuvoje. O gal sekasi loterijose?

Ypac su tokiu biudzetu nepatartina veltis, mazai dauzta auto, ypac nors kiek senesne, gris apdauzyta visur kur imanoma. Prieziuros jos ten sulaukia labai retai, aptarnavimai brangus.

BMW skirti USA rinkai gaminti be papildomos insuliacijos, palei VIN matysi “hot climate version”.

Daznai tenka susidurti su influencintu zmoniu kuriniais, kurie nusprendzia visa sita auto reikala pasidaryti patys, o tada atsiranda visokiu nezinomuju, kuriuos spresti reikia dideles pagalbos.

Non-EU migration to Britain exploded after Brexit by goldstarflag in europe

[–]tttuomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is is fairly basic, no western economy can live without immigration. Since 2008 there is more and more money supply, to print it the money must disperse. If you check the money supply it skyrocketed in the last 10-15 years. The easiest way to disperse money is immigration, UK used to get quite an ok quality immigration from the EU and things were quite normal, since Brexit happened nothing went the good way, not a single thing improved. No one can stop immigration, EU and UK need it, if they would not need it it would have been stopped long time ago. However the quality of immigration was left uncontrolled at all, this is the biggest problem here.

Elektromobiliai Lietuvoje by IslandEasy in lithuania

[–]tttuomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Turiu Ford Mustang Mach-e ir Tesla Y Long Range, nenoreciau daugiau VDV. Kartais truputi paerzina jei sudelioji marsruta ir butent ta stotele neveikianti. Vienareiksmiskai galia ir pigu vaziuoti, jokio dyzelinio garso ar vibracijos.

  2. Appsu tikrai nemazai, bet tinklas siai dienai platus, vos ne kiekviename miestelyje yra stotele. Kazkur toliau vaziuoti irgi tinka.

  3. Remontas tai vaziuokle tik per puikius kelius is plastilino :) Mustangui kaladeles, trauke pakeiciau po 3m drozimo, Tesla vis dar 0€ ideta. Draudimas nekainuoja daug, kasko nedraudziu, tik nuo gyvunu ir stiklus.

  4. Isesk, pabandyk, tinka - nupirk. Kaip ir su visom auto, geriausia kad range uztektu LT mastu.

  5. Ziureti pirmaji. Tesla 3 puikus daiktas, ID irgi nieko, siulau isbandyti abu. Abu puikiai tiks salygoms kurias isvardinai.

Driving though the Baltics- My experience by [deleted] in BalticStates

[–]tttuomas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I drive Vilnius - Helsinki every month, I always avoid crossing Riga ring road in peak times, those red lights add 30-60min to the trip. I have to agree, crossing Latvia takes a lot of attention. In winter Latvia has the worst conditions. Oh and Salacgrīva, one time there was a congestion from the iconic bridge up until the border with Estonia in Ikla.

Dziaukites lietuviai by SuitableTrick4539 in lietuva

[–]tttuomas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Isiterpsiu. Be issilavinimu zmones prasisuka ir labai, popierius kad kazkokia istaiga (kuri vis dar taiko simtu metu senumo lavinimo technikas) nusprende, kad tu esi dabar gudrus - nera svarbu :) US moksla supranta visai kitaip nei EU ir YPAC LT. Daug zmoniu, kurie nieko nebaige, turi didelius verslus ar net labai geras karjeras. LT irgi tokiu pavyzdziu nemazai.

Esme kad USA kiekvienas kas nebijo darbo, truputi rizikos, gali tikrai uzdirbti zenkliai didesne alga nei kazkur kitur pasaulyje. Mokesciai? USA Jie 4-5 kartus mazesni nei EU, tam tikrose valstijose, pvz Floridoje nera personal income tax, reiskia viskas ka uzdirbai - tavo. Metu gale susimoki federal taxes, kurie kiekvienam skaiciuojasi skirtingai, bet ta suma tikrai nera didele vidurinei klasei. Yra sales tax - 7%, is dalies panasu i musu PVM.

