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Gotta be painful for you to live here eh? I've never been scammed in 22 years here. One just need to be paying attention.

There ciuld be a swift hybrid coming sometime soon..so it may be worthwhile to see what that is like. Even the current swift is a good upgrsde over yours. My wife got the city turbo to replace her swift and shes very happy with it - more power and much more comfortable suspension compared to the swift. Fuel economy of your swift is close to the city turbo (about 18km/l in our case)

So those without QTS are tourist teachers? You probably need to rephrase that. You are assuming those with QTS are not here for the money or the visa. You are assuming that only qualified teachers are the only ones to care about their students. A re-think is in order. BTW I'm aqualified teacher (without the UK QTS).

I went to Koh Lan 2 weeks ago. Russians were everywhere, along with some Indians and Chinese. So I don't think they are just in Jomtien. I personally wouldn't wear this shirt. It just looks like one is looking to make a confrontation.

The 16 inch wheels carry 60 series tires on the cx3. That should give some protection.

The thing about wheels is that for a new driver, its easy for them to ding them up pretty quickly hitting kerbs and what not. I found graze on the city yesterday. The wife scraped the kerb, and shes been driving over 30 years. So guess it can happen to anyone! I don't have that problem with the crv and the tires are quite thick and tall. So if you chage the wheels / tires, get good quality tires but the cheapest wheels in the market lol 15" and 16" are less likely to get scraped on the cx-3. wr-v is not likely to scrape either.

The normal process is just to trade the new wheels/tires at a local wheel shop. But the best bet is to chage your wheels at the wheel shop and sell your old wheels online on a mazda thailand website. You will get much better money for it than trading at a wheel shop (especially if they are off a red plate). Totally agree, the ride won't be so good on rough roads with 18" wheels. 16" is probably optimal (in terms of looks and performance), but there is a less variety of alloy wheels at this size. One thing to note is the mazda 2 (both diesel and petrol) uses a lot less fuel than the cx-3, but there is a big difference in performance as you will see if you floor it. I think there is a new mazda 2 due soon, and may also come in a hybrid variant. Personally, I would wait to see what that is like. Have fun test driving! It's normal for them to just have the top model for test driving. Liek with the crv, they just had the diesel version (and no civic turbo) at the time I did my testing.

I also like the cx-3. It's kind of like my old civic - 2.0 engine and normal auto. Build quality is higher than the eco-cars. But when you look at resale in second hand websites...it's quite low. If you test drive the cx-3, try to take it on some rough roads and see how it rides. The suspension is somewhat "sporty". I've mentioned before, there is not much space in the rear seat, but if its just two of you in the car it should be fine. Clearance is higher than ecocars, which is good.

Get it extracted and let it heal for a few months. If you can eat comfortably without it, you won't need to do anything with it. I had an extraction in Thailand and it was about 300 baht (no complications), but that was a few years ago. I've had one lower molar implant done. It was about 60K baht for the complete work. You may get it cheaper, but others may charge more, depending on the grade of the materials. I didn't need a graft, even though there was some bone loss. It's been working find for the last few years. You could search on Thailand dentists in Pattaya, email them and see what their rough costs are. I have anothe rimplant in process, but after the impnat was done, the dentists was closed due to the pandemic. i need to get back to get the crown done.

Yes, same here. One of my colleagues reported the same. Just go back to the immigration site and report as normal. I plan to do that this weekend.

A lot will depend on yoru budget. Yes its still a cheapish car in the market, but it seems to hav a lot more features than the city turbo (albeit it is 100K cheaper or so). If you set your budget to 1.2-1.3m there is a lot more to choose from. You could also look at second hand cars. Quite a few newish crv's get advertised in the crv Thailand club I use. They are generally from 900K to 1.2M. Strangely, women seem to like crv's, ecepy my wife. She says its too big, but prob becaause she's not used to driving it all the time. It took me a few weeks to ge tused to it from the civic also. From a service, parts, resale aspect, stick with either toyota or honda. Suzuki is good too, but it is not suitable for rough roads in my opinion. Here is a review in Thai. have your wife watch it.

Did you ask if you can book a test drive? There may not be that many wrv's available for test drive just yet. Or go to a larger dealer maybe?

Check with your local honda dealer. I had a honda civic, and had the airbags replaced. That was a few years ago now though.

0-100 is around 8.5 secs for this 2.2 turbo diesel. Yes, it's a diesel too. Mazda diesels have had dpf issues in the past and I'm not ure that has been rectified. This goes for the mazda 2 diesel too. You can ask these guys about mazda diesels. They do a lot of work with them, including removing clogged dpfs and remapping them. They also race them. https://web.facebook.com/feeliqmotorsport

The acceleration test I've seen from Australia are generally done in weather <20 degrees C. In Thailand they ahve almost alwayes been 30 degrees C. Hotter = less dense air = less HP. 14C in this video of the 2.5 turbo cx-5 , 0-100 7.5 sec

It could be tuned down, but being turbo it's not hard to recover some of that HP with a remap. I can net 40+hp in my crv diesel if I ever wish to remap it; but I'm liking my warranty too much at the moment to do it and don't want any issues with making a claim. Perhaps next year.

The 2.5 I quoted is the turbo model. It doesn't matter how fast the vehicle is in the usa or UK. Thailand is what counts. The Aust car I quoted has the same output as out one. Probably the heat and fuel quality have an effect here. I once asked a mazda independent garage why there are a number of issues with the mazda dealer engine dpf. It came down to diesel quality.

The paint is a little thin on the city. We got a stone chip on the front after only 2 weeks. If you like along a rough rocky road I recommend you get paint protection film for the front bumper and hood. Cost is about 20 to 30k.

The Thai version is 231HP. An Aussie review puts this spec car 0-100km/h at 7.5 seconds. Thai car, I found one video.

There are better choices in the market now than mitsubishi, ecocar-wise.

It's what my wife said to me when she got her city..."her money her choice"...lol

You wife will mostly be driving around town? If so, a smaller car is more appropriate. I avoided the ppv's because of their size, lower fuel consumption, and ladder-on-frame design. I found the compromise I wanted was the crv diesel, and I spent a couple of months researching various cars. But to be honest, in the small car category, you can't go wrong with most of the current crop of ecocars. It's just up to your taste and what you are looking for. If you ranked your preferences in order, its easier to give advice. e,.g, performance, comfort, ride height, fuel economy, sound insulation, braking distance, passive and active safety features, resale, cost / availability of spares, labour charges, freebies / discounts given, etc.. This is good site for getting data from for various cars, so you can make comparisons https://www.autoinfo.co.th/datron/

It's not really an issue for most drivers who take it easy and drive with due caution. I've only ever had to take evasive action once in 20 years. In an old honda city with no abs. Not fun! My old civic was lowered and road floods made water seep into the doors and flood the carpet. Again not fun!

Honda dealer offered 140-150K for our sizuki swift when we were to buy a honda city. Mide sold it to a colleague for over 280K. Yep, never sell to a tent/dealer unles one needs fast cash. The suzuki dealer was offering us 220-270K depending on the condition of the car if we were to buy a new suzuki.

80% are bike accidents and there are millions of bikes on the roads here. Clearly this sheer number increases deaths. How many of thee scooters are on the roads in the UK, USA, etc... That, combined with poor training and disregard for the law, account for a lot of these deaths.