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7 hours ago, atpeace said:

So when EV trucks get over 1000kms between charges? Probably will be a reality in the next 5-10 years. As for me, I would be happy with a 400 km real world range. The Rivian R1T and that weird Tesla truck already have larger payloads than any of the ICE trucks I see on the road here.  They get around 600 km per charge.  They cost a fortune but just saying 🙂

600km on one charge, how about carrying 1000kg in the back? It seems they are more of a recreational vehicle at this time, as opposed to a work vehicle. 

On 1/20/2025 at 9:37 AM, The Fugitive said:

Thanks for your information. No surprise about main dealers! However, good to know about Maxxis tyres. Had good experience (and prices) at AutoBacs myself for tyres.

Autobacs is quite expensive unless they have a promotion on. For tires, I get michelin from tyreplus. 

4 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

"On sale" doesn't mean it's the price a buyer will pay at the end.

So wat do you they are selling for? How much will a dealer bargain? The best wat is to sell privately in either case. 

7 hours ago, The Fugitive said:

Wow! Many thanks for that, hadn't checked. Mrs bought it secondhand from a friend four years ago for 400,000 baht. Sounds as though she got a good deal.

Many of the owners fit lpg to it, so that's an option if you wanted to fix and keep it. 

46 minutes ago, Airalee said:

What about the chillllllldren!

 

I’ll bet his parents are proud!

 

https://slaynews.com/news/8-year-old-vaccine-poster-child-dies-sudden-heart-attack/

sounds legit...

On 12/29/2024 at 6:52 PM, Flyguy330 said:

Here's an interesting story.

Because of various delays and diversions my 13 y.o. son wasn't vaxxed. I'm not an anti-vaxxer, I was just waiting for the promised non mRNA vax to come out for him. I had concluded that (according to all the data being published) his risk was very low or non existent and the only reason for vaxxing HIM was to allow him to travel or otherwise go to restricted places.

As it happened, the non mRNA vaxx didn't become available by the time lockdowns started lifting and he was called back to regular school. His un-vaxxed status became a non-issue.

Once back to school I assumed he'd catch it and get over it fast. But he steadfastly refused to catch it (LOL). Then all his little classmates and friends (all of whom were obediently vaxxed) started catching it dropping like flies. Not dying - but getting quite sick, and having to stay away from class for a week. Even kids sitting next to him were succumbing. But not him.

How weird I thought. He must have a super strong immune system! OR, maybe he DID catch it, but was asymptomatic and shook it off fast?

In the end my curiosity got the better of me and I took him to a hospital covid test lab to have an antibody test. This would show if he had indeed caught it and had the antibodies to prove it.

The test came back negative.

To this day he has never had covid (no symptoms anyhow).

I can't explain it - but it sure amazes me!

Covid is still around, so he may well catch it in the future. My son got it for the first time a few months back. His throuat was on fire for at least a few days before it eased. It's still quite nasty for some. 

On 12/29/2024 at 5:27 PM, novacova said:

Millions of them on the roads, haven’t heard of any issues with cvt’s. Though as with any a/t, problems are likely to occur if neglected. 

The swift cvt is known to be good for 300K km+ with proper maintenance (info from an independent suzuki garage). Ours is at about 140k kms and nearly 12 years old. Only ever replaced the air cond evaporator and normal servicing done. It certainly cheaper to maintain than our hondas. 

32 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

 

 

Sign is at Chaeng Watthana.

 

 

 

 

Interesting. I'm petty sure I've posted within that 7 days, but not recently and not CW. 

First time must be in person (online rejection for me was quick); thereafter can do it online (Nonthaburi office). 

3 hours ago, xylophone said:

 

Some good points in that post Charlie, and as I was getting worried about my tyres, despite the fact my Suzuki has only done 44,000 km, I decided to take my car to B-Qik to get them checked, and imagine my surprise when one of the fitting guys told me that the back tyres were 11 years old, and the front tyres were about six years old (I do recall getting a couple of new front tyres a few years ago).

