In the jungle

27 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

Isn’t Formula E an organised electric motor sports?

Yes it is but very few people watch it.

15 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Let's go real life, after 14 months, and 22.5k kms, battery degradation of our BEV was ~0.6 %.

 

0.6 % X 10  =  6 % X 2 = 12 % means still have 88 % capacity left after 

22.5k kms X 10 = 225,000 kms  X 2 = 450,000 kms driven

14 months X 10 = 140 months =  11.66 yrs X 2 = 23.33 years owned

 

Oh yea, today's petrol price & savings, using solar = 1.2+M baht saved over those 23+ yrs.

If using PEA, savings still about 980k +/- baht, I think

 

How many kms per liter do you get, and what will that cost you in 225k kms/11.66 years ?   That we won't pay, if all driving is local, and use excess solar at the house.

That approach is fundamentally flawed as you are assuming battery degradation is linear.

13 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

That is very clever and reasonable wording. Could be similar for MG and the market value for a 10 years old MG is probably measured in a few cafe lattes ☕️ ☕️. 

Or it could be that they have found an insurance company to assume the risk subject to a long list of exclusions which would almost invariably be invoked.

22 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

OMG ... think you got some issues you need to work out  

 

You really think I created that chart & info on it ? 

Not saying I couldn't, but definitely saying I wouldn't as could care less if you EV & CH haters believe me or not.  

 

I just post in case someone does have a real interest in EVs, so they aren't dissuaded by all the silliness you trolls post.

 

I'm pretty sure I posted the source of the research/testing somewhere on this forum.

 

here you go, different source stating 3000 cycles w/link;

 

another, 10k cycles, w/link:

 

Future Management Group AG are a business consultancy funded by the automotive industry.

15 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

You really need to learn how to use the forum ... click on the below quote:

 

... "EDIT: Alzheimer Alert: you actually quoted the exact info you are asking me for."

 

Then click on 'expand' in the first quote of mine, that you quoted

 

"He who asserts shall prove.  You made the claim."

I did already, now twice ... 😎

So the source is you just made it up.

17 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Seriously ... ask EOW, as I'm sure he saved a copy of the, oh, I don't know, 20+ times that I posted it.

 

HINT .... GOOGLE ... You might even search 'this topic' as probably posted 5X here.

 

There you go ... 1.4k posts, and don't know how to use the search function, or google.

 

EDIT: Alzheimer Alert: you actually quoted the exact info you are asking me for.

 

... And 500k to 1M kms, some folks think that's conservative, based on 2500 cycles for LFP chemistry.   I like to deal in the negative, so don't quote  5k - 10k cycles.   Yea, that many.

No I have never quoted the info I am asking you for.

You seem to be the one that is confused.

He who asserts shall prove.  You made the claim.

9 minutes ago, Celsius said:

I don't see any of these "expat" banks giving any interest rates on your deposits.

 

May as well keep it in a Thai bank.

Santander International are paying me 4.5% interest on a twelve month fixed term deposit right now.  Other offshore banks also have accounts that pay interest.

2 hours ago, slappy said:

Hi all

Need advise from fellow members if possible.

 

I just had notice from my bank(Santander) in the UK and they have given me 2 months notice and will close my banking facilities.

 

Been with them for over 30years both business and personal banking. And never had a banking problem, never been in debt. Been living here in Thailand for the last 15 years, to which they knew from day one. I have property in the UK. And everything is above board. 

Obviously, been in touch with the bank many times asking why they are taking this decision. But all I get at the bank end. I don't, i can not give you an answer for why?

 

Has anybody on this forum had the same problem with Santander or another bank and how did you rectify it.

 

Many Thanks

 

Slappy

Santander UK have threatened to close my account in exactly the same way two times. 

Each time I fought them tooth and nail and each time I won.  My account remains open.  Indeed the first time they conceded that my account could remain open they compensated me fifty quid for the inconvenience they had caused.

