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Maybe the Sport Rider, In any event, it's the rate of the spring that's important, not how it's configured.

I'm having difficulty finding the leaf-springs on this MU-X as well....

What earlier ones? Mine is five or six years old an it has coils.

I'm not seeing the leaf-springs on this Everest, help me out...

Standard Fortuner suspension:

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So motorcycles don't have shock absorbers? So what does the gas do in a gas charged shock absorber? Guys like you crack me up.

You should qualify your statement. Conventional shock absorbers do not provide support but both coil-over and gas-charged shocks may.

Chiang Rai to Pattaya and you had to get out and walk around? Shocking

What I don't understand is why the same people seem to ask the same questions over and over and over again.

Generally heavy is better than light, because all things the same, more material is better than less. I've bought stuff from Index and SB and a few other places. Just look at it and sit on it. Look at the bottom of the chairs and whatnot. You'll start to get an idea of what's decent and what's not. Only buy stuff you like.

Not if you smoke it.

Unless you speak fluent Thai as well as a few other languages you are not going to talk to the tile-setter, the best you can hope for is to talk to the salesman. You will need to watch them. They should be checking each tile with a strait-edge and level. This is generally the biggest problem. Again, you have to watch them. They should be dampening the tiles, and using a notched trowel apply the thin-set/mortar to the floor, and except on small tiles, they should be back-buttering each tile. After setting, they should be checking the sound of each one to make sure there are no voids. When you get a quote, make sure it is detailed and includes an itemized list of material, and it should be clear on what is included and what is not. Select your tile and figure out what you want before you start getting quotes. Make sure the quote is absolutely clear, and that it describes exactly what you want before you start negotiating the price. The last thing you want to do when you hammer a guy down is have him cheap out your job. You seem like a bright guy. You should be able to go to Boonthavorn with your girlfriend and figure out what and how much of everything you need, and about what it will all cost. The cost of tile varies wildly. Make sure you know what tile you want and what LAYOUT you want. Learn all this before you start getting quotes. Setting tile is not complex, but everything is heavy and it is HARD work.

What do you mean by flat? But yes, you should determine how flat your floor is before you start. A competent tile-setter does this. What do you mean by level? A lot depends on how far out of level the floor is, and why you want to make it level. A 5m X 10m floor that's 2cm out from one end to the other requires 500l (1,200kg) of concrete/mortar to make level. Also, if you're tiling a bath or terrace, you don't want it level, you want it to drain. Again, a competent tile-setter does this as well.

If tiles have to be level to stick, why is it wall tiles don't all fall off? If tiles have to be level to stick, how is it water drains in my shower? If the surface is flat, adding self leveling concrete will only make the tiles higher, it will not make them stick better.

How well the tiles stick depend a lot on how flat the surface is, and not at all on how level the surface is.

Why would the car expand on the battery?

For tile they flat-rates per m^2 depending on tile size, whether it's over old tile and condition of the surface. Call them. Now is not a good time to get work done (at least in BKK) as there is a coved related labor shortage.

Self leveling concrete in the US because it's much faster and easier than conventional methods, not because it's better. All things the same, tile laid on self-leveled concrete do not stick any better than tile laid on conventional concrete.

I think the solar battery tenders are interesting. I'm guessing the OP will turn off the power when he leaves so a trickle charger is out. If the battery is left connected for two years unattended and without a charger it will be completely dead, and it will be no different than the battery being disconnected as far as the car can tell. I believe that along with discharging much faster, a connected battery discharges much further as well, often ruining the battery.

Why would I want to try a stinking hotel? Too many places that don't stink, in the same "tropical climate". I had carpeting in Florida without any issue as well, and don't most cars have carpeting now? Why do they not all stink?

Not the hotels I've stayed in, or the movie theaters I've been in, or to offices I've worked in, or my house or any number of other places I've been. Biggest concern with carpet here is flooding, which I assume is not a concern in a condo.

As others have said, check the meter with the taps off, but I'm guessing daughter is the "leak"....

That has not been my experience. My first home here was all carpet and it was great. Most nice hotels all have carpet, yes? It is a little pricey here.

If I were planning on buying a NEW car when I returned I would sell the old one, but quickly and easily finding a cheap, dependable used car that you like is difficult. A nine year old vehicle will lose little value in two years.