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Rumour has it the PM has an Aston DB5 in a garage overseas also rumoured that looks like it'll be year based, ie prior to certain cutoff date, so 'Classic 60-70s cars but nothing 80s or 90s as they reached 20-30 years like the US

if they let her marry you, you shouldn't be surprised by their naivety

disadvantage of separate dehumidifier is that the water collection needs to be emptied whereas the aircon is plumbed in also the hot site of the dehumidifier is in the same room, producing heat But for the air conditioner to be able to be run cheaper in 'dry' mode vs full on cooling, the compressor would have to be invertor type that can 'throttle down' and run slowly right? or does the dry mode in non-invertor aircon just turns on and off like you're setting the temperature to not too cold?

Thai ATMS are worse in this regard in that not only the card don't come out before the cash, they don't come out at all unless you press the button confirming if you want the receipt or not, if you'd walked away without pressing anything they'd spit out the card after what seems like a minute with loud beeping, any passer by could have taken the card, if not it sucks the card back in to be destroyed. Or on the rare occasion of power failures then it just eats your card right away

Modern water cooled automatics are certainly lot more powerful than the air-cooled Waves Until you look at servicing and maintaining them, cleaning and servicing he belt is a lot more involved than just lubing chains that is not necessary in most wave use, lots of Thais seem to abuse them and survive without much attention. whereas you start loosing acceleration and power on the automatics if the belt is not maintained The bigger wheels also rides a lot better on potholed roads

The Bangkok ones like the ones in underground station and shopping mall are deserted, booking in advance only saves the time for the clerks to type up the details as you'd already fill in the details when you booked online, in and out in 20 minutes, The booking slots seems to be every half hour, so even if the place is packed if you'd booked the wait shouldn't be long.

try taking a stroll down Lopburi and see if you'll change your mind then

it's so they can identify your body in the eventual crash

Checking a license plate would mean looking at the license plate then going to a book or a list of 'allowed/registered' vehicles, the regular guard might be able to recognize on sight some of the cars but you think they get paid enough to care? It's also good to have the sticker displayed when parked in case some accidents happen like a water leaking onto your car or in case of people blocking other people in while leaving the cars in gear they know which door to go knock on, sure they can have a list of registration in the book, but try making Somchai read that off a book in an emergency If you're concerned about privacy, stick the sticker on a transparent plastic and put them up on the dash and take it down when you go outside having just the access cards that open the gantry to the parking might not be enough as how it is setup you might be able to sneak multiple cars in on the same card, and again you'll have issue with identifying which rooms the car belong to Automatic numberplate recognition are used in shopping malls now, it's only time when it is used in residence too

Thai persons also gets a grilling over FATCA as well Out of the boondocks, the banks might know what to do if someone tick the "Yes, I'm an American" , box on the application

Privacy wise if you're concerned you can stick the sticker on a card, and put that on the front of your car when you come in most buildings have access control gate with rfid card or remote that open the gantry that alone should be enough but some with multiple cars might be able to sneak second car in if the system is not too smart

It's what's the co-owners, or the committee agreed on, if enough people want to change it, bring it up at the next meeting. from the perspective of those that came home from work and has to circle around the carpark trying to find a spot and see the Farang pensioner's car sitting in the same spot sitting there collecting dust for months, they could feel unfairly treated, why does that guy get to hog the space while the rest of us has to play musical chairs, not saying that it is right of course, but situations change, when you moved in years ago the parking lot could be empty due to being full of renters with no cars or just that the whole building was vacant. In my very old condo while we don't have assigned parking spot and could comfortably park two cars, the past year more tenants has moved in and the car park has been more crowded, I rarely used my car whereas my wife drives almost every day, If I'm being courteous, I would park my car on the floors with no direct elevator access and leave the convenient floors for those that need it more like contractor moving stuff in or parents with children and lots of stuff, If it comes to worse, I could leave the car at our house instead, but that option is not available to many people.

It's not a problem if there are space enough for everybody, if someone park their car and use it once a week, it just shows that they don't need the car that much compared to those that drive to work and go out everyday. making it inconvenient for them enough that they get the message that maybe they should park somewhere else

The law seem to define it as ratio per square meters of usable area depending on size, works out to about 40-60% as in 40 spot for every 100 units as legal minimum, Unless the condo's couple of decades old or new ultra luxury high-end development 1:1 parking is rare

It's not the act of moving car, but rather that stationary car means it's just being 'left' there, this is a problem with condos full of workers during the week, if there are cars they don't use, maybe they should have parked at their house or someplace else like parents' house. It doesn't solve the oversubscription of cars vs parking spot issue, but it makes it inconvenient for those that don't use their car often enough that they may seek parking/storage of their rarely used cars elsewhere If you want to have a garage where you can park without being bothered, 1:1 or 2:1 parking spot ratios condos or even with assign parking spot are available.

If these were Motorcycle Taxis turf battle or Marijuana Stalls trader brawl the public would have a different reaction

In case of online subscription or delivering, you don' get to choose, Amazon Prime or Netflix set their price in Thai Baht which will now incurs the DCC rate + this new 1% charge, Previously this won't incur Ordering things from the Apple Stores for delivery withing Thailand gets processed from Singapore, Some legs of Air Asia gets charged from Malaysia for example

This is not just the 1%, but the DCC currency conversion rate which is worst deal always In this case the service providers like Netflix of Apple has decided to set their price in Thai Baht already and are prepared to absorb any fluctuations and the DCC rates shouldn't apply

Saw some tourists' instagram and the weekend air-conditioned Pattaya trains were packed with some standing all the way

I believe the free tolls days are a way for them to get out of paying the toll workers overtime on the holidays, the big ones like songkran and new years see Bangkok deserted anyway so people use the tolls less, might be cheaper to let the staff take the holiday rather than pay them to come in and man the booths

The Thais are already going through the tax filings on the business, looks like it's claiming loss for multiple year yet he manages to rent million baht a month villa?

If he's only renting the real owner's in a bad place now, the Thais are calling for scrutiny on the location of the steps being so close to the waterline means it must be encroaching on public land

the problem? OP fits the pattern of visa runners We can argue that the criteria for denial should be made clear, but the immigration officers has exercised their discretion and allowed him in

prestige and keeping up with the Somchais, When Teslas Bangkok delivers new vehicle with normal white plates, some idiots would go and buy fake red plates to put them on, in case the neighbor might not notice that they bought a new car, or worse that they bought a second hand one

Maybe it was not a rip-off price for a four hour booking, but looks like he only enquire about a short ride to a destination which the driver responds that they only offer the 4 hour option as a minimum...