chiman

News that some meds can be addictive if they are abused?  Not News... I took Tramadol a few times in the last few years for a bad disk in my neck, didn't mix it, just took it before bed so I could sleep without too much pain.  Never had any issues...

Very sorry for your loss

Its just too good a story, so excited to see her next marriage 

Those are some dirty lips! 

My stomach hurts, I don't know why....

It's partially the need to categorize, and that applies to more than just people. That couple should have been more understanding, that person was serving food in a restaurant, probably too simple to think beyond seeing a westerner. Given the chance, I usually reply in Thai and let them know, it's Khun Farang.

Nice to see the red tape tossed out of the way to do the right thing

My true internet cable modem was horrible last week, going to replace with TOT fiber.

Victims had just graduated with their MBA, ready to make a positive impact on their families lives. This spoiled son of a car importer who's sense of intitlment over their lives will walk... 500b fine or so. Btw.. His attorney denied the drug test at the hospital..

Buyer beware of Lazada, anyone can become a vendor on Lazada and so you are exposed to possible gray market or counterfeit product. Read the item carefully and see who it is sold by, check their store, leave feedback!

The old rules apply, if it's too good to be true...

With that said, standard dry goods and common items are convenient to order with Lazada.

Be careful, Apple is bricking phones with unofficial repairs via updates.

Somewhat off topic... relevant all the same

Lol the X-Files is back open

I saw it at the auto show, if I was in that market.. you should give it a close look, it's really nice. Just concerned about Ford service, not sure how that is in Thailand.

Feel like I'm in a buy a new car in Thailand hang over.

Was planning to buy a Van for my office, and with the new tax looming in 2016.. I decided to start shopping in October. Found the van that made the most sense for my companies needs and booked it. In that process my secretary called 20+ dealers. You have to call as many as you can until you find one that's ready to do business.

During the shop for a van process, my partner made me aware that her car was now 10 years old and handed down at this point, so with my car now at 5 years, low miles, and paid off.. I figured I would be a car and give my car to my partner.

During the shopping process I did a deep dive into the Accord and Camry. Both very different but great category leading cars. But boring as hell... And it didn't feel right.

Then my partner told me about some promotions at Volvo, with the V40 being around the same price as the Accord and Camry..

The Volvo is on another planet compared to the Accord and Camry, so is the service and dealer.. Ended up getting the Volvo V60. I highly recommend checking out Volvo, the T5 engine is almost as economical as a hybrid. I also found the prices of Volvo in Thailand vs USA were much closer apples to apples than other brands.

Back to the point, if you didn't buy before Dec 31 2015, you are in for a price increase up to 30%. With that said, I think brands will all manage this differently. You better take your time and shop hard. And if your budget is around 2m, check out Volvo, just don't get the T4F engines, get the T5

Good luck

Great choice and you won't be wanting to top yourself on the drive to work as you would if you'd thrown away your hard-earned on a Camry.

Thank you! Agree mak mak

No doubt that buying a car in Thailand is different than buying in most of the west. It can be stressful and frustrating as cars cost so much, you cannot see the car till after you have paid in most cases, and there are no lemon laws. Toyota is probably the safest purchase in terms of reliability and service, with the Fortuner being the best in terms of holding its value. A buddy purchased a pre owned and 3 years later sold it for the same.

I think all dealers want to sell, but there are good and bad sales people . My opinion after 3 car purchase here is that it comes down to finding a good sales person and that can be done by calling a bunch of dealers. This is how my THAI staff handle this, NOT me.

My Thai staff got pretty turned off by Honda, with no cars to test drive and very little stock on hand. We also found the Honda sales were unapologetic and somewhat unhelpful. With that said, about a month in one Honda sales found us a test drive and was super helpful. Toyota has a lot of stock.. And you can see how their marketing plays out from their home page. Download the sales stats from their home page. Toyota sells heads and shoulders more than Honda who sells heads and shoulders more than Mazda and so on and so forth. Bottom line, Toyota sells a ton more cars than anyone else for a lot of reasons mentioned above and stock available.

My first car was a Lemon, CRV.. Didn't drive straight. Honda couldn't fix it, had to take my case to Honda Japan. Honda Thailand tried to blame it on the Thai roads lol. Eventually got a replacement and it never saw a day in the shop for anything other than scheduled maintenance. Any car from any brand can be a lemon. With that said, hope my new Volvo is reliable.. I'm confident in what I see so far that Volvo will stand by their work in a better way than Honda did.

