Depends. Some people will need size, some will need luxury. Most desire power and speed to make driving fun, but I agree that it is the least essential.
Father in law mentioned he pays 6k twd monthly for half full coverage car insurance. Sound a lot, considering he should have discounts for being experienced driver without previous accidents?
Lots of demand but still hard to land a place in the programâvery steep competition.
50% + 1? I doubt it.
Guy
Really?
You think most could accept sluggish, boring to drive cars? If you drive in the highway often, you need something with decent acceleration so you can change lanes safely.
Thatâs whatâs so great about electric cars. They are green, have good horsepower and have quick acceleration, making them fun to drive.
Really! 
Guy
We need a poll!
At least we can see how Forumosans feel.
what kind of car is he driving for 6k half-full insurance every month? Iâve got a Nissan tiida that costs me 7-8k full insurance a year.
Exactly. What a laugh. Intel going to try to do foundry and own-brand chips. Good luck.
Thereâs a reason Acer and Giant are so successful. They went from OEM makers to own-brand. They âtriedâ to do the in-between, but what client wants to give an OEM (foundry in Intelâs case) order to a firm that has its own brand?
Intel going to get eaten alive.
Intel should dump their manufacturing and become R&D / IC design house.
Intel has American government behind. All it takes is, ASML sents more machines to states instead to Taiwan.
Our German diplomats laughed when Trump mentioned exposure to Russian gas is geostrategic risk for Germany and huge vulnerability. Everyone thought Trump is clown.
Is important who laugh last
I think Taiwanese use these little tidbits of what a new foreigner thinks about Taiwan mainly for their
Entertainment value
The old hands in Taiwan already know the real Taiwan and if they arenât interviewing you itâs because they know you know
Itâs a sign you are one of us ( I say us loosely as even though Iâm actually half Taiwanese and was
Born and raised in Taiwan im still often considered a foreigner and most certainly in the eyes
Of the state).
Insurance in Calif for an average car and a good driving record is about 100 usd per month
Up to 400 a month for new and young drivers
Comp and collision 500 deductible 100/300
Intel doesnât receive more American government support than TSMC and Samsung. Thatâs why Gelsinger was complaining.
Intel has ASML machines already. They still canât make advanced chips 5nm or less. Having an EUV machine isnât going to magically make you do things you donât know how to do.
After reading the article I wrote one of my own Rich White People in Taiwan, Please Stop Whining and have received messages threatening a libel lawsuit as a result 
Do you truly understand the very serious financial discrimination immigrants face here ?
As a rich immigrant I have very little sympathy for other people with lots of privilege. I tried to make it very clear in my article that those are the type of people Iâm referring to.
i agree that the original article is full of ridiculously first world problems that show how clueless the guy is.
however, many of us here are not âguestsâ, we have been here long enough, pay taxes, and see this place as home. however, there is quite a lot of financial discrimination against us, as well as immigration laws that are meant to keep us âguestsâ, never part of society.
Fair enough, Iâm actually adding an addendum from a friend along those lines. But considering nobody on a gold card can have been here longer than 3 years at this pointâŚ
I read both the Taiwan News story and your article. Both are whiny but have good amounts of truth to them especially when you think about the writerâs perspective. Your article conveys bitterness toward people that you have deemed bad while the Taiwan News story article explains why this person wonât choose to live in Taiwan. I didnât think the writer was asking for sympathy.
I am not a rich white person nor a gold card recipient. I sure wish that gold cards were available when I moved here in 2012. Itâs a start to open the doors to outsiders. Diversity in Taiwan will make other countries care about Taiwan.
My skin is white due to my ancestors being primarily European. I do find tags like âWhiteâ offensive because of the broad brush. Cultures are quite varied amongst countries.
Every place usually has good and bad. Taiwan isnât a utopia but it is great for what I want to do now. I hate the corruption and that landlordâs cheat the system while a company worker cannot. I hate the way that I am treated at banks. You donât speak for all of America any more than I do. I love legal immigrants and have been told by some colleagues from India that life is much easier in a multi-ethnic country like America than it was to live in a homogeneous society due to standing out. They were also very inviting and shared their culture with me.
I still get people asking me why I live here and when Iâm going home as if I was running from a terrible past in America.
My best friends are here. My business (that Iâve worked very hard for) is here. Iâd love to have dual citizenship because I would vote like some of my Taiwanese friends do in USA. I do miss the travel to see family. I just missed my mother-in-lawâs funeral due to my choice to not leave because I donât have enough business to hire a full-timer. I certainly donât need or want sympathy. Itâs just not perfect here or anywhere.
I may not agree all the time with Forumosans. The mods are great promoters of free speech and the board is a source of information for me.
as soon as you make it about white people, you lose the moral high ground and any foundation in reason. based on the title, i wouldnât bother with what you wrote. please donât whine about the consequences of your actions