JBChiangRai

I think you are missing the point, a UK national resident in the UK who who then moves to Thailand, he is now non resident but until his licence either expires or is surrendered, he must it and not his Thai DL when he returns to the UK for short breaks.

I think they want you to charge to completion or unlock the car where charging will then end elegantly (that is what happen's on my daughter's MG EP+) , on my Porsche Taycan you press a button and it shuts down the charging circuit over about 2 seconds. My Porsche will error if you break and reconnect the charging circuit with a breaker more than once. You can't remove any car's charging cable when it's charging anyway, and I think MG's statement is to stop you breaking the whole fitting by pulling on it when it's locked. Just cutting the power with about 7kw going through an inductive circuit (which the charging circuit is) will cause a surge and there is nowhere for it to go except the car's charging circuits. Granted, it's a lot worse on a Porsche which can charge at 22kw. When they start charging, they tend to ramp up to full power rather than do it instantly and likewise on shutting down they ramp down very quickly, I would take advise from someone experienced in high-power circuits, which I am not. I can only tell you my Porsche doesn't like it.

If you want the approved feed in tariff, then buy the smallest system you can from an approved installer, and when it's finished bump it up with another parallel system yourself.

Correct, but even a non-resident UK national must also use his UK DL if he has one. If he doesn't have a current UK DL he can use his Thai licence, not having a UK DL means never held one, or expired, if it is revoked or suspended due to a ban etc, you can't use a Thai or any other DL.

Whilst I don't think there is anything wrong with using a switch to start charging, I do think it may cause a problem interrupting charging regularly with a switch. Normally, the car stops charging by telling the charger onboard to shut down in an elegant way. I have some concerns about interrupting it on a regular basis. Your car does store these events and if it screws up your car, you may have a warranty issue. FWIW, I also have solar and I built something using an adjustable under/over voltage protector and a Normally Closed (NC) contactor. In dark/overcast conditions the mains voltage is normal and the contactor energises shutting off the charger. When the sun comes out, my grid-tied solar system increases the mains voltage enough to trip the power to the contactor as an over voltage condition i.e. to the NC position and the car starts charging. When the sun goes in it stops and it starts again when the sun comes out again. It was only after using it that my car tripped to a fault and the handbook said "unreliable supply detected, to avoid damage to the charging system charging has been disabled, clear unreliable mains condition then remove & reinsert charging plug to continue charging". Needless to say, I don't use it anymore.

I wonder what a UK policeman would do if he stopped you for a minor traffic infringement? mandatory fine on a UK DL, or lots and lots of paperwork on a Thai DL.....

What's that rustling noise? Must be all the brown envelopes flying about.

You shouldn't renew a UK Driving Licence using a friend or relative's address. You are putting them at risk. For example, if through some unexpected reason you are sued, they will do an address search with DVLA, you would probably get a Country Court Judgement against you at that address and any bailiff's would be allowed to take items from that address unless the resident there kept receipts in his name for all of them, and who ever does that?

That same report goes on to say... "Are cannabis and cannabinoids safe? Several concerns have been raised about the safety of cannabis and cannabinoids: The use of cannabis has been linked to an increased risk of motor vehicle crashes. Smoking cannabis during pregnancy has been linked to lower birth weight. Some people who use cannabis develop cannabis use disorder, which has symptoms such as craving, withdrawal, lack of control, and negative effects on personal and professional responsibilities. Adolescents using cannabis are four to seven times more likely than adults to develop cannabis use disorder. Cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of injury among older adults. The use of cannabis, especially frequent use, has been linked to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia or other psychoses (severe mental illnesses) in people who are predisposed to these illnesses. Marijuana may cause orthostatic hypotension (head rush or dizziness on standing up), possibly raising danger from fainting and falls. The FDA has warned the public not to use vaping products that contain THC. Products of this type have been implicated in many of the reported cases of serious lung injuries linked to vaping. There have been many reports of unintentional consumption of cannabis or its products by children, leading to illnesses severe enough to require emergency room treatment or admission to a hospital. Among a group of people who became ill after accidental exposure to candies containing THC, the children generally had more severe symptoms than the adults and needed to stay in the hospital longer. Some long-term users of high doses of cannabis have developed a condition involving recurrent severe vomiting. There have been reports of contamination of cannabis/cannabinoid products with microorganisms, pesticides, or other substances. Some cannabis/cannabinoid products contain amounts of cannabinoids that differ substantially from what’s stated on their labels. Can CBD be harmful? There’s evidence that CBD may be harmful to some people." Further, most of the benefits you mention are qualified by saying they are small or statistically insignificant in tests, for example the most recent, a peer reviewed article in The Journal of Clinical Oncology of 144 person double blinded study on the efficacy of CBD oil in palliative care for cancer found it has no benefit. The results of the recent study, published November 28 in the journal JAMA Network Open, echo those of another large 2021 analysis of the available evidence by the International Association for the Study of Pain. Based on those findings, the association issued a statement against the use of marijuana for pain. As someone who volunteered one day a week as a magistrate, my issue with marijuana is the number of marijuana induced mental illness cases through cannabis use disorder we had to deal with. I suspected some of the driving offences I saw involving crashes were linked to Cannabis but drug wipes weren't available then. They are available now and my colleagues on the bench tell me there is now significant numbers of crashes involving Cannabis.

