Andrew Dwyer

None of the above.

Haven’t watched this but looks very promising. The Narrow Road to the Deep North 2025 series. The story concentrates on Australian pow’s forced to work on the Burma - Thailand Death Railway but covers 3 timelines, before the war, during captivity and decades later. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11389652/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Seen quite a lot on FB Thai BYD groups about this as the GBox wasn’t permitted for vehicles apparently. Seen a couple of posts about having this app uploaded at dealerships but haven’t seen any reviews about its performance. I would assume that this doesn’t allow videos to be played in anything other than Park mode which i always felt rather controversial with GBox and suspect the major reason for it being blocked. As is the Thai way i saw a lot of workarounds offered to “ unblock “ GBox, sideload other apps including this gpack and another called gspace without waiting for the Rever solution. If i get the call i will go to the showroom but the novelty of GBox/gpack ( and even g spot ! ) has worn off for me now.

You’re right, just checked my charging history, still cheap as chips, i usually only top up 15 minutes or so so never noticed. When did that happen ? ( sometime between Feb -April ? )

PTT: 7.7 baht/kw on peak tariff ( Mon -Fri 9.00 am to 10.00 pm ) 6.0 baht/kw off peak ( 10.00 pm to 9.00 am Mon -Fri, all day Sat/Sun + some holidays )

Watched him in Mr Bigstuff https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30226479/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk As above not exactly unmissable but a comedy diversion.

If someone is 18 then they are 18 , if they are over 18 then they are 19 or more !

If he had asked for 500 baht I probably would have just paid ( begrudgingly ) but it was the whole process: He gave me the envelope with a grin in that back room away from prying eyes and said 800 baht, I asked him for a receipt ( knowing full well he would never provide one) and his face turned to thunder and he almost shouted “ 800 baht “ . Probably caught him on a bad day it i was also not too happy so i turned around and walked out.

If he had asked for 500 baht I probably would have just paid ( begrudgingly ) but it was the whole process: He gave me the envelope with a grin in that back room away from prying eyes and said 800 baht, I asked him for a receipt ( knowing full well he would never provide one) and his face turned to thunder and he almost shouted “ 800 baht “ . Probably caught him on a bad day it i was also not too happy so i turned around and walked out.

Spotted Prayut yesterday at his new job, car park attendant, putting as much effort in to this job as he did his last !

Suspect the op had a traumatic experience on Santa’s knee at an early age !!

Told to come back in 2 hours for it and then hit with the “ request “ for 800 baht in the back room. I refused and walked out, with the C of R in hand, not like me at all, caught me on a bad day !! Afterwards i felt like i should have put 300 or 400 baht on the table, but have done an extension and passport change since then so i guess there’s no comeback!

Yup, that was Dec 2022 ( first extension of a new O visa ) and Dec 2023 ( no idea why ) !! Thankfully it didn’t happen Dec 2024 ! In general Ayutthaya IO is a pleasant experience, except when they ask for 800 baht for a CofR of course !!

While it doesn’t help the op i would advise anyone with a passport renewal in the near future to take a snapshot of their payment/application forms. The relocation of HMPO ( from Liverpool to Corby ) has caused numerous problems recently, seemingly the new staff are unaware of the Thai/VFS Global procedures. VFS Bangkok have not helped the confusion with some incorrect advice.

So with GBox down for the count and a longish trip last Sunday i decided to give the BYD navigation app an airing. Didn’t have a specific address to navigate to but it handled the district of a large city with ease. Have noticed that the charger emoji which brings up the nearest chargers is only there when you have no route planned but when you start to navigate it disappears !! ( ignoring that silly emoji that shows you the maximum radius you can travel with your current battery range ). But no problem, when driving a planned route just tap the magnifying glass emoji and then the charging symbol to bring up chargers on your route. You can add a “stop “ for charging without losing your original plan. Overall the navigation worked fine and i didn’t get any accuracy problems like i had in Chiang Rai so until Google Maps comes back ( the CarPlay version is lame ) i will give BYD Nav App the top spot. Have a trip to the mil’s in a few days ( 450 km round trip ) and then a longish trip to a new destination in around 10 days so chances for testing . Since using the Navigation app again i now get voice messages, namely “ congestion ahead “ ( once in a car park ! ) and furthers my belief that Navigation is always running in the background. When i used the app last Sunday I realised that the volume ( Broadcast? ) was at zero probably for the constant messages so might have to reduce that again. Regarding gbox, latest rumour mill ( FB Thai groups ) is reporting that a new app ( gpack ) is being loaded by some dealers to replace gbox, we will see. Regarding updates, seems like the U.K., European and Australian markets are releasing updates ( V1.4.0 again ? ) and system versions up to 2501 or 2412 so maybe we will be shuffling everything around here again ?? Tbh, as i said before, the whole GBox/youtube thing is a bit surplus to requirements for me I would just like access to a working/accurate navigation system ( whether BYD or Google I don’t care). Although YouTube Music is a great alternative to Spotify. I am surprised that BYD/Rever are concentrating so much to get videos playing in the car when surely navigation or access to the charging apps would be more beneficial ??