Jim Yang Blog

It’s a done deal! Instead of going down to seattle, since the pre-owned (nicely optioned) red Porsche Cayman S was sold, my wife and I took the ferry at Tsawwassen over to Victoria! We took the 11am ferry over to Victoria, and got to the dealer, Speedway Motors, at around 1:30pm.  I contacted the Porsche [...]

Damn It!! Just my luck! I was going to drive down to seattle tomorrw to test drive that guards red Cayman S, and probably end up buying it… But when I called the dealer to book a test drive time, I was told it was sold, along with 2 other porsches over the weekend!! Now, [...]

Build A PC Computer I just finished building a new computer for myself recently. I’ve been wanting to build a new one for quite sometime now, except with the new Windows Vista on the horizon, I had to hold out until Vista was released. I bought all the parts from ncix.com, where I’ve always bought [...]

Over Tax The Wealthy? Why? Just because they work harder and work smarter?  I beg to differ… But I’m sure everyone else has their own views on the subject… So I’m not going to try to stir up controversy by blurbing out what’s on my mind. As it stands, the BC luxury car tax is still [...]

Well, I continue on my search (and research) on importing cars from the US, and as I find out more, it doesn’t seem as daunting as it did at the start. It turns out that Porsche dealers (franchises) in the US are not allowed to sell new Porsche cars to Canadians! This is because Porsche [...]

Well, porsche is manufacturered in Europe, so it’s subject to a 6.1% duty when importing from US to Canada, at a pre-tax value of about $85,000, that’s $5,200, which would still leave  savings to be had by importing from the US. Doing some more research, I just checked out ebay motors and also myborderpro.com which estimates how [...]

High Canadian Dollar, Importing From US Makes Sense! Yeah, well, the high Canadian dollar these days probably have a lot of Canadian considering importing automobiles from the United States, especially if you live close to the border, and are considering a big purchase. For average cars, the savings vs. pains of going through the importation [...]

Ah, It Feels Good Well, after developing and running websites for so many years, it feels good to finally make one for a 1024 x 768 screen resolution. Since this is just a personal blog site, it matters little if a few out of few million people can’t view the entire site on their 800 [...]