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Choosing a fantasy football league is a big decision. If you are going to have a good time playing it starts with getting involved with the right league. With so many options, you should be able to find the fantasy football league that is perfect for you and what you want to accomplish.

Here are three things to think about when choosing a fantasy football league:

1. Ease of use. You need to choose a service that is easy to use. One that has a bad setup and a difficult back end will take all of the fun out of the process. This is not something that you want to deal with.

2. Tips and other information. Some fantasy football leagues have a lot of information available to members. This includes everything from real life roster moves to which players are hot to previews for the upcoming games.

3. Money. If you are playing fantasy football money may come into your mind in two ways. First off, how much do I have to pay to join the league? Secondly, how much can I win if I come out on top? While there are fantasy football leagues that do not charge, you are not going to win anything if you place at the top.

It’s the oddest looking car in India. This quirky, plastic (okay, ABS on a steel frame) two-seater has a visible following in its home town Bangalore, and is travelling to other cities in India and abroad – especially London.

The Reva is electric. It goes less than 80 km on an 8-hour charge (and this declines as the lead-acid batteries age), but is cheap to run. A lithium-ion model charges quicker and runs longer, but costs more.

A Reva i costs Rs 4 lakh. You spend Rs 5,000 a year on electricity if you do 1,000 km monthly (compare with Rs 35,000 in fuel bills for a petrol car). Corporate buyers get 80 per cent depreciation, against 20 per cent for petrol Cars – over Rs 80,000 in tax savings in the first year. Though you’ll spend on new batteries two years later, maintenance is cheap. And there are other tax gains – subsidies in Delhi, for instance, add up to over Rs 1 lakh.

So is it safe, this light, oddball two-seater (you can squeeze in kids or bags in the back)? Well, an earlier model failed crash testing in the UK. The two new models have a reinforced chassis, collapsible steering and front disc brakes, and the Reva i has done well in 40 kph crash tests in India. You may not want to use it on the highway, but it’s a nice little “neighborhood electric vehicle”, as the US classifies it. Europe calls it a