MG ICE cars seem to depreciate a lot, their EV cars not so much.

Because adding a middle man costs nothing and may get you approved where going direct wouldn't. A decent agent will trawl through your social media posts to look for any red flags before TPC Co. do and tell you what needs removing, if anything.

A 30 year lease on the whole land is probably your best option. The lease has to be at a sensible price (i.e. true value) and it must be registered at the land office and taxes paid on that value. You should be careful about the conditions in the lease, the lease will survive your wife dying or disposing of the land before the 30 years are up, but any other agreements in the lease will not as they are personal to the two parties of the lease, so be careful what you put in the agreement. For example, access. Regardless of what any new potentially hostile owner my say, you are allowed access to the property covered by the lease but only by foot/motorbike and only on paying 100 baht per year to the land owner. Also consider things like water, if it comes from a pond on unleased land, the pond can be drained and you can only dig a well in the house. So it would be safer to lease the whole land plot rather than just the house on land not covered by a lease. If your wife specifically wills the land to you (which she can do subject to any familial claims) and she then dies, you have a period of 1 year (it's not 6 months) during which time the land must be sold to a Thai national. You could try to then sell it to a Thai company and then acquire control of the company, but this situation is one that the land office may suspect you are doing and under section's 73-75 of the land act may refuse to register the transfer. Ideally, you would transfer it to another Thai national, paying the transfer taxes, then transfer it to a company which you later acquire (again paying more taxes). If you lease the house but your wife owns the land and access but wills it to you, she can change her will anytime, e.g. if you separate. EDIT: I would advise you to speak to a good lawyer. A lease and an usufruct are not the same thing and an usufruct over the whole land may suit you better. It's cheaper but it comes with some conditions and it can protect you for the whole of your lifetime even if your wife dies and leaves the land to someone else. But if she wills the land to you, it then becomes complicated, If you do split up during your lifetime, she cannot sell the land until you die.

Any lease over 3 years has to be recorded at the land office or it's invalid, and as previously mentioned, it will be recorded on the chanote. Unfortunately, taxes also have to be paid.

I will continue to put my faith in peer reviewed studies published in respected scientific journals. Come on then, back up your opinion with some peer reviewed studies then? Or do you prefer talking through your anus?

You only need to do a google search with "marijuana" and any reputable scientific body e.g. Lancet or BMJ to see that there is a huge amount of peer reviewed studies confirming recreational use of same is extremely bad, but there are some benefits to medicinal only use. The government here has opened the door to both, the initial policy was ill conceived and even poorly implemented.

When I was a magistrate I gave up counting the number of cannabis related crimes I saw, Grievous Bodily Harm, Serious Bodily Harm, Theft, some sparked by suicide and my colleagues tell me drug driving is now massively more prevalent than drink driving. The violence seems to stem from cannabis induced mental illness.

