The year is 1961 and you're a teacher, mailman, or truck driver. Your pay is 5k +. What home and city are you buying a home?
Maybe Dana Point for 17k or Huntington Beach for 12k.
I found this paper in the walls of a 1913 cabin in restoring.
I have a 2020 I love, but want faster charging. Don't really care about HW4, my nag module in HW3 is amazing. I figure if I can buy a newer model X I'll just sell mine. Looking for something with 60k miles or less.
I have been car shopping and the worst experience lately with high end dealers on CPO cars. I want to get this information out for anyone looking for a new car in California. The crap theses dealers try to pull is crazy. They start with 2k in add ons before you even start to negotiate the price. Don't pay it, walk away. Also use AI and run the vin, often the car is not what they say in the title, it can often tell you how long that car has been on the lot etc. giving you leverage.
Taking effect on October 1, 2026
3-Day Return Policy: Buyers of used vehicles priced under $50,000 now have a legally mandated right to return the car for a full refund within 3 days. Buyers must typically return the vehicle in a similar condition, driven under 400 miles, and dealers may charge a restocking fee.
No "Valueless" Add-ons: Dealers are legally prohibited from selling or charging customers for optional products that offer no benefit (e.g., nitrogen tire packages that are under 95% pure, or oil changes for electric vehicles).
Transparent Pricing: Dealers must clearly advertise the “total price” of a vehicle upfront, preventing hidden fees and "bait and switch" advertised prices. Prohibitions on Misrepresentation: Dealers face strict penalties for misinforming buyers about the total cost, financing terms, and whether add-on services are mandatory.
So France has decided to move away from MS Saving 40% of it budget on licenses. The other benefits are more secure, no forced or accidental updates, and the Linux allows them to use old hardware for longer.
Are we all lazy in the USA or do you think more companies will move this way? I personally put things in the cloud (bare server we manage) and cloud servers have been great. At a point with an MDM or UEM I don't care what devices are used, everything is a website except 365 apps.
Wonder how possible a move away from windows desktops will be in the future. MS really messed up with 365 (copilot) and I hate running scripts just to remove telemetry crap. I'm thinking of testing out Mint or Zorin OS on some users and see what it's like.
Edit,
Wow this blew up, I only wanted to ask if you think over the next few years decoupling from MS will be an option. Not that it works in every organization but a possibility. Some people think MS and intune are the end all be all and I don't agree. I think using the best product for the use case is important. I didn't say 40% savings reflects the overall savings after internal teams, training etc or was the main reason, I was just pointing out the multiple benefits of ditching MS which includes data ownership. I see everything in the usa going downhill because of private equity firms, including software. Great discussion, I love that everyone has different perspectives.
The main reason I thought about this is because I got a call from a place I used to work and realized they still have windows XP I installed in several service bays from 2007. It's only used for a reference manual lookup and online only to download new content from a file share. It has an obd 2 reader on it. They also have modern laptops but love my cabinet wall mounted PCs that never fail. 18 of them still operating, crazy.
I really feel for some of you as admins in general. Some of us are old enough to remember printer drivers smaller than a floppy disk 3½-inch. What was that 1.44mb or something? Some people are glorified mouse clickers that wouldn't know what it is like getting your first T1. I'm glad I moved more towards software development.
Anyway sending love to all the admins that have to fight battles and dedication in solving problems for other people you didn't create. Hope you all get paid and respected for your knowledge and experience.
Looking to get an EQS and I'm stuck on the brakes and heat pump with a slightly bigger battery on the 2024. The 580 2024 will be over budget. So I have to decide on a 2023 580 vs a 2024 450.
Let's say the 23 has 20k miles and the 2024 has 16k miles.
It's will be my wife's car and she said the 2023 580 the brakes seem fine. I still want her to try the 2024 450.
She wanted the hyperscreen so older 450 won't work.
Warm climate, no snow so heat pump might not matter. But extra year warranty seems nice. The 23 sold new in 24 and the 24 sold new in 25.
She loves her existing 2019 CLS 450, this is my only electric car option she will go for, I kinda wanted a lucid....lol.
I daily a model x with FSD.