In the jungle

Dude has five different sets of wings on his uniform.  Obviously well qualified.

27 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Huh?  Post from the UK to Thailand normally takes a few days at the most.  Sounds as though you're making excuses for not fitting the bank's UK-resident requirements!

Did you consider the possibility that others may have a different experience to you?

My experience is in line with the OPs.

She knew they were fake cops because real ones would have asked for a much bigger ransom.

The fake cops used a white Honda pickup????

I do wonder whether the Thai Revenue department actually have mechanisms in place to know who has been here more than 180 days a year.

Sure Immigration have that information in their system but I would be willing to bet that calculating whether you were here more than 180 days a year would be a manual process on a case by case basis.

To illustrate my point I have been here 23 years and I have had no contact with the Revenue Department.  Until 2019 I had never applied for an extension of stay.

I don't think Thai officialdom are big on 'joined up government'.  The same is true of many western governments.

Just now, Lacessit said:

The aim of any replacement technology is to be cheaper and more efficient than its predecessor, permit me to doubt lemons fulfill the second requirement.

ASEAN would not be complete without a cohort of aspiring comedians.

 

That is a bit of a simplistic approach.  EV evangelists bang on about environmental considerations normally. 

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Staggering #s, but the #s don't lie.

 

Now someone tell me again, how much more expensive EVs are ????

 

14 kms per L/91 @ ฿40.5 baht today.

20k ÷ 14 kms = L X ฿40.5 = ฿57,857.14 X 8 yrs = ฿462,857

 

OK.  Gas hog status confirmed.

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

@Celsius If you put 20k kms on a year, we calculated we'll probably save over 460k baht, just on petrol cost, with our EV.

 

That's an accurate cost of MG ZS ICE version (we owned), vs our EV version, we own now.  Doesn't even include the oil changes (10k) & tune ups.

Your MG ICE must have been a gas hog to come up with that calculated saving.

5 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I'd guess those who want the type of car that, statistically, is the least likely to burst into flames!...

 

 

 

Are you aware there are qualitative differences in the nature of fires?

You need to go beyond what Mr Google tells you.

22 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

When AN gives you lemons make lemonade, sorry I mean batteries

Well he didn't ask which was a good alternative!

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Do you know how long it takes to develop mining and processing infrastructure for any deposit?

What are you saying is an alternative battery material?

Lemons

51 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Wife just test drived BYD Dolphin and was mildly impressed especially by 699k 1.8% price tag. She avoids buying Chinese cars but perhaps getting 8 years out of this car (warranty supposedly 8 years) is worth it even if it is completely not resellable after that. They also pay first year insurance premium.

 

Whatdoyathink?

If I am thinking of the right car the more expensive variant has longer range and is way quicker on the 0 to 100 kph time.  This cheaper one you are going to be sucking up the exhaust of diesel pickups every set of lights.  It's a bit of a snail.  

7 minutes ago, Gknrd said:

My guess it will play out like here in Colombia. If here for over a certain amount of time you pay tax period. That includes any pension.  And the tax rates are much more than in the US. Most guys here with assets stay the minimum time allowed then either move to another country until the clock resets or they hire a tax attorney to do their taxes. 

Basically it has stopped all wealthy or even anyone with a decent retirement income to consider retiring here full time.

Wouldn't that be "stay the maximum time allowed"?

My guess is that she has a leak in a place where it is not easily seen such as underground.

37 minutes ago, Dcheech said:

Grabbing the groceries in a theatre? I think you’ll find she was searching for Hunter Biden’s laptop, on behalf of the American People.

I thought she was playing his trombone.

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

The rumor is that she was an escort, which is how she came to the attention of Ted Cruz.

 

It's just a rumor, though.

Rumour has it that she developed an interest in congress while in employment serving under Ted Cruz.

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

According to the US Government (2 different departments) and Insurance companies, EV fires are about 10 times less likely than internal combustion engine cars.

The issue is not the frequency but the severity of the fires.

You know that but you choose to ignore it.

Look at Firestone and Dayton.  They are both Bridgestone brands so made in the same factory.  Also look at Goodyear.

31 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

If there's one with our, within next 7 yrs (8yr warranty), MG will deal with.  I would think within 10 yrs, battery shops will start popping up, as the supply & demand will dictate.

 

Unless an oops, I'm expecting the wife will get 25 yrs out of ours, before any need to be concerned, and that's if it only gets about half it's life expectancy.

 

900k kms ... if we drive/she drives 20k kms a year, that's only 500k kms.  Battery pack isn't the concern, and just hope the rest of the cars lasts.  I doubt very much if she'll drive that much after I'm gone.

 

32 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I'm expecting the wife will get 25 yrs out of ours, before any need to be concerned, and that's if it only gets about half it's life expectancy.

Seriously?

You think an EV battery is still going to be going strong after 50 years?