MJCM

I went along to the Nissan dealer on highway 36 just after Makro the other day to take a look at a new Nissan March as the dealer in Pattaya has nothing in stock.

To my shock when the bonnet was opened it was clear to see it had been in water, all the aluminium fittings, aircon pipes, engine brackets, and electrical brackets were stained and turning powdery leaving the tell tale white deposit on your hand if you rub it. I said to the sales man this car has been in water ! he just smiled and said ... we clean for you. I showed him the nuts on top of the front suspension struts as they were particularly bad and his reply was if you buy the car we will change the nuts for you.

On moving inside the car I noticed tissue paper stuffed into the 4 corners of the wind screen ? when asked ... what's this ? the reply as expected after his previous answers was don't worry we take out.

As this was only 4 days ago anybody reading this and thinking this is a joke just go down there and look for yourself.

This may well be an extream example of trying to sell a water damaged car but I'm sure its not the only place their trying to do it.

Wow!

Buyer beware.

Maybe worth a post by KTB or MRO or other "Oil Slickers" to tell the not so Car savy among us how to tell if a Engine / Car was flooded

And please do not start with Wet Seats and Bad Smell

It could mean that or http://en.wikipedia....-breaking_space which is used in HTML

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http://www.sightspecific.com/~mosh/WWW_FAQ/nbsp.html

They are a security risk. You need to keep your Adobe Flash Player updated, just like your browser.

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Thanks both for the quick answers

I will give him the message

:jap:

Not to Hijack the OP's post, but I have a friend who is in the same situation as the OP but he is on a Extension based on Marriage.

He also just can't meet the financial requirements to renew his Extension.

He's aware of the Possibility to go to Laos or Kuala Lumphur, but his question is:

Is it possible that after the "Permission to Stay" ends (December 13th) that he can extend at immigration for lets say 30 days to bring him into the New Year, or should he do a Border Run, to get 15 days ?

Thanks :jap:

No Thai Post for me since a long time, instead I use Fedex or DHL (Much more expensive, but at least they are reliable)

And in Thailand when sending something to the family. we always use the Bus. (for example Nakornchai Air Parcel Service)

Gmail no Problem all day on ToT and CAT, Pattaya Central

Sukhumvit, Top of Pattaya Klang. There are regular busses (during the day time) leaving for Sattahip. Don't know the times though. Ask the MotoBike taxi drivers over there, they will know

And you could also ask the White Baht Busses that are running on Sukhumvit if they go over there.

there are loads of "Chang EXPORT" around.

Anyone tried ist?

I've tried it and I didn't like it. But, I'm used to Chang Classic and their Big Bottles can be found in a lot of stores (But not in the 7/11 or Family Marts)

Hi Phil - Appreciate the helpful information.

I will be going to renew my one year extension based on marriage in the coming weeks. Regarding the document requirements at Chonburi Immigration, did you need to provide them with a current copy of the marriage registration (Kor Ror 2) from the amphur office (not older than six months)? Over the past several years, I have only provided them with a copy of the marriage certificate (Kor Ror 3) as part of the application and that was sufficient. However, there are indications that some immigration offices are now requiring a current Kor Ror 2.

Thanks.

Hi,

it's always wise to be up-to-date with the Paperwork . The Kor Ror 2 is the only prove that your Marriage is still legit / registered

And it only costs (to the best of my knowledge) around 20 Baht at the Amphur / District Office

Does any have experience with this version using Gmail "offline." Does it support this?

Thanks!

I think that only Chrome supports Gmail "Offline"

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If you go in Gmail to "Offline", you are redirected to the Chrome Webpage and you get the following Message:

Sorry, we don't support your browser just yet. You'll need Google Chrome to install apps, extensions and themes.

And this is with Firefox 8

I just removed some old stickers from my passport. It worked for Thai, Lao and VN!

I kept the removed stickers.

Actually it was the Laos consulate who did it first for me!

Harry,

I just hope that the Cambodian or Thai Immigration Don't find out, because if they do, you are in lots of problems. So anyone thinking about doing the same, please don't follow this advice. !!

