Andrew Dwyer

Facebook Marketplace. Be prepared for the “ tent “ dealers who will offer you 25/35% less than your asking price but you might just find someone who is genuinely interested.

Or maybe he was at the docks watching them come off the ship ?? Either way he lets himself down with blatant rubbish like this !!

See you bought one for coming and one for going, wise old Owl !

While Sam’s videos are “ interesting “, here he is just stating the facts from the Autolifethailand website already posted here, sometimes he lets himself down: ” when I was in Thailand I saw 12 Atto 3’s in a row !! “ ……. did you ….. did you really Sam ??

The dealership being built now in downtown Ayutthaya appears to have a tiny plot adjacent to the gas station ( which is Esso but with a tiny Susco sign also ? ) and since the plot was prepared, almost a year now, I have always wondered why it is so small. The dealership I bought from, right on the border of Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani, has a small lounge and workshop, probably capable of 4 cars at any one time. The bulk of the dealerships here are on the frontage road next to the Asia Highway and probably premium prices, although BMW/Mini are constructing. Like you say, BYD have probably decided to flood the country with dealerships but not all are capable of any major repairs.

My nearest BYD dealership is 18km , but another (5 km away) is due to be completed soon, when it was announced I contacted them on Line to enquire when it would be up and running “ end of April “ they told me……. April 2023 !! It’s in a strange location right in downtown Ayutthaya and attached to a Susco gas station as a few are in this area.

Don’t see any price reduction for the bz4x . At 1.836 million baht I was also surprised to see it selling that many . https://stores.toyota.co.th/register/bz4x

An interesting battle going on for 2nd place in the Championship at the moment, Leeds briefly hit 2nd spot but down to 3rd again and Ipswich have a game in hand so could well go back to 4th. I still have a lot of Leeds fans friends back home who are enjoying the action, if they were honest I think they would admit seeing them play well in the Championship is more rewarding than seeing them struggle in the Premier, but they would never admit that !!

Dolphin still leading the EV charge in Jan 2024 with Seal hot on its heels ( flippers ? ) EV registrations in Jan 2024 accounted for 20.5% of all vehicles registrations. https://autolifethailand.tv/register-ev-bev-thailand-jan-2024/

In the US ?

We have had a similar situation for the past 8 months, had around 6 or 7 visits from the Tessabahn water truck to fill our 2 x 750 ltr tanks. The water pressure was so p1ss poor that it couldn’t get up to anything above waist height. My next door neighbour bought a small pump put it in one of those plastic storage boxes then pumped up into his tank ( approx 2 meters ). We managed to control our usage by showering from a “ dustbin “ in each toilet ( although the entrance to each toilet is above the height of the water tanks we could siphon water in daily ), washing clothes and watering the garden using the poor city water pressure. Thankfully whatever was causing the drastic drop in pressure for 8 months, we never got a satisfactory answer, has been resolved and we are back to normal, although heavy usage on a weekend still causing a drop in pressure.

The price will determine the fate of this “ hotter “ hatch , if they had released this shortly after the MG4 it would have done well, now I am not so sure. Do like the green colour though.

Me too.

Yes , standard range would give me 650 km as the app does.

I took a journey on New Year’s Day returning the day after, mainly highway. “Going “, at speeds around 100-120 the 205 km took 250 km off my range. “Returning”, hit stop go heavy traffic the 205 km took 189 km off my range.

Mine is around 650-667 km ( Premium high regen eco mode ) with the majority being short trips near to home and the occasional 450 km round trip. I have noticed that after charging to 100% the range drops about 3 or 4 km immediately ( 20 seconds or so ) after starting for the first time.

Plus all the sex you ever dreamt of …….. if you drop the soap in the shower !!

I would assume in the case of a foreigner using the account for holding the 800k ( retirement financial requirement ) immigration would accept the first two but not the last two accounts ??

I changed to an O visa ( from an OA ) recently and had a home visit for first extension ( based on retirement ) then had a random home visit 6 months later and finally another home visit for my second extension ( again based on retirement ). 3 in a year !!, never knew I was so popular ☹️

My last but one U.K. rental was October 2019 and no mention of any utility bills, as usual, until my last U.K. rental in August 2022. It really surprised me and, although i do carry some documents with me, i had nothing with the address I supposedly live at, maybe i did have my “ address “ listed on the bank website I’m not sure. In fact i thought I was being hounded by some over zealous Europcar rental guy as up to now haven’t heard anyone else come across this …. until NanLaew’s post above.

Thanks, I have done the license check code thing many times since 2016 but this was the first time, 18 months ago, i was faced with the utility bill request. I don’t remember how i managed to convince him to okay the rental but i do remember the rental guy wasn’t letting it go easily.

What version are you on now ?

Exactly my thoughts, never been asked before, wondered if it was a new rule.

Thanks Martin, the last time I rented a car in the U.K. was 18 months ago with Europcar, they asked to see some utility bills with my name and the address on the driver’s license ( U.K. license ). Firstly I had no utility bills ( it’s my daughter’s address) and secondly my U.K. license was using an old address ( my father’s ). I managed to get them to accept the rental but vowed I would use my Thai license next time. I ordered a new U.K. ( updated address ) license and now wondering whether to send it here as a backup in case the Thai license has some problems. Hence my question about Thai license for U.K. rental.