In the jungle

"The event aims to show that ancient puppets served as a prototype for modern robotics."

FFS!

Go to Surat Thani then cross to the west.

If you are looking for a tougher test go from Chumphon to Ranong and then down the west coast.  This route is quite pretty but plenty of hills.

I interpret your current visa as the window within which you must enter is 25 October to 9 November.

In theory you could enter multiple times within that brief window but for most people it means that a multiple entry visa is of no greater value than a single entry visa.

The next question is what leave to enter will you actually be granted.  Right now that is unanswered.

I am showing an interest in this topic because I plan to travel to Vietnam in December. 

Just now, JBChiangRai said:

Drove mine through 45cm flood with no issues, no recall either.

 

“shouldn’t drive it” - balderdash!

You know this guy is an EV zealot right?

21 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

All I can say is that this mechanic came highly recommended, having previously worked for a large new car dealership as their head mechanic for over a decade and now has had his own very busy workshop for the last 5 years.

 

The above said, the car dealer that I purchased the car off new wanted to replace the cylinder head, along with just about everything else, which as you know, wouldn't be required, but would cover their a$$es at my cost so to speak. 

 

He sounds like a good choice.  He, for sure, will know where to take the head.

21 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

A lathe? Nope, a milling machine/resurfacer. Lathes spin.

Sorry.  Brain fade.  Milling machine is what I have seen used in Thailand.

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

Would that be 1K baht ?

Yes.  1K baht.

The work is done on a lathe which you will see in just about any machine shop.  It takes less than an hour.  The key is the skill of the lathe operator.  A lathe operator who does not understand the job or does not have skill in its use can turn your head in an expensive door stop in short order.

I have done this job on at least fifty cylinder heads in Thailand.  By 'done' I mean took the head to a shop that did the work.

35 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Sorry for my mistake, I just phoned Susie Dent and she told me that your definition is also correct. Nicking, pilfering, half-inching are also acceptable. Cheers.

I heard it when I had a holiday job at Marks and Sparks on one Pound an hour.  It was management speak for staff theft.  It was a bloody awful job.  Soul destroying.

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Well the US 'lingo' is wrong. Size or weight reduction would be a more appropriate and understandable term.

Other factors contributing to 'shrinkage' is your willy (UK word) just after making love. 555

Shrinkage was in use in the UK as far back as the 1970s referring to theft by staff.

Price more like 1K.

The key thing is to find a shop that knows what they are doing.

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Really?

Like: I only have an engine or two and a battery and that's it?

 

There is a lot of necessary electronic even in the simplest EV. There is no such thing as opening the hood and checking a few mechanical and electric connections.

 

 

 

Most of the electronics is stupid crap to bump up the price.  My guess is that in time there will be EVs that have an electric drivetrain but without all the touch screen rubbish.  They already have such cars in China.

Ignoring environmental considerations EVs have some inherent advantages over ICE that are undeniable:

1.  NVH

2.  Weight distribution

3.  Power and torque delivery

4.  Simplicity

5.  Minimal servicing

But if you buy an EV right now you are buying the Sinclair ZX80 of EVs and paying an early adopters premium for doing so.  In five years time there will be EVs way better and way cheaper.

Another significant downside to owning an EV is that most people will assume, with good reason, that you are probably a smug self righteous prat.

Rain storm caused minimal disruption.

Hold the front page.

I have the same bike with the same cast wheels.

1  When I looked I could not find tubeless tyres in the correct sizes (this was a while ago).

2.  I don't think you could fit tubeless valves to the wheels without some machining.

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.