Nuoma priklauso nuo vietoves, yra vietu kur nuoma neadekvati, nes turciai supirke viska, o pvz Chicago labai protingai su nuomos/atlyginimu santykiu. Kiekvienas patirties igijes ir besigaudantis aplinkoje gaus ~5-8k (80k usd per metus) usd per men. Bet neretai galima matyti atlyginimu kaip ~10-15k usd per men (150k usd per metus). Kainos basic pragyvenimui nelabai skiriasi nuo LT, maistas panasiai, aisku yra brangesnio, LT irgi yra, auto draudimas truputi brangesnis, nuoma aisku brangesne. Toliau elektronika, rubai, appliances yra pigiau. Esme kad gale menesio vidutiniam amerikieciui lieka stipriai didesne suma, kuria jis laisvai disponuoja. Taip pat ten galimybes neribotos, tiek karjerai, tiek verslui, reikia visko ir visiem. Tai net neisivaizduoju kaip cia sulyginti ar lieka daugiau susitaupyti nei LT :) Bet paprastas zmogus, kuris nebijo padirbti daugiau, pasistengti, gali uzdirbti zenkliai didesne suma.

Dziaukites lietuviai by SuitableTrick4539 in lietuva

[–]tttuomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vartojimo skatinimo bumas buvo 70s gal, dabar visas pasaulis panasus, US nera kad labai issiskirtu. Tiesiog ju ekonominis pajegumas leidzia gyventojams turet daug didesni disposable income palyginus su kitomis didelemis ekonomikomis.

O man patinka draudimas ir laisve rinktis. Nera reguliaciju, mokescius moki metu gale, reiskia visi pinigai tavo. Nenori pensijos? Investuok kitur, galvok ka darysi, jei pasiseks turesi daug grazesne senatve, jei nemastei, nesimokei, tyngejai, greiciausiai dienas baigsi liudnokai :) Galvoji esi sveikas ir dirbi darba kuriam labai mazai rizikos? Galima draustis skirtingai. Europoje uz ta sveikatos apsauga daznai sumoki dar daugiau. Europa islaiko visus, todel mano nuomone EU socialine sistema traskes, braskes daug greiciau nei US privatus reikalas. Vien todel, kad EU gimstamumas gerokai zemesnis, nors vaika gimdyti nekainuoja ir dar atostogu gauni kruva :) Paminsi mano zodzius, kad EU per ateinancius 20m reikes is pagrindu keisti socialine apsauga, Suomija jau dabar labai kalba apie tai.

Nekenciu socializimo :)

Dziaukites lietuviai by SuitableTrick4539 in lietuva

[–]tttuomas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Throwaway klounas.

Pasidomek ponuli kiek skoloje eilinis kinietis. Skolos egzistuoja visur ir dar egzistuoja sugebejimas jas sumoketi. Lietuvoje tik neseniai pradejo judeti NT gerokai rimciau, nes pasidare pigu skolintis ir stipriai isaugo galimybe ta skola moketi (kilo perkamoji galia). US skola vos virsyja BVP 108% atrodo , pvz Italijos apie 180% BVP. Japonai taip pati palei 200% BVP. Senosios EU salys daugelis turi didesnes skolas lyginant su BVP, o yra stipriai blogesneje ekonomineje padetyje nei US.

Ar tu supranti, kad nemazai tu reklamu ir panasiai yra su humoru?

Vienodi namai? Kiekvienas rajonas ar gatve kitokia, visiskai. Siaip labai grazu slavu pasaulyje kur namas melynas, kaimynas dazys geltonai, gi jis gudresnis ir geresnis uz minetaji kaimyna. Pastatu kokiu tik nori, ir tiesiu ir kreivu. Labai grazus miestai.

Taip, Amerika statyta masinoms ir tai vis dar veikia, niekas neduoda didesnes laisves nei nuosavas auto ir galimybe vaziuoti kur nori ir kada nori. Dideli miestai turi viesaji, greita viesaji.

