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Re original post apologies but the car is actually fitted with Goodyear have been looking at too many tyres

23 minutes ago, DavisH said:

I don;t have an everest, but have had more luck with Michelin compared to Dunlop. You cna get Michelin pilot sport 4 in your size. I use this tire on my swift - they have excellent wet and dry grip. I currently use Michelin primacy st3 on my crv - very quiet. There are a number of brands in your size - you can check them out at www.tivanon.com

I'm not proboting their size, but they give an idea what is available. 

Thanks for your response the car is actually fitted with Goodyear

Hi I have a Ford Everest Titanium 3.2 liter which is fitted with Dunlop 265 x50R20 tyres we use it regularly for a 300 + kms round trip and a couple of times a year longer trips but never go off road.

I am looking to replace the tyres and the options seem to be either Dunlop or Michelin.

Has anyone with the same model had any other experiences or suggestions.

Thanks

18 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Thai logic : If the kid hadnt had been there, the cop wouldnt have killed him 

Logic from any nationality unless of course you are Thai basher

8 hours ago, CMNightRider said:

The Thai police show their incompetence day after day.  Unfortunately on this day, their poor training and incompetence led to the death of a young boy.  

I don’t want to deny you the ability to criticize the Thai police but an alternative view is that the father of the boy was committing a crime and had his son  in attendance whist doing so.

He then avoided a Police checkpoint and than rather than face the consequences he fled I presume committing another crime.

If he had been responsible in relation to the above the boy would still be alive.

In the US there have been numerous examples of unarmed persons particularly black people being shot by police.

It has happened in Australia as well persons being shot by Police.

In the  UK there are daily pursuits by Police of stolen vehicles and other criminals during which members of the public are put at risk, as dangerous as being shot I would suggest.

So are all of the above incompetent and lacking in training ?

I would suggest that you open your eyes and instead of being an armchair critic from the comfort of your home see what happens in the real and often dangerous world.

32 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Could not agree more. 

Just to note that the Thai consulates (esp in the region) seem to be coming into line with change of attitude at border control.

Some consulates only issuing one setv etc.

I agree with you. Thai imm is a laughing stock. Would it be too hard to have rule such as max days in any given calendar year on visas and visa exempt etc. 

Becoming Russian roulette for frequent visitors. 

 

The problem is that it extends throughout all government departments because they have the discretion to apply their own rules.

I live in Chiang Mai Province, If I renew my drivers licence at the DLT head office in Chiang Mai I can use my Pink ID card as proof of residency, if I renew it at the local office they want a residency certificate from Immigration.

Just another cultural thing we westerners cannot comprehend.

1 hour ago, KhunFred said:

You can buy Zoloft and Lexapro right across the counter. I would certainly not volunteer any information to the Thai government. Most of the expats who are here are hardly normal. ????

The ones I know are ok, but I suppose it takes one to know one.

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I would be quite happy to see changes in the rules to ensure that Thais pay for any treatment they receive in the UK and don't get free treatment like pretty much everyone else in the world.

 

I know they pay nothing right now.

 

I wonder how much free treatment Thais get over in Europe per year and how that figure compares to this paltry sum?

If they are getting free treatment it’s because the hospitals are not following them up to pay the bills.

According to what I have read on the internet the NHS will not refuse to treat anyone but you are expected to pay, getting the money after is another story.

A couple of years ago when visiting the UK with my Thai wife on Australian passports she became ill and we visited a hospital in London.

She was told she would have to pay for any treatment but when she produced her Aus passport was told she could receive emergency treatment for free due to reciprocal agreement with Australia.

Didn't matter  as we haveinsurance.

15 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

I trust the Thai postal service more than the UK postal service. 

I think there is a similar problem with the Australian Postal service, I sent a registered letter containing nothing of value in early September to Brisbane, tracked it leaving Thailand and has not arrived.

Sent another one to Sydney about three weeks ago exactly the same situation.

I have never had anything not arrive in Thailand particularly using EMS

On 10/4/2019 at 9:46 AM, Dmaxdan said:

In fairness, from the point of view of British expats, the strong baht is only the tip of the iceberg. Brexit and our idiotic government are the main villains with regards to current exchange rates.

So for Aussie Expats we don’t have Brexit so must be our idiotic government  also as a villain regarding our exchange rate would be happy with the UK rate!!!

17 hours ago, PEE TEE said:

Send the scumbag back to a thai prison .why should the british tax payer pay for his prison expenses

If you read the article he was jailed for drug offenses committed in the UK, or do you think criminals should be sent to other countries to serve their sentence?

13 hours ago, baboon said:

Plus the skint locals, despite being told how well their economy is doing. From the gardener / repair people, to the nurses, teachers and railway staff in my Moo Baan, many of them are complaining that they can't make ends meet anymore. 

I live in the North and the local business owners all say business continues to be flat.

We have a motel and the last 12 months have been the worse for years

2 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Jesus you people  reason in non-sequitur ways.  You were the one rambling on about people showing real money or babbling that people could not declare the right amount.   It is the US embassies fault for not validating claims in some way.  More importantly, show me the evidence that indicates that x number of people made false declarations and were shown to NOT have the stated incomes.  I have not read of any cases where those were documented or proven.