 

The tread depth was actually average to good on all of them, but I decided to go the whole hog and get a new set of Goodyear tyres fitted all round, but before they did that they took me into the office and asked me which wheel types I wanted????? It appears that they were prepared to change the alloy wheels along with the tyres which I thought was rather strange because I had the original Suzuki alloys, which were in perfect order.

 

According to the fitter, it is quite common to change the wheels and the tyres at the same time, and this whole exercise would only cost me another 3500 baht, so I considered it, but then again I wanted to keep the original Suzuki alloys so I declined that offer and asked them to go ahead and just fit the tyres, which they did, and I drove home happy, and as noted in Charlie's post, I'm sure the road handling and ride was different with these new tyres on!

 

I had a new battery fitted at the same time so I'm hoping that this little Suzuki Swift will last me for many years to come.

we changed out our wheels on out swift at the start of the year and got 7x16 wheels with 205/50 16 michelin pilot sport 4. the tires were like 20K  set but the grip is so good in wet and dry. Yes after about 40K on the swift, the tires get hard and more noisy. Its worth changing them at that point. 

10 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

You literally confirmed his point.

The POINT is that is a Thai degree is useless, you couldn't use it for further study in a foreign university. MY wife did PhD in Australia based on her degree. Many Thai professors in international programs here also have their graduate degrees from overseas. 

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Guess you should ban anything over 1600kg, all those big ICE SUV, 4x4s, that way more than most EVs.

 

Ours only weighs 1570kg

Raptor ... >2000kg

Fortuner ... 1,980 to 2,140 kg

Camry ... 1,665 kg

LOL most ev's ae 2tonnes + or vey close too it. weight isn't the problem. but if there's  ev fire on a ferry.... there is NO way to put it out. 

Just park at the parking lot and take the ferry over. How hard is it? 

46 minutes ago, dddave said:

I need to get 4 wheels under me instead of two.  Just for around town, no road trips.  Tight budget, I'd like to keep it under B125,000. Something small, preferably hatchback.  

A lot of 2010-2014 Ford Fiestas in that price range: 100,000KM-130,000km.  The reading I've done mentions transmission and cooling system recalls. 

I'm also looking at a 2012 Chevy Sonic.  My sister has it's smaller version, the Chevy Spark and it's proved to be a great vehicle.

Just seeking opinions on these or any other cars, positive or negative that I'm likely to see in this price range: B100,000-125,000.  Im seeing some Mazda 2 & 3s, MG-3s.  Most Hondas and Toyotas in that price range 175km+

Perhaps check out the earlier mazda 2 (around 2012-2014)- especially good in the manual version. There were gearbox issues with the fiesta resulting in a class action in Thailand (unless you get the 1.4 liter version. We have a 2013 suzuki swift that is very cheap and reliable to run. My son is drives it daily to go to his university. We've not had any significant problem with it, aside from having to change the air cond evaporator several years back.

check out facebook market place. Plenty to choose from there.  

21 hours ago, JAS21 said:

Well, I can’t argue with an AI cut and paste expert. If I wasn’t clear, I’m sorry but blood pressure drops fairly rapidly after exercise but it doesn’t drop down to normal straight away. It takes quite a while for it to completely return to normal. Basically same as the pulse rate.

Mine will do this too. Exercise will dilate the blood vessels, so BP may even dip below normal temporarily. Some may get a rise in BO, but I found for me, its would cause my normally high BP to lower for a while. But since that time, I started using BP meds. 

10 minutes ago, mikebike said:

My ev's manual clearly states middle of the wheel hub as max wadding. Do not all manufacturers provide this info?

When I got my crv, they also said the center of the wheel, but this is not in the user manual as far as I can tell. They said it can go deeper but should turn off the air cond. I've only been through "deep water" once, where many sedans were left stranded on the side of the road. For most ICE sedans I really cannot find any official information from manufacturers. It's mostly for pickups and PPV's and SUV's.

3 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

More likely this is some Myanmar related thing. Thais don’t like them much, particularly when the get upity and defy a Thai law. 😂

They do look Asian, which means there is next no chance they will get caught. 