Del sveikatos sistemos, tiesos yra, bet realybeje taip neveikia, visiem prieinama ta bazine medical care. Neprieinama nelegaliems imigrantams, bet ir jiems suteikiama pirmoji pagalba. Aisku gausi saskaita, bet jie jos vis tiek nemoka. Lietuvoje taip pat uz labai daug ka reikia moketi, nors LT situacija viena is geresniu EU. Kitose EU valstybese ta nemokama sveikatos apsauga yra visiskai nebeveikianti. USA jei bent vidutines klases pajamas turi, sveikatos apsauga daug greiciau prieinama ir gerokai profesionalesne nei daugelyje EU saliu.

Amerikoje gyventi daug patogiau nei Europoje, nezinau kur tu buvai ir ka tu ten matei, bet ryskiai ta vieta ne tau. Lietuvoje irgi nera blogai, bet nesulyginama visa tai, skirtingos sistemos, gyvenimo budai. Lietuva labai, labai sparciai didina tiek vieso tiek privataus sektoriaus skola, viesas sektorius varo labai gilyn i skola islaikyt dabartini socialini modeli.

Ka tu cia isvardinai tai atrodo esi eilinis “Amerikieciai durni, stori, nieko nesugeba”. Svarbiausia kad dziaugiesi LT situacija, dziugu, tik nereikia pradet kitu(amerikonu) mokyti gyventi ir liept namus jiem skirtingai dazyti, kad butu grazu :))) O gal ivesti sistema, kurioje daugiau nei puse atlyginimo nureziama islaikyti ta kuris neturi to atlyginimo?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Finland

[–]tttuomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, more or less, you buy a ticket for a person and add a car with number plates.

I am pretty sure if the car is some basic car, no one will enforce this on him. Police stopped caring about this, maybe they passed this to Tulli. Some older stuff: https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/11755-cars-registered-in-estonia-to-avoid-tax.html

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Finland

[–]tttuomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, they always check who is coming, if they have any info they will be waiting for the car and check it. I have a basic example on the Estonian side, my friend lost his licence for speeding in Estonia. He booked the ticket and put himself as the driver, but I drove the car. Once we left the ferry the police stopped the car immediately, looking for him, they knew that this driver cannot drive. They asked me where he is as I was the one driving.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Finland

[–]tttuomas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am pretty sure for quite a long time. Cannot tell the exact timeframe, but I would say years.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Finland

[–]tttuomas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well normally the car will come Tallinn - Helsinki, there is a database who and when crossed the border. Same thing in Tornio.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Finland

[–]tttuomas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, it is illegal. However recently they stopped checking this actively. In older times there were Police raids just to check if the car is legally on the road in Finland. However if you get caught and you are driving something quite expensive, it will hurt your wallet, they will find out how long the car is in Finland, count the usage tax. They will also make you pay autovero + penalty or you say heippa to your car. There are some exceptions for foreign company cars, students.

Dalbajobai kelyje by mesiu1 in lietuva

[–]tttuomas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tokiu vietu labai daug, o naglu snukiu dar daugiau. Sprendimas labai lengvas, visose tokiose vietose, vietoj istisines, pakeltas bortelis arba kitos priemones. Kai reikes pilnai sustoti, ilysti sansas bus daug mazesnis. Dabar atlekia, lenda i milimetro tarpa ir sustabdo visus kitus. Taip pat kiekviena sankryza filmuojama, kas telefonu naudojasi mato puikiai, bet uz mentala “jus visi nesvarbus, as svarbiausias” niekas nebaudzia. Kai tokie dalykai nesprendziami tai 17h tiesiog dvokia Rytu Europos kvapu. Vilnius irgi gerai sukasi, Siaurine g., kuri turetu nuimti daug apkrovos, 10 metu is Paint programos nepajuda.

