digbeth

FYI the matches are free to Thai nationals, after the Tourist tickets for the day has been filled, maybe that's why it got popular compared to the other stadiums in Pattaya, plus the match is broadcast on National TV, quite professionally run too....

If it's an insurance job maybe they'd now lost their broadcast tv money and wreak havoc on that channel's scheduling, plus coachload of tourists that filled the seats and even for Thai people that paid nothing to get in, looks like they did a roaring trade in food sales

I guess not engaging the meter means the red light in front will attract the attention of the police who must be told to look out for meter use in taxi this week....

Well for tourist, even if the driver 'negotiated' a higher fare, at least they'll now know how much they've been ripped of by

Closest things must be these Vietnamese 'hot dogs'?

They're available in some markets in Pattaya

Yes, try bringing the hospital bill to the 'Central Insurance Company'

Their Pattaya office is on the left of Sukhumvit north of North Pattaya Junction, just before Bangkok Pattaya hospital, on the same row of shophouses as BUPA insurance I think

That's a handy map. I assume those little blue spots are showers. I'll save the link

Those blue dots are probably noise near the radar site

this is a a better map with those filtered out, check back when it rains, it'll show areas in green to red

Note, the Banglamung noted in the map is not Pattaya, Pattaya is Southernmost edge of the map, below the pier-looking thing into the bay which is Laem Chabang Port

this map is not as detailed but covers area further south

best way to check if the area is raining currently is Bangkok's city council Drainage and sewer office, they have a radar looking for precipitation and the reach is across the bay as far as Sattahip

If you see any red, there's a good change of flash flooding there

http://weather.bangkok.go.th/radar/

Did the package has rope tied around them?

the Thai post office seem to insist on having ropes tied around packages, when you drop them off at the post office, if you tied one yourself that's fine, but if you didn't they tied it around for you for a fee... I'm not sure how much.. maybe 7 baht

Their logic seem to be that packages that has ropes around is easier to be transport on motorbikes.... anyway it must be a good earner for them

Maybe international package that didn't have ropes tied around, once it enter the Thai postal system they tied it and charged you for it... for packages that has tax to be paid normally they leave a note for you to visit the post office/depot to pay them.. not paying directly to the postman

Consider the Thai 'face' if you had packages from overseas that they're able to deliver to your door without ropes tied around... next time when you try to send some package, they won't be able to justify the need to charge you for the rope

Some rumor seem to indicate the new lower-end model targeting fleet sale...

There can't be that many companies that is willing to deal with (apparent/perceived) Ford's poor service and resale value

When you live in an area that has 'occasional' water disruptions, you have the number of the water guy on speed dial...

On some severe days, these trucks are so busy that they won't fit in new customers, so unless you've been using their service regularly, you're out of luck

You could say countries like Thailand lack basic infrastructure.. but people find enterprising way to get on, no piped water?... delivery truck.... cooking gas?... delivered in bottles Tap water not safe to drink?.... bottles

Actually for unprofitable no return trip it's a Chicken or Egg problem, if there are more cars on the road , not hanging around tourist area, people might flag them down and go somewhere,

Example:

For Russians going down from city centre to Ambassador, you're sure to pick up a fare going back into town, but at Ambassador, looks like there are already a 'taxi rank' of non-route Songthaew waiting for private hire already, maybe it's a territory thing where the city boys don't encroach on other people's turf, plus they are doing nice for themselves ripping off tourist, so no desire for real change that would see many of the mafias shaken up and maybe those mafias power structure run right into soi 9 and city hall

Even after a big bust initiated by forces from out of town like Chonburi or Bangkok, it'll be back to business as usual after a week

Must have been Chinese new year, many small businesses were closed for a couple of days since Monday

From now on, Taxi in Pattaya can not park in the front of Central beach. And should be charged by meter. If they are not the customer should complain to Pattaya City Hall, tel. 1337 to inform the Taxi number and the driver name.

