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I have noticed that none of my Thai relatives will use any gear higher than 3rd when driving. I wince when travelling along the outer ring road at 80kph in 3rd gear. To be fair, most of them  rarely drive above 50kph.  I have often suggested that a higher ratio would be kinder to the car or pickup only to be ignored. One sister-in-law said that her car goes too fast in 4th. Is this a common practice or just confined to my family?

Speak to Khun Ajaz at <[email protected]> or visit his showroom, Kashmir, next to Laithong on Hwy 1006

10 hours ago, Ruffian Dick said:

Let your fingers do the walking:

http://fullmoonbrewwork.com/index.php/our-beer/

Many Thanks

I have never seen this one before . Where is it made, and where is it sold?

It may not be quite relevent to this topic, but I will report anyway.

My 90 day report toook 2 hours, mainly because, just ahead of me was an agent from a school who did approx 20 at one go.

However upstairs, applying for a certificate of address, the desk ( only open 9am to 11am) was unmanned from 1005 to 1045. I was processed just in time to go back downstairs just as the number two before me was called. Forbye, I have been given a collection date for the address certificate of 27 Nov, a wait of six weeks. when I protested the girl informed me that for Thb 600 I could get an agent to process it in one day. I consider this an attempt at extortion. Also the girl showed me a calendar with almost all of the final two weeks of Oct crossed off as holidays

A few years ago my renewed passport arrived at my house in Scotland by registered post at approx 1130 am. I noticed almost immediately an error in my birth date. I telephoned the help line and was refered to the Glasgow Passport Office. I was invited to visit the Glasgow office the next day, which I did, arriving at just after 10am, with, as requested, proof of birth date and new photographs. The staff were very helpful and asked me to call back atfter 3pm.

I came back at approx 3.30 and a new Passport was ready. I was so satisfied with this service that I wrote a unpublished letter to The Herald.

I think that the actual printing only takes a few minutes, although the preparation for printing will take as long as the staff want it to.

In UK, Netherlands and Norway I have always been charged as each round was served, except in central London where a bar waiter wanted me to pay in advance.

In Germany the common method is to put a beer mat down and mark it acording to your order using different symbols for different drinks.

However it is considered prudent to turn the mat over first and check that it has not already been marked on the underside.

How can you grow daffodils in Thailand. I always thouht that they need a COOL wet climate

Is it still possible to renew on line and have it sent to relative's address in  UK to be sent on? Registered post from UK is much cheaper than a courier.

19 hours ago, Oxx said:

 

Given that they send probably dozens of passports from the UK to Bangkok daily, why can't they put them in the same package and charge a fraction of the current courier fee? Is there a single functioning brain at the FCO?

I believe they already do it that way an make a profit

Tesco-Lotus, Rimping,and Makro in Hang Dong all have a few, a very few, try Wishbeer for a better selection.

I quote from a letter to the othe newspaper.

"How many people with diabetes or high blood pressure regularly eat Thai jasmine rice? Have their doctors ever told them that jasmine rice has been proven to raise blood sugar? Have their doctors ever told them that basmati rice has also been proven to lower blood sugar? "

The letter writer states this as as a fact without any supporting proof. I have never seen any proof  of this and I am very sceptical.  Can any expert point me at the appropriate " medical artical?

Thanks to all who replied. I found them in Sridonchai road as Winnie the Khwai suggested.

I have also been back to the dealeship and the salesman was adamant that I had to have the light repaired by their staff as "the rear light all has to be replaced". On reflection I think he was thinking of the latest model, which has LEDs.

1 hour ago, elektrified said:

"Agent will change a bulb but not sell a new part. "

 

Assuming "agent" is the dealer, the dealerships do not charge anything over the cost of the bulb itself to replace it for you. I've had a few replaced at different dealerships and they only charge 20-50 Baht to replace it for you - total cost.

Thanks, but I also want to carry a few spares.

I have been looking for 12v 21w single filament car light bulbs for some time. So far I cannot find any in Chiangmai . Agent will change a bulb but not sell a new part. Request help.

The generals must get their new cars

Contact the Royal Thai Embassy. They often send staff around the UK on Consular visits. My wife renewed hers in Edinburgh a year or so ago.

I tried to and I had a Thai speaker with me.

3 hours ago, Dante99 said:

And when you went into the previously mentioned showroom on Huay Kaew Road, what did they say when you asked for the Stallion dealer, where did they tell you it moved to?

There were no staff there and the neighbouring cafe staff just looked at me as if I had horns

I try again. Will some expert tell me where the Stallion Motorcyle dealer or showroom is. The previously mentioned showroom on HuayKaew Road is a secondhand bike shop

Thanks

24 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

Convert to unleaded is valve seats alone. Nothing to do with valves nor guides.

I disagree, lead in petrol built up a self lubricating coating which which supplemented the lubrication from oil.

I recall valve failures in light aircraft engines when 100LL fuel was introduced in the 1980s. The engine manufacturers and overhaulers had to run the engines on leaded fuel for 10 hours to build this coating up. This was a temporary fix until new valve and guide metals were developed

I have done it a few times. Heating the head and drifting out the old guides, (quickly before the heat expands the guides) works well. If they do not move , try to drill them carefully but I do not recommend this method,  it is difficut to do without damaging the head. To remove valve seats, carefully drill two holes at opposite diameters and break them apart.

In both cases a hot head and frozen guides and seats will go together without force.

Two years ago I bought a small item from Amazon and was astonished a month later to have a sum deducted from my debit card in favour of Amazon. I protested but Amazon claimed that I had signed up to a month's trial with  Amazon Prime when I bought the item. I searched their order site and unovered an obscure box which had to be UNTICKED otherwise I would be AUTOMATICALLY enroled in Amazon Prime. So, All of you, please search the Amazon site carefully otherwise you will be conned.

Today the price has been modified to Thb116000

No, definitely on the Ct400 t,the 250 was Thb76000