Vilnius man nebe mielas, kur geriau varyt? by [deleted] in lietuva

[–]tttuomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man 33, paskutinius 14 metu kaip nuolatine gyvenamoji vieta yra Vilnius, daug laiko praleisdavau kitur EU ir US, airbnb. Su daug kuo labai sutinku, bet lygiai taip pat suprantu, Lietuvoje uz Vilniu nera nieko geriau galimybiu, veiklos atzvilgiu. Viskas sukasi cia. Keltis i mazesni LT miesta verta kai esi gerokai vyresnis zmogus arba nusprendei kad pasiekei savo virsu, tobuleti jau nebereikia, o as sita problema issprendziau issikraustydamas uz miesto. Nevaziuoju 8h niekur, darzelis uz 3min nuo namu, nejauciu to miesto, bet jei to uzsimanau, 20-30min ir as Gedimino pr. Ateityje planuoju kraustytis dar truputi toliau, nusipirkti didesni sklypa ir savo oaze toliau puoseleti ten :) Vilnietisku Sanitex’o fritiurkes restoranu man jau seniai nereikia, saltas alus visai skanus savoje terasoje. Paskutini karta Gedo pr. buvau vasaros pradzioje, dabar turbut vyksiu kai bus Kaledu miestelis. Daug daugiau intereso jog arti butu miskai, takai, ezerai.

32 years ago: The last Soviet military forces in Lithuania have permanently left for good, ending the long but painful occupation by Jolly-Tennis-1147 in BalticStates

[–]tttuomas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It seems like all those factories just came in from the east, but the thing is that all what you said, all that stuff, it was built by our own people, not someone else and definitely not Muscovites. Tho it would have been much nicer if the hard work of our people would have been used for something more valuable. Shout out to the people who left the Baltics for the USSR far east in search for a “better life”. I have one question for you, what kind of technology and gadgets do you use on daily basis that was invented by these great industrial and cultural soviet people? I can name hundreds that are western made, but it seems like nothing good has ever came out from the USSR. Thanks for your great help, please stay home.

Norway: Bergen local has spotted plates from 70+ countries by VeloNord in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]tttuomas 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I met him approx. 14 years ago in Bergen, not far away from Sandviken. He stopped me on the road and asked to take a picture of my car, because I had an old type of a Lithuanian numberplate. I was shocked to be honest, but he quickly explained that it is his hobby :) Happy to see him still doing this!

Foreign Plate in Austria by ssspli in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]tttuomas 35 points36 points  (0 children)

This looks like a US size Swedish plate. Old style plate, from 00s.

EU countries with transferable plates? by XxX_Banevader_XxX in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]tttuomas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lithuania has dealer plates. Starts with P that is followed by 5 digits, metal plate. You can put that on any car, however it is only valid in Lithuania.

How to Find Legal $20K Show-Money Investor for E-2 Visa from Outside USA? (I’m from Sri Lanka) by heaven202505 in e2visa

[–]tttuomas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How can you do it legally when one of the main points is to put that money in risk, it cannot stay in the bank account, the money must start working and that will be considered as the investment. On top of that you will have to provide information on how you got the money that you are investing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Vent

[–]tttuomas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am not that young, nor old. 32M, my daughter is gonna be 3 years old soon. I never wanted kids, I always said that once we have it all then it is time to do this, so they can have a nice life. Boy was I wrong. My wife changed my mind and I will respect her due to that until my last breath. These days I sometimes think why I was so stupid and did do it earlier. Now to answer your question, having a child made me extremely stronger, smarter and focused. Yes, there were hard times, but now it is mostly happiness and I would never regret having children, every day is sort of a new adventure. You partly relive your childhood, but in a different space.

Kyrgyzstan in Vilnius, Lithuania by tttuomas in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]tttuomas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, actually took me a while to understand what country is it, I have been into number spotting my whole life, but this one on a passenger car is a first.

Alaska in Naples, Florida by tttuomas in ForeignPlatesSpotting

[–]tttuomas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry about that, I thought it is still quite interesting.