Yes. there are so many things people should do, but don't do.

If people only do things that they're supposed to, I suppose there's won't be Pattaya

It is my understanding these shorty Rangers exist solely because of tax stuff for the Everest and that only 500 were built.

I've heard only 40 was delivered last year, but some are saying more will be made later this year once Everest's demand subsided a little,

It's still on the website afterall, if they only need to make a few to satisfy tax requirement they could have done in quietly like Toyota or Mitsubishi... and the first allotment were all sold, so there's a demand for a 4WD toy at this price

After asking around many dealers I've finally found one willing to take a deposit yesterday, they say there's no price increase from last year.... cautious... I've heard story of guy who missed the delivery (orders were taken around July and most delivery came around October) last year yet the dealer strung him along til December and he ended up cancelling that order... I'm not too confident about placing deposit down for a 'mythical' car that may or may not arrive... the dealer might want to string me along for couple of months and after exaggerating me, ask to switch to something else...

Sorry to be a threadjack, to get back on topic saw that there's a lower-specced Everest coming, looks like the Indonesian model with no running boards, very low-frill interior.... the round tube of the Watt's link looks odd without the running board/ladder to hide it

Oh, I've translated the Thai brochure wrong, the figure I had was the track, it said wheel to wheel in Thai, hence my confusion...

Yes, the wheelbase for swb with Everest chassis is 2850, the normal standard cab is 3220, same as the Aussie ones

Getting a standard pickup tray instead of the flat bed and a carry-boy canopy put in and you'd have quite a sleeper, looking like a fairly standard Thai company car but with top of the range engine/transmission inside

The standard single cab side style tub and carryboy would not fit the short wheelbase so that would take some pretty serious cutting and shutting.

The open cab tub may be closer depending on the back of cab - rear axle dimension compared to that of the shorty.

You're right

The standard cab tub looks to be a tight fit

standard cab wheelbase is 1590mm while the 3.2swb is 1560, that's a whole foot,

still, it's a cheap way to have a poor man's version of the everest

A monk or beggar lives comfortably, so why are you even spending money?

What's the point of living,

I'm sure people who spend money on luxury don't bitch about it

Don't walk into store, find out about their headquarter, websites are available, most store branch have no authority for decision to negotiate terms and such, at best they'll pass your detail to the relevant department, but that just shows that you don't do your homework, expect to be laughed out of the store if you just walk in without idea of who to contact

Do you have thai FDA approval? for villa, maybe they aren't so strict, but for Tops or any other properly run store, you'll need one

Expect to pay 30,000+ per product to get your products on shelf, and if your product didn't sell after 3-4 months they could discontinue and your 'listing fee' to be gone with no recourse...

Should you sell well, they might ask you to join their sales promotion, go on the brochure, for a fee of course

Have in mind a price for both sales with 'no return' and 'returns' returns means if the product were damaged, went out of date or didn't sell for whatever reason the store can ring you up and ask you to take them back no question asked.

How long for credit can you cope with, 90 days is the norm

Not sure about the homologating ppv program with the exact same chassis too, but that's what I heard, hence 'urban legend'

It does explain why the previous generation Everest's wheelbase was so long though, but the first generation Fortuner got by without an equivalent pickup... supporter of this theory said that a few was made and not sold to general public...

The legal definition for a 'pickup' in Thailand seem to specify leaf sprung only,

the shorty I saw got a black plate for 'cars' instead of the usual green lettered plate if it were normal standard cab pickup, next time I saw a shorty owner I'd be sure to ask him how much his annual road tax is

Ah, didn't know the Aussie swb are not coil sprung

The standard cab 4x4 segment is heating up, heard they are popular down south in the rubber plantation, Mitsubishi had this for a long time, Toyota's getting in on the acton maybe ford is testing waters with the shorty, the middle of last year they had a road show when the minorchanged ranger came out and the swb feature prominently, they had it in a price list and everything.... but even if they think they are going to sell to rubber farmers, leaf sprung/drum brakes would have been better...

