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In the jungle

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  1. You could end up going round and round in circles on this one.

     

    Dealer overfills the coolant system.

    Engine gets properly hot and blows out the excess coolant all over your foot.

    You go back to the dealer.  They overfill the coolant system again.

    And so forth.

     

    Once the coolant system has blown out any excess coolant it is at the correct level.  My guess is there is nothing wrong with the coolant system.

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  2. Rear suspension performance and ride quality on a Forza is never going to be that good.

     

    On a conventional motorcycle the engine and transmission are sprung mass whereas on a Forza the engine and transmission are also the swing arm.  Given that the Forza is a 350 that is a big heavy lump of metal moving up and down every time the suspension moves which presents the dampers and springs with a much greater challenge than a conventional motorcycle. 

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  3. On 11/29/2022 at 4:45 PM, richard_smith237 said:

    A neat little run around....   I’m tempted to get something like that as second car... 

    A good Plan C... the Wife mostly uses the car and when I can’t (don’t want to) use the motorbike (rain etc) something small and cheap would be a good option...  

     

     

     

     

     

    Better off with a Suzuki Swift IMO.  You could get them with a manual gearbox until 2018.

     

    Or even a Nissan March if you don't like driving and just want a tin box to keep the rain off your head.

     

    The Ford Powershift transmission tends to be a money pit.

  4. 1 minute ago, nigelforbes said:

    A person can be resident one moment and not resident the next so that shouldn't be an issue. Also, resident for what purpose, for tax, domicile?

    Yes.  I argued exactly that point with Santander early this year.  My only recent experience with UK banks is with Santander who are remarkably sloppy and imprecise in their use of such terms.

     

     

  5. 5 hours ago, MajorTom said:

    Why not? It certainly worked for me. Do you have other experience?

    I read the OP's intention as leaving Thailand and then re-entering using the same tourist visa to trigger another sixty days.  That would not work. 

     

    I assume from what you said that you interpret the OP's post differently.

  6. 1 hour ago, AhFarangJa said:

    In my experience in warm climates batteries rarely last more than 3 years due to the use of the aircon. My 2016 Ranger is on it's third battery. Both times before have got in and had zero electrics, sometimes it was obvious as the remote locking did not work. Charged them overnight and they last about a month, then you can hear the starter motor start to struggle. Time for a new one . In Saudi batteries were old at three years, and driving long ways on desert roads, at the first sign of them getting weak I would change them out.

    As for maintenance free batteries, I was under the impression they were filled with a gel, not a liquid electrolyte, but, I could be mistaken.

    "As for maintenance free batteries, I was under the impression they were filled with a gel, not a liquid electrolyte, but, I could be mistaken."

     

    AGM (absorbed glass mat) batteries are what I think you are referring to.  Nearly all motorcycle batteries are AGM these days but I have not seen AGM batteries for cars in Thailand.

     

    AGM batteries are great.  You can fit them any way up and you never get acid spills.

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