In the jungle

So far as I can tell from the preceding posts you have not actually measured the fuel consumption. Your impression seems to be subjective. A first step would therefore be to measure fuel consumption and compare with what others with the same truck/engine are getting. That makes more sense to me than getting dealers to chase a problem that may be illusory.

Saying London, England or Paris, France as opposed to just London and Paris.

Bigot forum. A dead winner.

Didn't read the link. Did he mention his time in the SAS?

Honda HRJ216 is the best mower you can buy in Thailand. Anything less than 1 rai maybe choose something cheaper.

Front and rear bumpers do not look stock; probably FRP made in Thailand. Paint mismatch on front bumper. Check for crash damage front and rear. Sill mouldings also not stock. Check for rust and damage (such as incorrect lifting). Rear wing obviously some Thai aftermarket thing. Nonetheless a pretty car.

I passed my test in my mum's 37 horsepower Mini. Then when she got a new Mini I wrote it off in very short order to my shame. No wonder teenagers get charged a fortune for insurance.

With regard to the OPs car. Your car sounds like a lot of fun. By reputation they are an absolute pain to work on but I see you do not intend doing that job.

That's not a mini! Where's the 37 horsepower 1000cc A series?

I got a vehicle keyed here because I parked it in a space the local taxi drivers considered their own.

Cigarettes 500 Baht a pack.

"The government has been accused of wasting taxpayers’ cash after being forced to pay record levels of compensation to people affected by disruption at the Passport Office. New figures show that £3.1m was paid out in “reimbursements” in the seven months to December 2022, significantly more than the £2.2m paid out in the whole of 2021-22. The £448,000-a-month spend is more than four times the average monthly figure before the pandemic and comes after a period of severe disruption for His Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO), with hundreds of thousands of people affected by application backlogs over the summer. A report by the government’s spending watchdog in December said the delays were caused by a surge in demand after Covid travel restrictions were lifted, and the inability of HMPO to cope. A lack of staff and limitations in government systems exacerbated the problems, the National Audit Office said. Documents show ministers were alerted to several issues with key contractors before the increase in demand, with the Observer revealing in July that one outsourcing firm was failing to meet targets for responding to calls and emails as early as May 2021. HMPO does not routinely pay compensation where applications take longer than the published time frames. The payouts include the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by customers because of operational errors and refunds for fast-track applications that were not processed in time. HMPO also makes payments for emotional distress caused by its mistakes, although it says this is not routine, with claims assessed on a case-by-case basis. “Exceptional” circumstances where consolatory payments may be made include a missed wedding or funeral due to an error, or where irreplaceable documents were lost." From today's Guardian

Thank you. That is very helpful to me as I will be doing the same border run in about three and a half months.

This sounds like a textbook example of bullying in the workplace.

Got that loud and clear. You're freezing your nuts off. Don't worry. You can always wrap yourself up in the flag.

Farage, Rees Mogg and co. will not be happy until Britain declares war on Europe, or failing that, France.

"China Covid: experts estimate 9,000 deaths a day" From today's Guardian.

It is not a stipend if it is a one off payment.

Thai motorists who have an interest in their vehicles seem to have a bit of an obsession with the age of tyres. One positive benefit of that for me is that you can buy new tyres that are a year or two old at a big discount; which I often do. There is no real downside for me as I get through tyres reasonably quickly.

gov.uk is very good for information about the UK state pension and you can check your wife's NI record there with her NI number.

That'll be a Celerio; probably the manual. A good choice IMO. I think they are on offer now at 328K.

and a loser.

Did you ever consider the possibility that the Chinese gangster married to a Thai police colonel might have got his Thai citizenship corruptly?

Just try another branch. My local SCB would not open an account for me because I did not have a work permit but SCB HQ in Bangkok did so without that being an issue.

I look forward to the day when UK railways are returned to public ownership and passengers are no longer ripped off to satisfy the greed of shareholders and railway bosses.