Edit:: // Added Link

Read from here: http://www.thaivisa....48#entry3929948

If you decide to make it yourself (only if) here's a starter : http://www.pickyourown.org/howtomakepeanutbutter.htm

I'm going from Thailand, wow 2 stamps and a sticker + the page I need for the Thai tourist visa, good thing I asked.

Think I'll go to Malaysia and try to get a 60 day, should leave me enough time to renew my passport at the embassy here.

I wouldn't be in this mess if I hadn't forgotten I had only paid for a single re-entry last time then left twice, cost me my non-imm visa

Anyway, thanks for your help MJCM.

No Problems.

And, It's even more if you also count the Thai stamps.

Good luck on your trip to M'sia

If you are going from Thailand -> Cambodia it's 2 Stamps (1 in and 1 out) and a Full Page Sticker for the Visa

(Providing you don't have Cambodian Business Visa)

If you are going from Cambodia -> Thailand it's only a Stamp

Hi, I have been to both, closest I could find is the 2575 which I don't want as I don't need the TV feature and it is almost the same price as the 3790.

Sorry to hear that.

I have the 2575 (use it in my wife's car) it's a good device and we like it very much (And honestly we have tried the TV feature once, but the reception is cr_ap, so we never tried it again

I'm going to buy the Driving Recorder (addition to the 2575 (around 4k) as it (potentially) could save you a lot of troubles when you are in a accident)

If it can help, let me tell me you what I got from Mitsu this week :

TRITON double cab plus 2.5 2012 automatic 5 speed

825000 baht, 1,79% for 48 months payment with 25% down (200k baht or so)

1st class insurance for one year and taxes (porobor)

Leather seat

Rear sensor

Film for windows 3M

Diamond garanty 5 years or 150000km and free service for 36 months

And below the usual crap (in thai, lazy to translate , as you can notice, my English is as crap as the free stuff)

ผ้ายางรองพื้น

กันสาด

คิ้วข้างประตู

พื้นปูกระบะ ลายเนอร์ ครอบไฟเลี้ยวกระจกข้าง เบ้ารองมือเปิดประตูโคเมี่ยม

So, I'll take this offer, as I really need a car right now , and it's the only one available at the moment anyway

As for the rear cover , they quoted it at 20000 baht, the one from Top up (manual)

http://www.topupcove...mitsubishi.html

They told that the only one available for new Triton, If anyone has any suggestions..

Cheers

Could you tell me which dealer / Province you got this deal

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Looking at your username. I bet it's BKK

Good to hear, thanks for reporting back :jap:

Have you looked around Tukcom on South Pattaya Road ?

Maybe PowerBuy in Central Beach Shopping Center (Soi 9, Pattaya) carry them

Why do you not try and do it inside of Thailand i.e. an extension? A multi means border runs every 90 days, I go once a year to Immigration to get an extension, then every 90 days just pop into their office with the relevant forms and done.

Yes, that way is easy, but maybe the OP did it this way because his income isn't up to par (40k a month) or he can't show the 400k in his Bank Account] or he has some other reason ?

What about asking your Local Immigration Office they will tell you if t is discontinued or not. They are here to help

This topic could be of assistance:

http://www.thaivisa....ost__p__4792636

http://thailivingferry.com/

On their website it reads:

Thai living Ferry has suspended the ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin. This service will not be opened up again in the near future

We will now focus on the Pattaya area charters and these trips will be available through travel agencies all over Pattaya.

We would like to thank all of our satisfied customers, who have traveled with us during 2010 and 2011, looking forward to see you again on our

day and night charters made in the vicinity of Pattaya

So sadly to say, there is no ferry anymore

Sorry that you feel that way, but that's my opinion and if you don't like my postings please do ignore me

What's the link to get those NASA images?

No idea, but this is the link for the Geosat Pics for Thailand

http://cernunosat05.cern.ch/gp/flex/tha/

PS: No Idea how up to date this is (so As Is)