In the jungle

We all have different tastes and requirements and I am sure your MG EP suits yours. After reading your final paragraph I am going to get a nervous twitch every time I see an MG EP behind me ????

Maybe I could accept 1200 kg for an EV as weight distribution and c of g are much better.

Another reason why I would not buy an EV right now is weight. I have a firm preference for cars that are light. Most of the cars I have owned have been under 1000 kg. To take one EV example, and honest I am not picking on you Khun LA, the MG EP weighs 1574 kg. That is 789 kg heavier than my daily driver. As energy density improves weight will come down.

You will not get a flight for 700 Baht if you want to fly next week. 700 Baht was the price I got for 10 May when I checked, I think, three days ago. 7kg luggage is what you get for that price. Adding 20 extra kg increases the price by about 500 Baht. Normally I use Air Asia but Nok flies the same route. The airport is 25 minutes from my house. Total journey time door to door is about three hours. I have never said an EV is not for me. Rather there is nothing on the Thai market right now that I would buy. No doubt that will change.

The Celerio is not what my budget dictates. It is what meets my day to day requirements and it is not my only car. For longer journeys, most commonly Bangkok, I prefer to fly. My question for you is for a 500 km trip which would you prefer, an MG EP or an Airbus A320 200? The Airbus takes typically 47 minutes from take off to landing and per flight it can cost as little as 700 Baht. One of the reasons why I did not buy an EV this time around is because I do not want something as big as the MG EP. Choice in the EV market here remains pretty limited. Doubtless that will change.

You beat me to it. In fact I did that calculation based on my own usage (10,000 km a year) and assuming an EV cost of 800K. I ignored the Neta because it is a Noddy car. With a purchase price of 318K for the ICE, which is what I spent, it would take me 25 years to get to 800K for cost of ICE car plus cost of fuel. Any argument that maintenance costs are higher for an ICE are offset by the fact that I have 500K in the bank earning interest whereas EV man does not. I am not anti EV. I just don't think now is the right time to buy. EVs are so much simpler than ICE that they are bound to be a lot cheaper than ICE in time. Perhaps in five years I will be tempted.

I think "FREE transport" is a little too evangelical. Free at the point of use I would say.

I have no recommendations for you but I do have a lot of experience with manual gearboxes. I suspect the problem is with the gear selection mechanism external to the gearbox. On a manual gearbox this will be gear cables or rods or a combination of the two. Wear in the external selection mechanism can cause the problems you describe. If the problem is external the fix should be relatively cheap. The key thing is having someone with the knowledge to diagnose the problem. Is it a reasonably common brand/model in Thailand?

That is not what I think. That is what I know based on more than twenty years working for the Home Office in the UK and abroad; mostly for the Immigration and Nationality Department (latterly renamed the Immigration and Nationality Directorate).

No they will not.

So a police road block is an "extraction point" now? How apt. Extracting the cash. Extracting the p***.

Don't be so confident about Toyotasure. One of the vehicles I considered buying recently was a Hilux Revo 4wd single cab being sold by a Toyotasure dealer. In fact the vehicle is still on One2car right now. I spent an entire morning looking in detail at the car and discussing what deal could be done. After that time invested the dealer mentioned that the car was owned by them and used as a run around for their workshop. Great. So you can tell me the entire history of the car in detail then? Remarkably, and to their small credit, they sent me a lengthy print out which revealed that the car had undergone substantial body repairs with pretty much every body panel forward of the windscreen and both doors being replaced. The chassis had also undergone repairs and personally I have doubts as to whether such a repair is even valid. The work had all been done in their own workshop and they have a well earned reputation as an excellent repair facility. At that point I decided to buy a new car. The important point to note is that they only revealed the history to me when I specifically asked the right questions and this level of ethics is what you get buying at the top end of the used car market. Good luck with the tents.

Part of the reason why I bought the Celerio is because I think you would be very unwise to spend big money on a new ICE right now.

That girl does some excellent reviews. She invariably flashes her knickers at some stage of the process. I suspect it may not be an accident.

I think what it does, in the Swift at least, is simulate gears. I didn't try the Celerio CVT so I cannot comment on that.

It was partly your enthusiastic comments that motivated me to test drive the Celerio. Not this ugly bug thing though. Mine looks essentially the same as yours. So far as I know this blue thing is not on sale in Thailand.

I picked up a new Celerio GA on 8th May. I back to back tested the Celerio manual against a Swift expecting to buy the much prettier Swift. The computer controlled CVT transmission in the Swift was a big turn off for me. It seemed to be constantly changing gear for no obvious reason and the relationship between throttle input and power at the wheels was pretty vague. The Celerio, by contrast, put a smile on my face within minutes. The three cylinder engine has a throaty thrum when worked hard and clutch and gearbox are light and precise. Performance is surprisingly good partly due to the fact that the Celerio manual weighs just 785 kg. Ride quality is excellent for a small cheap car. Air con is excellent. If you like electronic toys look elsewhere. I paid 318K Baht out the door with some freebies; the most significant of which was one years first class insurance. On the 500 km run from Bangkok to home the Celerio averaged 23.3 km/litre on Gasohol 91. Bear in mind this figure is running in so I did not exceed 110 kph. I am well aware of the advantages EVs offer but I do not want to pay an early adopters premium and I would prefer not to buy Chinese.

There were three of these hogging the chargers at the PTT I stopped at on Phetkasem road yesterday. All the same just different colours. A very frustrated Neta man was stamping his booties in the background.

In my experience not in Savannakhet. Use the wifi in your hotel if you are staying in one.. My mobile is seven years old. Maybe a newer one does better but I doubt it.

Moto GP is getting too close to a Ducati one make race series. Japanese have pretty much given up. Other teams are make weights. Proof that you can buy a World Championship.

So funny. You bit.

They are going for the Scouser look but without the guns and violence.

Generally speaking you do not replace a timing chain until it starts to develop an audible rattle. And if it did do that on a Suzuki K series it would be way beyond 100,000 km.

I recorded 217,000 kilometres on my old 2001 Honda Dream with just routine servicing and no engine repairs. It has developed an engine vibration now and I have stopped using it pending investigation. The Wave 110i and Wave 125i are essentially the same engine formula as my old Honda Dream and I think you can expect a comparable lifespan. Just keep up to schedule on the oil changes at 100 Baht a pop and they run and run.

Crypto is not proper money. Why would the reporter be mentioning it? Crypto is for idiots and gamblers.