Andrew Dwyer

I had a bit of a nightmare with both VFS and HMPO back in Feb/March on doing a U.K. passport renewal ! Mine was not the same as your case ( won’t bore you with the details ) but started with some bad information from VFS which caused my application to be queried by HMPO, they in turn noted my email address wrongly and bombarded me with SMS’s stating “ we have sent you an email regarding your application “ !! Of course i never received any emails and there was no way to respond to the SMS’s. Eventually after seeking a method of contacting HMPO i was able to find out what the issue was and correct it but it took some weeks and a definite increase in blood pressure !! I used an online chat and the conversations seemed to be with several individuals ( they only sign off HMPO ) lacking in any skills in this area, another poster who made contact by telephone stated the same ! At the time HMPO were moving from Liverpool to Corby and the issues were put down to this at the time but it seems things have not improved. The only saving grace was that they returned my additional document, via VFS, even though I had not requested it. Good luck Clive, hang in there, it will surely get resolved eventually.

Exactly, too many posters on here getting uptight about things happening the other side of the world or because others don’t agree with their comments and coming on to Lewie’s threads to vent their frustration, super childish. Let Lewie do his thing, always hilarious despite the sad overtones on this thread, always relevant. I lived near Bradford for the first 34 years of my life and have worked with many Indians in Saudi at various times. I have the same respect for them that they have for women. Looking forward to Lewie’s next adventures.

I like Lewie’s posts, he brings a touch of humour to this dull and desperate forum we inhabit. Obviously they are not verbatim, they might resemble loosely some event that Lewie recently witnessed, or just a work of pure fiction spinning in Lewie’s head. Either way those posters who are getting all worked up because they don’t believe the story should return to their worshipping/bashing of the big orange one !! Let Lewie London continue to entertain us with his expat tales ….. much prefer him to that sad sack with the same initials !!

In my location they ring up 1 baht then immediately discount it .

Never had a speeding ticket yet, but has got flashed a few times on the highway radars, maybe they will come later. I did get a ticket for running a red light. What i thought a little strange was that there were two photos, 1 showing me right at the light when the light was on red and the other showed i had continued on past the light. What was missing, imo, was a photo at the exact moment the light went red and my distance from the light. In theory, and from the photo, i could have hit the white line at the exact moment the light went red and, again imo, wouldn’t have given me enough time to stop safely ?? Not worth arguing over but i did think it a tad unfair. Did also get a “ fine “ for not paying at a toll booth, in reality i just didn’t wait for the receipt !! Toll was 40 baht and the fine was 50 baht, now i always get a receipt !! Biset khrap !

Yes please do. Would be interested in hearing any benefits you are seeing from the Michelins. Although it’s not a direct comparison since you went all Street Rodder on us !!

This is why they look so different ( and cool ! ) your sidewall has reduced by 16.5 mm whereas if you had gone 255/45’s it would have increased by 9 mm. If my maths is correct ?

Hate to be “ that guy “ but it appears you had 235/45 R19’s on !! Mystery solved 🧐

That’s strange you had 235/35 R19’s, mine are definitely 235/45 R19’s and from what i can see, on BYD spec sheets, the standard for Seal Pre/Per should be 45 !! Anyway, let us know how you make out with the Michelins. As you can see from my photos am not in the market just yet but always good to know what options are available.

Am confused @JBChiangRai, what size have you fit ?, did you change aspect ratio as well as width ? Seal Premium and Performance standard tyres size is 235/45 R19.

YouTube Tik Tok Someone who is very inexperienced ( Super Noob )

Because they would be selling electricity at 3 baht per kw instead of the normal 5.4 (?) baht per kw .

Yeah i believe that is correct, some PEA customers were running air cons and adding sockets from their TOU meters. I was lucky to have gotten mine before the toe rags spoiled it for the rest.

Mine at 31k rear front ( not sure why it turned the front photo upside down, ‘‘tis ok on my phone )

I have my wall charger directly from a TOU meter ( 2nd meter purely for EV ) . The BYD “ free “ installation in my case was 9k , with 15 m cable free and an additional 300 baht per metre ( for 16mm2 cable ). Coming from your consumer unit i believe you will have the same 15 m free cable and an additional 200 baht per metre ( for 10mm2 cable ).

Someone get that dog out of there, might get hurt 😞

Have driven the loop a few times, beautiful scenery, and stopped at a Farang run resort/restaurant a couple of times ( cafe 123 or something like that ) can recommend. As for the girls ? ….. don’t know, i take mine with me.

So with the recent update on the BYD Navigation i decided to give it another try. According to some reviews ( in Aus at least ) the search function within the Navigation now has Google Maps integration, and has a symbol in the search bar to back that up. Well my Navigation search bar has no Google symbol so I was dubious that it had improved in its ability to actually find an address ! Luckily the opportunity arose as number one child needed to go to an address close to home. Typed the address in and instead of offering some suggestions it said it couldn’t be found before getting halfway finished. Brought up trusty ole Google Maps and as usual gave us the route before we could finish typing !! So, dismayed, yet again, with the BYD Navigation, really thought it was going to become usable this time ( yes, I am that naive ! ), probably will work for guidance to a major city but anything more detailed than that it is advisable to use one of the available alternatives !!

Seems like it was always intended to run for a few seasons more but nothing written as yet. https://collider.com/dept-q-netflix-ending-explained-matthew-goode-scott-frank/

Yup, just the mention of NST and his family back home were already dividing his wealth amongst themselves.

So in reality, no kidnapping or extortion Pederson just fancied a bit on the side !!

I would recommend going to the post office to make them aware that you are waiting for it. While it might seem fairly obvious that mail should be delivered to the address on the package/letter i get the impression that the staff at the post office need reminding occasionally. My True Internet/Visions bill doesn’t arrive every month, usually they wait for a few to mount up and then deliver them together, I once got 5 in one go, and am missing probably 50 %, I live in a moobahn not far from the city centre not out in the sticks either !!

I find it is very hit and miss. My daughter posted a couple of letters to me here in Ayutthaya from the U.K.. Identical method of posting, weight, size etc, 1st one took 19 days, 2nd took 42 !! On the first occasion after @ 19 days i went to the post office, who redirected me to the main sorting depot for the city, they knew nothing about it, was delivered an hour later ! On the second occasion went back to the depot after 25 days and again after 35 days, again they knew nothing about it and i began to believe it would never appear, a week later it did.

Some have changed, the car symbol is now the settings ( gear ) symbol on bottom row and the quick access to the air con page has disappeared, been replaced with the directional air flow ( to the right of Home Screen button on my photo above) button. All in all a clean up of the Home Screen and more options on the bottom row.

Seems like the old function has been changed for this one now.