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My wife drove the truck yesterday on the backroad near the village for the first time Call it a test drive She decided it was to big for her to drive into lamphun town and Chiang Mai and prefers her small automatic car So the decision was made that there was no point in keeping it and I have put it up for sale at a fixed price of 420 k on Baht Sold —this afternoon Thanks everybody for the interaction

The ongoing saga or dilema and thanks again to vinnie 41- Amazed you found that information.. Yesterday ( Tuesday 9am ) the truck was taken to The MG Service centre in Lamhpun The MG extender was booked in for its first service with 2611 kilos on the clock We recieved the truck back at 1.15pm fully valeted and immaculate The service guy was 100% explaining everthing clearly and precicely including all the parts They changed every filter-- engine oil- filters- ac filters even incluing the rear diff oil which i was surprized at and 4 liters of dif oil apparentlly- sump plug washer ete Then they came back with a readout of the battery condition which was always in the back off my mind as the truck has had little use .Recommend new battery Battery at MG 4200 baht plus 180 baht fitting charge . You can go elswhere if you want and you may get a bit cheaper he said. Now unbelievably monday night or 18 hours earlier we were booked in for my wifes car at B Quik at the big c centre Lamphun for an oil and filter change . 7pm I always change the engine oil between 5 to 6 thousand kilos as it was drummed into me when i was a boy oil and filter- oil and filter-- always change and change early the rest off the engine does not matter but the oil and filter does. So i always change my oil and filter every 5 or 6 k I let B quik do it as its conveniant so Mobil 5-30 Semi sinthetic and oil filter was done and the air filter and cabin filter i do every 6 months myself later So we went for the bigger service that they do for 3300 baht and that includes ac cleaner engine flush a can of moly slip and engine oil and filter .takes min 1 hour Ok go ahead -finished that job and came back with a car battery condition test --It needs a new battery Oh -Ok change it for a yuosa The old battery was 2.5 years old Total bill was 6281 baht Back to MG the next morning and another new battery was fitted to the truck along with a list of other parts in the service The MG bill was10734 baht including new battery no labour charge except battery fiiting at 180 baht They discounted the battery down to 3800 baht and gave us 10% discount on the parts The service book was stamped up at 2601 kilo first service and the next service is 25000 kilos or 1 year .. That will not happen I must say the customer service was a 10 with good comunication and everthing done including explaining everthing before going ahead with the work So well done MG Lamphun SO that was 2 new batteries purchased inside 24 hours --Bugger Today- probably this afternoon I am taking my wife out for the first time to let her drive the manual truck on the very quiet roads where we are living just now . She has never started it let alone drive it She did origionally pass her test in the uk over 20 years ago in a manual gearbox but she only ever drove small cars like a fiat panda honda civic nissan note ete I will be quite happy if she can drive on the bigger wider roads with confidence but the small narrow roads in the village of Lamphun and some parts of Chiang Mai are a no no for her She finds the truck huge and asks why its so high up can you not get a smaller truck?/// OMG! Sorry about being a bit long winded but it is a disscussion motoring forum is it not. The verdict will be tomorrow - If she is happy to drive it now and then and knows how to start it and keep safe and use occasionaly we will keep the truck If she is not happy and cannot drive it well it will reluctantly be put up for sale Thanks everbody

Thanks Vinny will look at that The truck is booked in for tomorrow at an MG service center in Chiang Mai for its first service I will have a think what to to do with the truck after its first service At this moment I am 50% to keep the truck and 50% to sell it The swaying factor is my wife is small and the truck is huge for her and it’s a Manuel She is only used to driving small automatic cars Mmmm!

Thank you all to your replies To--- Vinny 41 .Yes its the same truck as the silver one -the later model with the brown interior with 2600 kilos on the clock and all the extras including the rear bumper taken off and replaced with a tow-bar type black bull bar. I have the original bumper stored for now white colour coded but that goes with the truck. Tomorrow am going to book into The Mg centre in Chiang Mai for its first service as its 7 months old .Thanks vinny for letting me know . If i cannot get 420k for it and as Even Keel says i might as well keep it and as i have an 8 meter by 4.5 meter garage being built along with a house and will be ready in about 3 months time it will be kept in there out of the sun wind and rain. I might put it up for sale at 420k as Mike B Bad states and after it gets its first service later this week but it now looks like i will just keep it instead off giving it away. Its a cracking big sturdy truck anyway as long as you are not a badge snob. I knew i would get good answers from the people on this forum and i thank you again for taking the trouble to give the subject your input --Appreciated.

I want to put my pick up truck up for sale this week and ask any members what they think the valuation might be . Description- Mg Extender First Reg in Aug 25 White Cab and Half Mileage Around 2800 kilos Fa-rang owned in Thai Name Manual Diesel This truck is a 22 model but first reg in aug 25 is in as new condition and was sold with full MG 5 year warranty These Trucks and there was 82 at the time off order and 1 month later 11 left were sold at a discount There will be no new extenders for sale now as far as i know all gone MG is concentrating on Electric vehicles The Truck in question has been stored under a cover for 3 months now and is started and run once a week It was bought in Bangkok and driven up to Chiang Mai where it had the chassis underneath rustproofed It has had one journey to Pattaya and back to CM and A couple off journeys to home pro and that is it . So mileage is under 3k We are building a house here in a village in Lamphun and have a contractor doing everything so our pickup truck is not Required I refuse to use this pickup truck as a building truck and anyway my wife's brother has a truck if needed We have a car and also a samlor which our wee dog is addicted to and use daily .The truck just sits there under a cover My wife cannot drive the truck as its far to big for her and the roads are very narrow in the village- is not automatic and yes i have made a mistake buying it in the first place. Truck - condition is immaculate and as new and there is not a mark on it . I get it hand polished and will be polished again this week . No it has never been in a bump or scraped never mind an accident Truck has had about 50000 baht off extras on it including front and rear bumpers body wheel arch mouldings tints tray wind deflectors special matts and an unused rear cover in a box that i was going to fit It has no service history as its never had a service yet .The first service is due in about 2000 plus kilos at 5000 kilos The truck is quiet high spec Led running light key-less entry computer cruise control brown interior matts to match ete So I am into this truck for about 530000 Baht and as i cannot find a comparable truck to get a guide from so i estimate i was going to put the truck up for sale at 440000 baht fixed price Yes Its an mg extender and as new but what would you value this truck at and also bear in mind it should have the balance of a 5 year warranty as well

Wife went into an Amazon cafe in Lamphun Northern Thailand. I had a latte coffee Carry out from Amazon hot. She had iced coffee. As soon as she handed it to me the cup it felt very light. I sent her back in to complain. They told her that it is correct you get 1 shot of whatever that means. Is this normal. I feel done by at 65 baht for what was not even half a cup off coffee. Maybe it's my fault but if I went into a pub and ordered a pint off beer and the they served you half a pint in a pint glass I would be very miffed. Needless to say that we will not be going back to amazon again.