My approach was to write to the CEO (ceo@santander.co.uk). 

Of course you will not get a personal reply from the CEO but you will get a reply from Santander Executive Communications who seem to be sentient beings a cut above the average call centre drone.  If you can frame your email to the CEO as a complaint so much the better as that will invoke their formal complaints procedure which will create quite a bit more work for them.  Thereafter I emailed them almost daily raising new issues, presenting facts and asking questions.

Naturally in your emails you present the best case you can.  In my case these included that:

(a)  I had held my Santander account for over 40 years

(b)  Throughout that time I had maintained the account with complete propriety

(c)  All funds paid into my Santander account were from unimpeachable sources.

At the time Santander was my only UK account hence my determination to hang on to it.  I now have two other UK accounts as a contingency plan.

I also have offshore accounts which I have had since 2007 but in 2024 I would not recommend going down that route unless you have run out of better options.

22 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

I actually have a degree in Quantitave Methods and Analysis. This was back in the late 80's and  advances in computer technology made my degree and job prospects pretty much useless. Even back in the 1980's and 1990's  computers could make calculations faster then I could with a calculator. I still have my Hewlet Packard 12C calculator which I bought back in 1987.  Still ticks after many battery changes.  So I did the next logical thing and become a police officer. Yes it sounds rather absurd but it pretty much sums my life. 

Newfangled calculator tech.  It will never catch on.

I had a Jakar slide rule.

33 minutes ago, NowNow said:

 

So, you have a possible answer as to why. It doesn't work with TRUE.

I tried both True and AIS during the time it wasn't working without success.

5 minutes ago, NowNow said:

 

Which network?

My giffgaff phone is connected to AIS.

An unexpected but welcome development.

About twenty minutes ago I received 13 OTPs at once on my giffgaff phone.  These were mostly old ones where I was attempting to log on to my giffgaff account to test whether the OTP system was working on my phone.

Since then I have successfully logged onto my main UK bank account after receiving a OTP from them.

So all good for now.  Fingers crossed.

Tell us again about the helicopter crash Donald.

The one you were in with James Brown or was it Charley Brown.

10 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Do they not already do that, and turn it into more plastic crap?

No they do not.  They no longer accept recycling material from other countries.

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yes but i ported my old number to Giffgaff, so same number for decades

OK.  Thank you for your reply.

I would like to see an agreement whereby China has to take back the broken plastic crap at end of life.

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

ok try ordering a new sim. Mine works fine

 

https://www.giffgaff.com/freesim-international

4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

ok try ordering a new sim. Mine works fine

 

https://www.giffgaff.com/freesim-international

Presumably that was a different number to whatever you used before.

I am just trying to understand the nuts and bolts of this.

1 hour ago, petermik said:

 

I had similar problems a few years ago not getting otp,s from my UK Banks...solution was simple I ditched True and went with AIS....ported my number over....never any problems since

I don't really understand this.  Surely you would only need to port the number over if you were receiving OTPs on a Thai phone.

My main UK bank only send OTPs to a UK mobile phone number.  I can select which Thai network to use in the phone settings and currently it is set to use AIS.

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

As suggested further up try connecting to AIS, i get OTPs from Giffgaff and banks no problem 

It is connected to AIS.  Still no joy.

2 hours ago, In the jungle said:

 

That is possible.  My giffgaff SIM is in a 2016 iPhone SE.  I have a much newer iPhone 13 I can try it in.

I tried putting my UK giffgaff SIM in my much newer iPhone 13.  Still no OTPs received.

13 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

In that case, might not a Wise account be a suitable alternative? Or do you hold a significant balance with the awkward bank that you're unable to transfer elsewhere?

 

Perhaps I am old fashioned but my main problem with Wise is that it is not a bank. 

I am here on a retirement visa and I seem to recall that there are also problems with Wise in that a Wise transfer does not show in a Thai bank book as an international transfer.