I know of one American and one Australia who used to make false claims I would imagine there would be more in the whole of Thailand, not everybody receives big pensions or income.

On 9/30/2019 at 3:01 PM, sirineou said:

Absolutely right!!! 

I can check by Social Security account in one second on line, why cant the embassy do this with my consent???

Same with my prudential annuity checked on line in seconds.. 

  I can order a certified tax return record online, good enough for a bank to lend me thousands of dollars, but the US government  can't   check their own records??? 

A fee for the service should compensate for costs  and even provide a profit, and a simple waiver should alleviate any privacy concerns.

IMO the whole situation is ridiculous. 

  

I think what you have stated confirms that the problem lies not with the various Embassies but with Thai Immigration.

Surely If you have a document issued by an American Government Department stating that you receive x amount as a pension that should be enough.

Why does it need another level of Government to confirm that the information in that document is correct?

As Mazzon stated in his post the real problem is that some expats were making false declarations as to income without being required to provide any proof.

I don’t think Thai Immigration are as stupid as some people believe.

22 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

22 hours ago, FredGallaher said:

Treads about the difficulty with immigration pop up continuously. Many answers are given but the questions continue to be asked about how to get into Thailand with a history of staying too long on tourist or Ed visas. It might be where's the best place nearby to apply or which entries are safe. Posters seem aware that Thai immigration has changed but they keep looking for work arounds.
I fairly sure that Thai immigration reads these threads and makes adjustments as needed. By writing about this consulate or entry point, just brings it into focus and expect changes. Earlier when changes were made to financial requirements in the bank were made, posters here and on YouTube had many workarounds. Change happened and their ideas quickly vanished. 
These are just my thoughts. 

The problem is Immigration make it up on the fly, i doubt they even understand why they are denying entry. Stopping people spending money in Thailand sounds stupid to me. They should concentrate on people coming from nearby asian countries who are taking local jobs i.e. cambodian construction site workers

The reason they let the people in from neighboring countries and in particular  Myanamar (Burma) is because many Thais don’t want to do the menial jobs and in particular those laboring jobs where you are working outside in the sun.

There no shortage of work in Thailand ask some of the local businesses and you will get the answer.

On 9/26/2019 at 1:00 PM, Stevemercer said:

Doesn't the US passport office keep the old passport?

 

I'm Australian and I've heard that, in all circumstances, you have to surrender your old passport before you can get your new one. It doesn't matter whether you apply for a new passport in Australia or at the embassy in Thailand. Is this the same for US citizens?

 

It creates a problem because coming back to Thailand on a new passport means you have to start the whole marriage/retirement extension process from scratch (unless you have the time to go to the Thai Embassy in Canberra to transfer the stamps - the consulate offices won't do it). Ditto with a new passport issued by the Australian embassy in Thailand.

It must be something new as I have every old passport issued.

10 hours ago, PatOngo said:

But if married to a Thai, have half Thai children, must to pay!

From which country?

2 hours ago, hansnl said:

Pray, what is a nanny state?

Thanks for posting that document Joe, it’s excellent, unfortunately I believe Australia has become worse, one of the reasons I choose to no longer live there.

23 hours ago, Matzzon said:

I would say one would be in deep sh*t. However, you worry about things we never heard of yet. 

I like that response especially the first sentence, first laugh of the day.

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

If married in another country immigration requires a Kor Ror 22 marriage registry that is issued after the foreign marriage is registered at an Amphoe.

If a person was to get divorced outside the country after the Kor Ror 22 was issued they would not know about it.

Thanks for that, my wife advises that we are registered perhaps when I obtained the yellow house book and pink ID card

Much appreciated.

19 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Your wife can request a Kor Ror 2 marriage registry at any Amphoe by showing her ID card and completing a form. The fee is 20 baht.

Here is a screen shot of the top of one (too much trouble to redact it). Mine is 3 pages long.

 

Hi, it doesn’t affect me as I use a retirement extension but I am curious as to what is the position for Expats who were married overseas 

Surely the local Amphur wouldn’t be able to verify if the person was still married.

Thanks 

Stephen

2 hours ago, Airalee said:

I’ve always said the same thing.  Without so many makework/redundant positions I wonder what the true unemployment rate would be.  

 

When I was at Changwattana recently and had to pay my TM30 fine, there was one person to fill out the receipt and a second person sitting right next to the first to collect the money and issue change. 

Only two people that’s amazing, once a year my wife goes to a local “council” office outside our area to pay 30baht tax on some land she owns there with her brother.

I went with her last year, three people were involved in the process.

I suggested that she pay in advice for the next few years to save on the fuel, but no cannot do that.

On 9/22/2019 at 11:31 AM, daoyai said:

Was recently in S.R. Cambodia,  went to a huge supermarket ands shocked by selection and price of real wines from around the world... many priced at $5. !!!  to compare to local booze prices a bottle of 7 yo Havana Club rum is 1,600 baht in Chiang Mai shops, the same in Cambodia is $12.50 (<400 baht)..  gotta wonder why?

The reason is simple there are about three layers of tax levied in Thailand

4 hours ago, khaowong1 said:

Please tell me in what country young people don't spend beyond their means.  ????

It’s not only young people I look at the level of household debt in Australia and the UK people want to live now and worry about the consequences later.

I suppose if there was no credit the current capitalist system would collapse.