I assume the public outrage is that they  show their tattooed shirtless torsos in public! They must be dealt with !!😄

On 11/15/2024 at 6:51 PM, UWEB said:

Wondering how it will work out that the Boss of one of the biggest EV Car makers is member of the Trump Team.

Musk's support of Trump will jus reinforce tariffs on Chinese EV's in the USA. The biggest loser will be US citizens through lack of choice of EV's. Must doesn't care as he is making money out of his Chinses Tesla factories. 

Sales are really slow at the moment, judging by the number of red plate cars on the road. I saw only 5 or 6 in 3 hours of heavy traffic from Ratchaburi back to Bangkok last weekend. I see maybe only 1-2 every morning going to and from work. 

Aside from changes to lean rules, people who want to get a new car are still wary about EV's and sudden changes to their prices. The are holding off until the market price is more stable. Fortunately, I won't be looking for a new car for another 8-10 years. 

On 11/3/2024 at 6:30 AM, thailand49 said:

I express an opinion sadly poor sods like you cant seems to understand it feel Thais owe me something nor do I owe them.

 

In English please lol

You can do a search on https://www.b-quik.com/

Put your car in and the year, and the recommended oils come up. 

I just changed oil in our suzuki last week and put in the shell helix ultra. 

B-quik I think is a bit pricey. You can shop around and maybe get it cheaper.

The accord v6 sounds great with a sports exhaust btw..

13 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

The fine will be 2000b 

What's interesting is that I know someone that literally hasn't done the 90day report for years - yet the immigration office still grants them their non-b extension. Every year, year on year. I think they may have made one report many years ago, then just didn't do it after that. I wouldn't recommend that course of action to the OP though. Better just to go in and pay the fine, as getting caught will cause a higher fine. 

16 hours ago, thailand49 said:

The truth?  These are basically illegals here doing work Thai dont want or brought in by Thais for lower wages.

Reason coverup verbally is the decline in their own population 

It is even a race issue as an Expat I dont expect or want citizenship it isnt going to stop the discrimination I feel daily and Ive been here 2 decades and it isnt the duel pricing stuff.

But I do feel if you been here like 10 years clean history done all ask in obtaining Your visa for whatever reason thrown a bone so one dont have to jump through hoops, TM30, TM47, IMM-O!  

Im not asking for much am I?🤔

You "fee' discrimination daily". Poor sod. Your nerves must be shot to bits. Thailand doesn't owe you or me anything!  

On 10/31/2024 at 9:56 AM, Pib said:

The weight to range of an EV is not a linear function.....get up to a certain EV weight and the KWH usage shoots way up....or said another way range goes way down unless you greatly increase the battery size which in turn increases the EV weight.    See snapshot at bottom. 

 

I don't expect light duty BEV (100% electric) pickup trucks to have many sales in Thailand.   Now I do think Hybrid EV (HEV) trucks where  electric motors are the primary drive with the combustion engine being primarily used as a generator to charge the HEV traction battery as you drive along would sell very well if the price is say no more than 10-15% more of an ICEV truck.

 

There is definitely HUGE potential of light duty EV pickup trucks in Thailand as I see about a gazillion small pickup trucks on the roads everyday in Thailand....especially small pickups fitted with bed covers which are hauling stuff around from sunrise to sunset....pickups of small businesses with multiple trucks and just Somchai with his one-truck unregistered hauling service.     

 

But I just don't think Mr. Somchai   will be interested in a BEV (100% electric) pickups until one charge can keep him running from sunrise to sunset....and such affordable and wide spread technology is probably still a decade away.   But if an HEV version can keep him primarily running on cheaper electric fuel all day then he will be interested as it lowers his cost of doing business. 

 

 

Vehicle Weight Impact on EV Range

https://www.getflipturn.com/blog/how-cargo-weight-affects-ev-range#:~:text=However%2C the extent to which,range by 60-70%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1240 pounds is only about half of the payload of current diesel "1 tonne" pickups. The people to buy EV pickups will mostly be 'lifestyle' drivers who usually just put their shopping or small items in the back. At the moment, I don't see  them having a commercial use.