The shortie with Everest running gear seem to be only good as a weekend toy for 4x4 enthusiast.... still getting all the performance (and perhaps a little more due to reduced weight) of the 1.7+mil top of the range Everest for almost 1million discount is quite a bargain if it wont be your only car in the household. The trim plastic in the shorty is really bad, plus the hand wound windows, and the noise is really loud, especially with those tires... but for a million baht discount compared to the Everest... I can live with that

The previous generation ranger in Thailand did have a 4x4 shortie model with aluminium tray too, some dealers were offering to convert the aluminium tray back into a normal pickup for a handsome profit, as the standard tray is around 3-40,000 baht painted and the aluminium one could be resold up to 100,000, heck even the aluminium roller shutter for the wildtrack cost something like that already

Getting a standard pickup tray instead of the flat bed and a carry-boy canopy put in and you'd have quite a sleeper, looking like a fairly standard Thai company car but with top of the range engine/transmission inside

Yes, and not only that you can't flag them down off the street most of the time, they just hang around in front of tourist areas waiting to prey on tourists only

IHMO, Do you know the kerb weight of the 3.2 shorty, Ford Thailand are very feminine in that they don't want to talk about weight?

I guess the 400kg reduction is for the cab chassis before a tray is fitted?

The Australian Ranger brochure has the lightest single cab chassis 3.2 4x4 at ~1900kg, (I was low on my earlier guess of 1800kg).

The WT is at 2270kg so ~400kg more. Presumably the Thai shorty and WT would be close to these values. The flat tray will add ~200kg so the 3.2 Shorty is probably still around 2t on the road.

Ford must plan on selling a few shorty's to bother adding the models to the web site and brochure. Unusual formula for LOS - basic stripped down pickup with XL level options and a flat tray but with a good Engine and 4WD system. Will be interesting to see how many sell / Ford want to sell.

fit electric windows and it's lovely.. Especially if it 750k... Is that price correct?

750k was last year price before the excise tax increase by measured co2... who know what the current price is..... I tried to order one since January but no dealer is willing to take my order

urban legend goes that in order to qualify the Everest for the Thai government PPV (pickup passenger vehicle) lower tax or something, the exact chassis that was used to make the PPV need to be sold as a pickup also, hence the shortened Everest platform as pickup truck.... the fact that the previous generation shortened Fortuner and Pajero Sport chassis with coil spring had never been sold to the public maybe that they only need to make one and sell it to an employee only....

Had a look through Ford Australia and the top of the range 3.2 shorty there has better kit, like proper radio with bluetooth and even two batteries....

The Thai one don't even have heater, if they want to sell some to homologate the everest chassis for PPV programme, they could have just taken a few Australian shorty and sell it and that's it, it seem they have made a new configuration just for Thailand.. and to only sell 30-40 even though there's still people asking for it is puzzling, maybe they'll have more made later this year, I'm hopeful.

The owner I spoke to said that the air-con compressor must have been lifted whole from the Everest though, he said that it got freezing in the cabin real fast.

Other things lifted from the everest which is nice is the bonnet strut, the engine had the thick rubber noise cover like the normal ranger/everest but no plastic cosmetic cover... which is very utilitarian

There seem to be an urban legend of people changing their names to รรรรรร

ร รร รรร ra ron run, still only three syllable

In parts of Bangkok, 4 wheel Japanese Kei-Pickup converted to taxi/bus going in and out of soi might be called Tuk-Tuk like the three wheeled ones too, but in some neighbourhood, they're called Subarus, for the brand of Japanese car.... even though they could be Daihatsus or other brand car

Here's the packaging for the Pao Boon Jin detergents, go down supermarkets today and now they're this

Kids younger than 20 that don't know the TV show might not even know what the Pao character is, and could attribute the colloquial 'Pao' for Judge as false etymology that Pao makes things white and clean, hence a good judge is clean as the name brand detergent