Do you think Volvo will ever lower themselves into publishing an English language Thai website!!

I also don't see a T5 engine listed as an option on the V60...unless you order the Polestar performance package (and that's from Volvo's Global Website...don't know if it's even available in Thailand).

I don't think if it's a matter of lowering themselves to create a multi-language site but they do need it. I actually found Volvo sales, support, and management to be helpful and cool. On another level compared to Honda and Toyota.. I actually met their Swedish Managing Director at the auto show and she was candid and humble.. Also, they have a global product so you can easily go to Singapore or HK site to get the information you need. For the Thai site, google translate works perfectly. The UK Volvo site actually has unfiltered customer reviews of each model, have never seen that on a automobile site. I think Volvo is pretty transparent, which is hard to find in the auto industry.

You can get the new T5 engine with the XC60, V60, S60, V40.. but there is limited stock as they are new to Thailand as of MY15. The V60 I got was one of only 32 available in 2015 (got the last one, lucky it was Silver). The V40 T5 was available in the cross country, R type, and one other flavor.

The V60 T5 is a special edition, comes with Polestar and nearly every option in the book. Have had it for 2 weeks, it's awesome.

I still have the brochure and price list, here were the prices going into the end of last year.

No doubt that buying a car in Thailand is different than buying in most of the west. It can be stressful and frustrating as cars cost so much, you cannot see the car till after you have paid in most cases, and there are no lemon laws. Toyota is probably the safest purchase in terms of reliability and service, with the Fortuner being the best in terms of holding its value. A buddy purchased a pre owned and 3 years later sold it for the same.

I think all dealers want to sell, but there are good and bad sales people . My opinion after 3 car purchase here is that it comes down to finding a good sales person and that can be done by calling a bunch of dealers. This is how my THAI staff handle this, NOT me.

My Thai staff got pretty turned off by Honda, with no cars to test drive and very little stock on hand. We also found the Honda sales were unapologetic and somewhat unhelpful. With that said, about a month in one Honda sales found us a test drive and was super helpful. Toyota has a lot of stock.. And you can see how their marketing plays out from their home page. Download the sales stats from their home page. Toyota sells heads and shoulders more than Honda who sells heads and shoulders more than Mazda and so on and so forth. Bottom line, Toyota sells a ton more cars than anyone else for a lot of reasons mentioned above and stock available.

My first car was a Lemon, CRV.. Didn't drive straight. Honda couldn't fix it, had to take my case to Honda Japan. Honda Thailand tried to blame it on the Thai roads lol. Eventually got a replacement and it never saw a day in the shop for anything other than scheduled maintenance. Any car from any brand can be a lemon. With that said, hope my new Volvo is reliable.. I'm confident in what I see so far that Volvo will stand by their work in a better way than Honda did.

Feel like I'm in a buy a new car in Thailand hang over.

Was planning to buy a Van for my office, and with the new tax looming in 2016.. I decided to start shopping in October. Found the van that made the most sense for my companies needs and booked it. In that process my secretary called 20+ dealers. You have to call as many as you can until you find one that's ready to do business.

During the shop for a van process, my partner made me aware that her car was now 10 years old and handed down at this point, so with my car now at 5 years, low miles, and paid off.. I figured I would be a car and give my car to my partner.

During the shopping process I did a deep dive into the Accord and Camry. Both very different but great category leading cars. But boring as hell... And it didn't feel right.

Then my partner told me about some promotions at Volvo, with the V40 being around the same price as the Accord and Camry..

The Volvo is on another planet compared to the Accord and Camry, so is the service and dealer.. Ended up getting the Volvo V60. I highly recommend checking out Volvo, the T5 engine is almost as economical as a hybrid. I also found the prices of Volvo in Thailand vs USA were much closer apples to apples than other brands.

Back to the point, if you didn't buy before Dec 31 2015, you are in for a price increase up to 30%. With that said, I think brands will all manage this differently. You better take your time and shop hard. And if your budget is around 2m, check out Volvo, just don't get the T4F engines, get the T5

Good luck

Safe diving gear requires professional attention to detail. I quit diving after I moved to Thailand

Suck it up and go...

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What a total dip shit, maybe he will be on the next "Banged Up Abroad"!

Duct Tape it

I have 2 of the webber smokey joe, they are perfect...

Don't you see the irony that lack of a proper education led to this in every way.

Hope World History is added to the curriculum, we might see less people dressing up like Hitler.