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The way I see it, Thailand is still OK to bring up kids if you have lots of money and/or connections to people with power, in other words if you are in the top 0.1%. This is the case in many countries in the region. Now that I have a daughter, I am planning on moving my family to Australia in the next year or two.

13 hours ago, reenatinnakor said:

I have the Ranger WT 3.2 and absolutely love it. Am strongly looking at the Everest for a 2nd car. How many kms do you get on a full tank?

So the 2.2 platinum plus has all the gadgets the 3.2 has? Just the engine size is different?

Smaller engine and no 4WD. Dont intend to take it off road so went for the 2.2 and its supposed to weigh ~ 100KG less than the 3.2 without all the 4WD bits. Also there is no big difference in acceleration between 2.2 and 3.2 engines. Running around BKK I get about 8KM/L, havent gone on a longer trip outside BKK yet.

15 hours ago, reenatinnakor said:

 

So how many kms do you get from a full tank? On our Ranger WT 3.2 we get about 800 km on a full tank costing about 1900 the to fill up. I think it's an 80 litre tank. How big is the tank? I heard that the 2.2 is slightly better on fuel economy but doesn't have all the gadgets like roadside assisted parking, sun roof and electronic touch screen display? There's a Australian based review on YouTube thats saying the 2.2 is better to drive around the city. Off course money no issue get the 3.2 but it's 300k more... So it's really got to be worth it!

What's the sat navigation system like? Or is it better to just use your phone? I heard that 3rd parties can upload better software to it that's not the Ford dealers... Not sure if that would invalidate the warranty.

Thanks for any more information before I go and test drive one.

 

There is a 2.2 RWD Titanium version that includes all the gadgets, moonroof etc

Guess you are using Apple CarPlay. Google maps works great with Sync 3 and Android Auto. Bought the 2.2 Titanium+ and it's been great so far.

I will be buying either the  Pajero Sport top spec 4WD or the Everest 2.2 Titanium + soon. Test drove PJS Saturday and will test drive the Everest hopefully Tomorrow. PJS is very tempting right now as it's cheaper and they are offering 0.99% interest on loans (25% down payment). 

I would check your figures the 100/10 is the router speed which normally wont give you more than 54 for the download speed. You say you speed is greater than 100 which is highly suspect. The speed specified as 100 is the maximum the router can provide, it will not go over that. If it is Gbps then yes it will of course but 100/10 is way below Gbps.

Wi-Fi is affected by many things. Rain for example give high attenuation over 300MHz which the Wi-Fi exceeds so you may get drops from time too time. The hard wired cable should be consistent provided the interconnection boxes are properly sealed against water ingress and the terminations are of good quality - these are not always provided in Thailand but mostly are.

100/10 Mbps is the 3BB fiber connection speed. They upgraded it recently from 30/3 Mbps. WiFi speeds of the router I am using (theoretical max) are 300 Mbps in 2.4Ghz + 867 Mbps in 5Ghz

What happens when you run the same test, using your mobile away from the router in a different room of the house, such as, separated by a wall/door?

I get 48 Mbps when testing from the first floor living room, router is on the second floor. How much it drops depends on the wall thickness, material, distance etc.. so not a good indicator. Having said that still is a big improvement over the 3BB router.

I connected a TP-Link Archer C5 router to the 3BB router and disable WiFi on 3BB router. Now I get full speed download and uploads over WiFi on my mobile that supports 802.11ac standard (when in the same room as the router). Also get much better WiFi coverage throughout the house.

Does anyone know where I can buy a Panasonic GH4 in Bangkok?

Pix-one (http://www.pix-one.com/DIGITALCAMERA/กล้องดิจิตอล-Panasonic/Panasonic-LUMIX-DMC-GH4.html) seems to be selling it (body only) for 54k

I bought a powertec power rack, bench and good quality dumbbells, weight plates (rubber coated) from http://www.xercore.com/

How much is the Kawasaki 1st class insurance for the new N250? I recall about 9000B but I could be wrong. Also how much do they give you if the bike is stolen etc? Deductible? Medical costs etc?

Also, when you get the bike is registration, tax and compulsory insurance included in the price? If not, how much extra do you have to pay? I didn't get the chance to ask these questions at the expo.

Sorry,

First class insurance is 9076 B and cover is for 130,000 B, deductible is 5000 B. I put down a deposit of 10K at the bike fest for one but having doubts now since I will do most of my riding in BKK and wondering whether I will enjoy riding a bike in this god awful traffic

They moved to kaset nawamin rd. New location is in the Motorbike directory project. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=103123673807285494411.0004624feb401af10e332&ll=15.262989,101.491699&spn=17.005131,22.5&z=6

Few pics I managed to get last Saturday (went there with my gf)

Just wish they had the plain black or white colors as released in other countries instead of the ridiculous color schemes

The below picture of the ninja 300 which I believe is the same frame as 250 is just amazing

Check the HJC IS series and Symax III helmets. Paddock sells them here according to their site. http://www.paddock.co.th/2011/online-store.html?page=shop.browse&category_id=18

Hard to believe anyone would want to 'finger' that guy...

90-day notification of staying longer than 90 days

How about making 90 day reporting service available online. They can charge an additional fee for this which I will gladly pay rather than making a visit to immigration office.

Buy a sim card from 7/11 and send it by post to UK (top up and activate it first)...

Then get the person in UK to get free sim from e.g O2 website or Vodafone and send it to u as well after activating it..

You will then be able to text the Thai sim in the UK at local rate and the person in UK can do the same....:-)

The trick is there is no charge to receive sms when u r abroad...

Quite long winded but if u text a lot its worth it...

Cheers

This is nonsense. The person in the UK will pay a 'Roaming' rate to send a text message to Thailand if they use a Thai SIM in the UK. For instance, 'roam' in the UK with a DTAC SIM on Vodaphone; it will cost you 12 baht plus 7% Vat to send a message back to Thailand.

I dont think he meant to use the sims to send messages, they are only to receive. To send use another local SIM. e.g. If sending from UK, send sms from another UK number to the UK sim thats in thailand so you get local rates.