I am having a holiday in Phuket in April, I am a little worried about taking it with me. I also have a few Russian Warships Go F??k Yourselves T-shirts too

If they believe a Thai may be a nominee for a foreigner (example, Thai wife, Foreigner Husband), that is all the suspicion they need, normally they will ask the Thai to show the source of the funds if married to a Foreigner. This causes a problem later if there is a divorce and the Foreigner claims he paid for the house, there's a golden rule with Law Courts (take it from a retired magistrate), you must go to the court with clean hands and you can't claim you lied to the land office to do the initial purchase.

We build HiSo Moo Baan's, it came from my lawyer ... Thailand Land Code Act Sections 73 & 74. The Officer does not have to specify a reason. I accept that it is normally unlikely, but the Land Code Act does not allow for an appeal.

Putting property in a Thai Child’s name is at the Land Office’s discretion. Actually, transfer of any chanote to any Thai person at the Land Office is entirely at the officer’s discretion. They can refuse anyone without giving a reason. There is no right of appeal. it is the same with every immigration officer.

I was stopped in Big C on Saturday and thanked by a Ukrainian gentleman for wearing my T-shirt, it reads Puck Futin I stand with Ukraine

My experience with MG EP+, is it will do the claimed range if you drive them in ECO/Range mode and also set the air conditioning to ECO too, keep your speed about 90-100km/hr and try to use regeneration as much as possible to slow down. To charge the MG to 85% capacity, we have to see how long the charge time to 100% is and set a timer on your smartphone for an hour short of that, but that's the price you pay for pioneering. MG say you can charge to 100% every time, but that doesn't fit with known battery chemistry. I think there 100% is about a real 95% which helps but if you want your battery to last 15-20 years you need to be careful. You should keep it between 20% and 85% and only charge to 100% once a month to balance the cells and drive it very soon afterwards. I have seen posts where people say ABC Always Be Charging, I don't agree with that, and neither does the manufacturer of my own BEV car. I suspect real life range across BEV's is a function of driving style and battery capacity, and they all fit into a fairly narrow formula. Some manufacturers claim the maximum possible range (MG, ORA & Tesla) some a lot less. My own BEV car will do 40% more miles than the manufacturer claims if you drive it carefully.

I think there is a world of difference between MG ICE cars and MG BEV cars, both are stunning value for money, but their ICE cars tend to depreciate pretty quick, the SUV's less so but still not good. Time will tell on their BEV cars. My daughters both drove Suzuki Ciaz which I bought second hand at 10 months old, the eldest got a Ciaz RS with 19,000 km for 360,000 baht and the youngest got the Ciaz GL Plus for the same but with only 700km on it. The Suzuki Ciaz is one car you definitely don't want to buy new. We kept the RS for 3 years and sold it with 50,000km on it for 320,000 baht to order the MG EP+ at close to 230,000 baht off list price. The new MG EP+ will be between 1.1 and 1.2M baht so I figured we shouldn't get much depreciation. We had to order it without a test drive, however the reviews of the car in the UK were excellent but when it arrived I was astounded, it's a superb car. Being electric you would hear any trim noise from poor assembly, there is none at all. The car is very quiet, quick and the suspension set up is excellent with a very taut chassis reminiscent of a BMW. Some of the plastics are a bit hard but a car here that is cheaper than in the UK is unheard of, and especially a BEV car. My eldest daughter couldn't return from university in Chiang Mai for a week and so I drove it and I loved it so much I ordered another for myself as the order books had reopened and there was still a government subsidy. We did test drive the Ora Good Cat and the Haval Jolion. The Ora Good Cat doesn't compare, it's very poor in comparison to the MG EP+ when it comes to driving it. It's design and tech is definitely superior, far superior, and it's more attractive to a female driver, my daughter says it looks more girly, but it's choppy (it made me sick in the back) and it's underpowered and the boot space is very poor. Mainly though, it's the suspension set up that disappointed me, the Jolion was the same, maybe it's a brand thing.

The Haval H6 PHEV has the longest range of any plug in hybrid at 200km, more than enough for many trips and would get me from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai, but I wonder how it drives? The Jolion & Good Cat, don't drive well, the suspension is choppy on both and the Jolion is noisy (both tyres and engine). I haven't driven the H6 but I would want to before ordering one based on my test drive experience of the brand.

Poor Dog, run over by red lorry? yellow lorry?