In the jungle

27 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Too new to need recycling yet

There must be crash damaged batteries, flood damaged and others that just failed. 

Hopefully they don't toss them into the land fill.

But, but.....titanium!

So where exactly in Thailand is the EV battery recycling plant?

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

I recall at school being taught that in ancient times all Olympics events were full nude. 

I think, if I remember correctly, that you can go and see exactly that in frescos and sculptures in the British Museum.  That's provided the exhibits haven't been stolen by the staff.

Didn't they used to do this type of wrestling naked back in the day?

Firefox works fine for me on a Windows 10 PC.

22 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

Which is slightly cheaper than the cost of the tyres on my last EV (6.67 baht/km).

That's a weird brag.  Hey!  I really know how to spunk my money away.

Meanwhile Khun LA is furiously hammering away at his calculator trying to make it look like his Chinese MG costs less to run than a bicycle.

Can any of you EV enthusiasts enlighten me.

I understand the Tesla Model 3 starts at 1.7 million new.

So why would there be a whole bunch of secondhand Model 3s on One2car at 2 million plus?

Surely they could get the sub delivered without the engine.

Then make it into a long tail sub.

3 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

What are the finer things in life? - Tina Dubinsky, Writer

Well that is her definition as opposed to yours.  In fact she gives more than one definition.

I tend to agree with her second definition as opposed to consumer tat.

47 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

That you don't bother with or know the finer things in life, up to you. If you want a kid to get a proper education and not let them live of a plastic cup of noodles or Som Tam 3 times a day, you need way more than 40K a month.

Handy that I don't have children then.

Define the finer things in life.

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

I bow to your greater knowledge of Tarts Handbags, but maybe if you had actually driven the MG4 you might have been able to make an informed decision.

 

Turns out most motoring journalists don’t agree with you.

 

 

 

I was talking about the MG4X specifically and I thought Mat Watson's comments on aesthetics were spot on. 

He rightly ridiculed the orange plastic brake caliper covers but I guess a fanboy could call them innovation on a production car.

15 minutes ago, Dan O said:

Your quoting buying power in your comments, he wouldnt lose anything other than opportunity value. 

4 minutes ago, bignok said:

That doesnt make sense. Inflation changes all the time and living in Thailand he pays Thai prices.

I don't think the whole "masters of the universe" schtick really works in the OPs case but do carry on if you insist.

By that I mean Dan O!

50 minutes ago, In the jungle said:

I have a feeling that Ford make the Raptor specifically for men with small penises.

Oh dear.  I now see all the Raptor/penis gags were done two hours before I did.

2 hours ago, HarveyWlc said:

Well spotted. Could be quicker to 60 with a full battery at least, shall look forward to seeing the real life performance stats.

 

Not sure if I can post the link, but CarWow has an interesting video of an MG4 X vs the latest gen BMW M2 which is worth a watch.

I watched that. 

The MG4X has the aesthetic qualities of a tart's handbag.

Despite some on this forum believing that I am an EV hater.....

A Tesla model 3 dual motor pulled up to me today at the PTT.

I thought it was cool AF.

You said the buyer is Thai.  Buy another house and avoid this complication.

20 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

just did my last border hop allowed last week in Chiang khong-Laos border

 

would have MUCH rather done Mae sai-burma which i was lucky enough to do 1st border hop

 

Now MS is close to tourists but allows thais make ZERO sense to me but welcome to thailand

 

So i hate having to go to vientiane laos and am able to get my 6 months total with the 2 allowed border hops.....always come here one way..no visa for 15 yrs.....

 

get 30 day stamp at bkk--fly to Cm--extend    mae sai for 30+extend   chiang khong 30+extend

gets me the 6 months and i heading home in Oct...having arrived in May

 

Was very easy apart from buying a Laos visa which drives me crazy as im not even "entering"

 

and foolishly rode my 100cc honda dream to CRai...took me 5 hrs..took the bus to CK next day

 

very nice up there..mellow with the rice fields and mountains and found a nice cottage as the bus stops running from CK-loas checkpoint at 3pm.....so walked to this cheap little resort..

 

always prefer mae sai as i can  just pay the $10 usd but apart from paying for useless laos visa taking up my passport pages would use CK in the future.....the laos guys take usd but wanted 40 IF entering laos..50 if doing a turnaround...so i just paid the 1800 bt.....nice enough and very quit up there as i was the ONLY one there...thai side open daily until 8pm..take 25 bt bus over mekong

 

 

You can get a Laos E visa which saves a page in your passport but they will still hit you up for some cash at the border.  That was my experience at Savannakhet.

5 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I can only post as I find, the article posted says that whilst the cause of the fire is unknowm, it was not caused by an EV.  That doesn't undermine my post. 

 

What does undermine it is the link posted by "in the jungle" which cleary shows burned Porsche Taycan's.  Until June this year, I owned a Taycan for 2 years and I can confirm those cars are indeed Porsche Taycans.  My Taycan never caught fire.

I am not suggesting that Porsche Taycans caused the fire on the Fremantle Highway.  But they certainly were on the ship and they burnt to the ground; or deck more accurately.

Maybe you should re-read your previous claims on this matter.

This article with the pretty astounding pictures of Porsche Taycans on the Fremantle Highway undermine your claim that no EVs were burnt.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/check-leaked-images-of-the-damages-inside-the-fremantle-highway-roro-ship-219617.html

4 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

That’s a good example.

 

It wasn’t caused by an EV fire.

 

After the fire on the car cargo ship off the Dutch coast, the media hastily identified an electric car as the cause. Now it turns out – that this is not true.

Even though the cause of the fire is still unknown, the EV theory no longer holds up after the freighter was inspected. The lower four of the twelve decks are essentially undamaged, and about 1,000 cars, including the 498 electric ones, are in good condition. This is according to the chief of salvage company Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, Peter Berdowski.

According to the head of the salvage company, the four uppermost decks, on which there were no electric cars, are so damaged that it is hard to walk on them and that the vehicles there (again, no EVs!) are literally fused to the ground. The affected carmakers are now investigating how their vehicles can be moved.

 Source electrive.com

"Even though the cause of the fire is still unknown"

Your quote undermines your definitive statement that EVs were not the cause.