Bangkokhatter

Am surprised you found Pattaya area a problem, i would have thought charger coverage in the more urban areas to be ok.

I do have an open mind, i enjoy driving the CRV, however this new lease will be for 4 years so maybe its time to go full electric. No comments yet on the DEEPAL but it does seem the BYD is a popular choice. Am sure the charging aspect will be a PIA at first but like most change in life you learn to adapt.

Thanks for your reply. Price is not an issue as work will be paying and it will be a lease car for 4 years so no reason to worry about sell on price. Have all 3 dealerships within 10km of home or work so no issues there. The fuel savings are substantial though, a recent round trip to Issan cost around 4,500THB. How are the regular software updates, i must admit i am pretty simple really and just like to get in the car and drive and not have to worry or read up on the latest updates. I will do as you suggest and test drive the 2 EV's, will be my first time.

Time for a new company car and HQ are pushing us towards full electric, although they will accept a Hybrid for the next couple of years. My choices are the BYD Sealion 7 AWD, Deepal S07 or the CRV E:HEV. Currently driving the CRV AWD, I like it, a bit vanilla for some but its comfortable for the family, nice to drive and service from Honda has been great. Looking at the Hybrid version, looks nice (apart from limited colour choice) but the battery part only has a range of 50 odd km which i find a bit pointless. So is it time to go full electric? have read most of this thread and it reads pretty much how you would expect with each devotee defending their corner, however i am pretty ambivalent in regards to the ICE-v-BEV debate and just looking for personal opinions from owners on the 3 cars mentioned above. I don't really have range concerns as longer journeys just require a bit more planning but i would like an idea of how much it costs for a 300Km trip for example (estimate is fine) and how simple it is to charge up at the service stations for example. Thank in advance.

End of last year year i did the renewal and had similar problems. Did the usual application at VFS, provide all documents and walked away with signed tick sheet, expecting a wait of a few weeks. Then i get an email from HMPO saying i did not submit 2 x passport photo's. Explaining to them it would be impossible for me to send in the application at VFS without the photo's was ignored and it took an extra month and more expense to send new ones. It's annoying and no point complaining as both parties would just blame the other for the loss of photo's.

Hope you didn't give him too much, you can't have much left.

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No i live and work on the outskirts of Bangkok for almost as long as you have been here. I don't personally worry about their xenophobia, it doesn't affect me really and i tend to enjoy living here for the most part. That does not however change my view that many Thais are xenephobic, although i do agree it is more present in the tourist areas.

How will identifying nationalities help the situation? For every sad sack British guy making a fool of himself there are probably another ten perfect gentlemen going about their daily business causing no ill will to anyone. The same can be said for any nationality here. Many Thais are generally xenephobic and would not care the actual nationality, to them we are all foreigners. The problem as always is lack of enforcement.

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Thanks for your reply. Am still waiting for her to confirm if she has visa exempt or actual visa (she is easily confused 🙂 ) I have told her some boarder crossings may be difficult, generally she should be ok as she is not doing boarder bounces to enable her to return to Thailand, she will be spending time in other countries.

Thank you both for your replies, she plans to travel around the region for about 9 months, mostly doing land border crossings, i have told her to expect some issues at some point during her travels. I must admit i was confused when she told me she had an actual 60 day tourist visa, i thought these were null and void after the visa exempt extension was changed to 60 days.

I have a niece who is currently travelling around the islands down South and needs to extend her 60 day tourist visa in a couple of weeks. Anybody know if it's possible to do this by visiting Langkawi for a couple of days and then returning? Any other suggestions also welcome.