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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.

It will certainly feel higher when driving buy you certainly get used to it. I find in the crv I have a good view of whats going on around me, and no fear when driving though floods (carefully, of course). Call the local honda dealer and ask them when/if the wrv is available for a test drive. onl in very heavy floods would you need somethign like a ford everest or fortuner. But at those depths I'd probably turn arnoud!

Im sure netizens are up in arms over such a result. But having said that, kids from mixed families may vary in their English ability. I know a number of my mixed students have parents that only speak Thai with them. For my son we started out with me only speaking english to him and my wife speaking Thai. But now we both speak english to him, so he is comfortable speaking english to toehr Thais, which he needs to do in his current university course.

Ok, if you are Issan, consider the wr-v. I just read the ground clearance is 220mm. My crv is 208mm, so that's pretty impressive. This will cope better with bad roads I think. Top spec has a pretty comprehensive safety package. If I was looking for a car right now this would be high on my list. I live in an area that floods in the wet season, which is one of the reasons I got the crv. Last October I saw dozens of flood damaged cars along the roadside in MuangThongThani. In one area, even the pickup trucks were u-turning to avoid deep water.

I liked the civic hatchback (over the old civic sedan). Unfortunately, that harchback didnt get the updated motor of the new civic sedan. I owned a 2.0 civic from 2004 to 2019. It was a pretty good car but thirsty. Sold that for the crv diesel. The city is pretty comfortable on most roads except badly potholed roads. Another negative is a lack of soem safety equipment compared to the ativ. Personally I dont care to much for such items, but needed full airbags. I really like the lanewatch in the crv, but you need to get the city ehev to get that - that car is also a good choice, but comes in at like 840K or so. Also try the wr-v. It has a higher driving position that some may like (my wife doesn't). No idea of fuel consumption for it. One test showed a 0-100km/k of 11 seconds, so not too bad. Its basically a honda jazz engine that have been shown to be very reliable. For honda, you may need to make a booking in advance for a test drive, as not all dealers have all the test drive models available. You may alo get better deals in BKK than in a smaller town. One of my wife's friends is a dealer in Ratchaburi, and they gave a worse deal on our crv compared to a Nonthaburi dealer. Whatever car you get, I recommend 1) ceramic coat (our dealer also has this service) 2) underbody coating 3) for the city - complete sound insulation(or turn up the stereo 55), you can also get paint protection film for the front part of the car to protect against stone chips. Our crv has had ceramic coat for 4 years and there is not a scratch on it (just a couple of unavoidable dings).

Also, if you are in a hurry for a car, consider the delivery times. Demand for the ativ is very high. The dealer can tell you how long it may take for delivery. For our city, it took 10 days form the test drive to delivery. There was a supply of them. Other hondas were taking much longer to deliver. I think there is still a chip shortage for soem models also. But I think you should test drive them - swift, city, ativ, and whatever else thanks your interest. I think you will know which one you like most from that. If I was my wife I would have gotten the civic ehev, but its her money and she didn't want to spend that much on transport. I should have added the city is much more comfortable to drive that the swift. It has a better suspension. I can't talk about the ativ as i didn't drive that.

Some dealers also offer the swift sport bodykit which is much nicer as the parts are not "stuck on". Its a full front and rear replacment bumper.

Our swift went that way somewhat. I think its related the hardening of rubber components - control arms, bushes, stabilizer links etc. If they are replaced it would help a lot.

The swift is quite cheap. We considered replacing the old swify with a new one, and they were going to knock of 40K off the sticker price which is 637K for the glx). It's a light and small car so its great around town. The wife averaged 18.2 km/l in her swift over the last several thousand km she drove it. I think the new swift may be a touch better. The main annoyance is if you accelerate hard is the elastic band effect in the cvt. It's not a fast car, but a little quicker than the new toyota ativ. So if you don't care too much about outright performance and like "value for money", it may also be worth looking at the ativ. If you want to travel comfortably in the back, don't get the swift, as there is not a lot of space. For the city, it seems to get around the same mileage as our swift did, but think the highway mileage is better in the city than the swift. I'v only done one longish distance run and got about 23km/l. I've read of other users can getting close to 30km/l. But get on teh boost and ofcourse that mileage will suffer. The main difference is that the city is much larger in size (we have the hatchback) and its quite a bit faster that the swift. It doesn not take much effort to get it moving along. My wife like it for that reason. Fast enough to keep you ou of trouble but not so fast you would get into trouble:) 0-100 is about 10 sec (old swift was over 14); top speed over 200km/l and I don't ever plan to go that fast. There are some videos about this on youtube. There is a hum from the 3 cyl engine but it's not too bothersome. The cvt is not noisy either - it has some kind of fake shifts to make is seem more like a standard auto. I like the paddle shifters too. Probably my main complain would be the sound insulation isn't great (we put in full car mats that has helped a bit. The next step may be to do full sound insulation at an audio shop. Having said that, my wife does not compain of the noise (prob cos I'm used to my crv that is very quiet in comparison). The paint is a little thin too, so it can chip easily (I got one chip and managed to repair it somewhat with touchup). The service costs will be higher of the city, but not hugely so. And definitely keep up with the service schedule for a turbo car, especially fluid changes. The city is popular with the boy racers as they can modify it for a lot fo power, but the really shortens the engine life for this car.) It's best to drive a few cars and see what you like most.

Theres no probem with modern well maintained jatcos. Some suzuki swifts have run on them easily over 300k kms (according to an independent swift mechanic I now).

The wife had an auto swift for nearly 10 years. Dirt cheap to run. I think the most expensive thing replaced was the air cond evaporator (5K) and shock aborbers. That had abour 114k kms on it. If you live up country, the manual version would be fine. But if you live in a big city, think again. We sold ours for about 280K, which was 50% of the original value at the time. The later model swift is generally better overall than the previous version, though there is no manual. There should be a new sift out this year, possibly in hybrid form. If you really want a manual, look for a late model honda jazz that has not been trashed. The fetch a lot of money second hand. 555K was the new price. The wife got a city turbo to replace it. Its quite different from the swift for sure.

There are plenty of garages who can easily work on a toyota pickup. They drag race them here, so its easy to find garages to work on them. I don't know even if toyota would want to , or could, source and insall a new engine. The price could well make it exhorbitant. as others sai, 152K is nothing on a well maintained pickup. It could well go 400-500K before it needed any major work.

The wrv may be work a look - cheaper than the brv, but it seems to have similar mechanicals. You should be able to see it at dealers now or soon. It should be able to be seen at the motorshow.

There are a number of international programs and universities here. My son attends mahidol university international college. He has some foreign professors as well as thai. I've no idea what their salaries are like though. Assumption university springs to mind. Chula and thammasart also have international programs. Just look at their webpages for vacancies

Well you defeated yourself on this one. The city turbo is 1.0 for a start. No reports of oil dilution with this motor. Likewise the 1.5 turbo has none of the oil dilution problems reported overseas.