JBChiangRai

MBS = Mohammed Bone Saw

Did you know I won the world sarcasm championship held in Uruguay this year?

I can't help wondering what the difference between gay and very gay is? Does buying an MG make you gay or very gay? Does it depend on the colour? I've never seen a pink MG. Perhaps it has to have a pop-out sunroof? or BRiT badges? Apparently, I'm a lesbian, I know I'm a lesbian because I met a girl in a bar last night and she told me she sleeps with women which makes her a lesbian, QED I must be a lesbian because I do that too.

I think you will find it the new AMG C63s to be 2-3 times the cost you mentioned, it won't be assembled here because of lack of demand, neither will it come in CKD (Knock-Down-Kit) form, it will be an expensive import.

MG reopened the order books about a month ago for the MG EP+ and it's still 771,000 baht, we took delivery of one at the same time and ordered another as did 2 of my friends. From what I understand, they took orders for 4,000 when the government announced the EV subsidy but many of the buyers went out and bought something else during the 6-7 month delivery time so there are still some of the government approved 4,000 subsidies available for allocation. The facelifted version is expected to be between 1.1M and 1.2M baht, or perhaps I should say facelowered as it doesn't look as imposing on the road.

I don't think it matters whether you put the deposit in an interest bearing account at lease commencement or if you accrue a percentage each month into a deposit account, they both achieve the same result by the end of the lease term when the tenant earns the right to his deposit refund. I prefer to set up a scheduled transfer each month from my normal account to a separate deposit account for this purpose. He is never entitled to his deposit plus interest, unless that is the contract, which in my leases it is not. My agent was sharp, he took the 2 months deposit and only offered me half of it on the last lease.

We have 2 BEV cars, the latest is about a month old, the MG EP+ which I ordered for my daughter when the government incentive scheme was announced. We couldn't test drive one as none were available and so took the risk. We did test drive the Ora Good Cat and found it underpowered and the suspension too hard, I felt sick in the back of it and I was relieved when my daughter didn't like it. She also tried the Haval Jolion, same ride quality and noisy engine/tyre noise. The MG EP+ really surprised me, the build quality is excellent, it rides silently with no tyre noise and it's quick. It reminded me of a 5 series BMW I had 20 years ago. I mentioned to the dealer that I was impressed and she said they had reopened the order books and I ordered one for myself as a 2nd car. My current car has about 500 hp more than the MG EP+ and is also electric, it's a Porsche with a 510km range and the fact the MG EP+ impressed me speaks volumes about it. We live in Chiang Rai and my daughter goes to university in Chiang Mai, she used 43% of her battery to drive between the two and I extrapolated that out at the claimed 380km range. About the government scheme, they approved 4,000 MG EP+ and 2,000 pre-facelift MG ZS EV's and quickly sold out. Because of the low deposit requirements and the unexpected extended delivery time, many people refused their cars when they arrived after 6 months and the order books were opened again, I'm not sure if they are still open but 2 of my friends tried my daughter's car and immediately ordered the same car for delivery early next year. The EP+ is subject to a facelift with a lot more tech, it's the only one available in the UK now, I'm sure we will see it soon here, but I prefer the nose of the pre-facelift EP+. Like @KhunLA my daughters insurance in event of a total loss is more than we paid for it and the car is a bargain at 771,000 baht. I checked with Roojai and renewal is about 9,000 baht. I did change the headlight bulbs for HID Xenon at 1,800 baht because I'm not a fan of Halogen finding them unsafe and fitted a dash cam for her. MG's fitters are not supposed to install the supplied wall charger at houses that don't have a 30/100 amp meter, but this is Thailand and they probably will. My daughter's charger and my Porsche charger are still new and boxed and will be sold with the cars eventually. We have 3rd party adjustable (10, 16, 24, 32 amp) chargers on blue industrial 32 amp plugs and sockets and 40 amp breakers at both houses in Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai. Our Chiang Mai home has plenty of power but here in Chiang Rai I can only charge at 10 amps without sunlight. I have never been further than Chiang Mai in my car and never charged it on DC, I will next June when I will drive it to Bangkok for its first service at 2 years old. I can't imagine ever having an ICE car after a BEV car.

It's my understanding you can't het a 2nd meter without a blue housebook (I tried)

I got one for my daughter about a month ago, I was so impressed I ordered another for myself whilst the 227,000 baht government sponsored discount is still available (I drive an electric Porsche so that is high praise indeed). MG's fitters are not supposed to install the supplied wall charger on anything smaller than a 30/100 amp meter. My advice would be to source a blue industrial 32 amp surface mounted wall socket and plug and tip the fitters something for inserting that before the charger. You can then unplug and take the charger with you if you move, or better still, keep the charger in the box and buy a 3rd party charger about 6,000 baht on AliExpress that switches 10, 16, 24 or 32 amp. Depending on where you live, your mains power might be too weak to charge at 32 amp. Further, if you are charging at the full 32 amps, the car will tell you how long to a full charge when you press the remote locking button (even when it's locked & still charging) and then you can set a timer on your phone and stop charging an hour before it's completed, except when you need a full charge and once a month to balance the cells in the battery packs. You shouldn't fully charge a BEV to 100% all the time, it's not good for the battery's longevity. Likewise, don't leave it below 20% SoC to charge again unless you have to & never leave it a long time at 100%. The dealer told us the iSmart app doesn't work fully on the EP+ and the cards they had in stock for fast charging wouldn't work either. They promised to get us new cards for the MG fast charger network, but I'm not holding my breath.

I had to look up government mandated deposit protection schemes, I moved here from the UK in early 2007 and there was no such requirement then. A great idea though. The problem here is many landlords view the deposit as their "signing on" bonus and it's long gone by the time the tenancy finishes, whereas in reality it's the tenant's "signing off" bonus for completing the tenancy's full term without damage or outstanding bills. In my experience only about half of tenancies here go to the full term. I've had a Chinese company do a moonlight flit, a French couple tell me they have no money, a Danish guy who said he wanted something cheaper, amongst others. I never had a problem with tenants leaving early in the UK and normally they would renew and stay for years.

What Thailand needs is an affordable "Small Claims" system. The odds are stacked against the wronged party unless the claim is in 6 figures.

Because the landlord doesn't get the 2 month's deposit, the agent takes half of it upfront, and the tenant is only entitled to return of the deposit at the end of the tenancy agreement. He doesn't get any deposit back if he breaks the lease and leaves early (unless he finds a suitable replacement tenant).

It depends on the tenancy agreement. Usually, the tenancy agreement says the deposit will be refunded after deducting any damage and outstanding utility bills. It can't be illegal not to pay a utility bill if there is a condition of not doing so in the contract.

Please quote your evidence

I have seen it sold as cheap as 3 baht/gram with a claimed 21% THC content. Certainly prices are falling because of oversupply, it had to happen when any Thai can grow a few plants at home. I used to be a magistrate and whilst my experience is anecdotal, recreational cannabis use was a huge problem. Pot heads are likely to say "but look at alcohol..." that's just obfuscation, we are talking about cannabis not alcohol. If you really want to know about recreational cannabis use then you have to take your evidence from peer reviewed scientific articles. Start googling with the word cannabis followed by BMJ, or Lancet, or other sensible sources of peer reviewed studies. Without exception they come to only one conclusion.

Repainting a room because one wall is damaged is not necessarily unreasonable if repainting the wall is going to stand out like a sore thumb. There shouldn't be any scuffs on any wall anyway, I have lived here 17 years and never scuffed a wall, I don't recall ever doing it in my entire adult life. I rent out property, I put a percentage of the rent each month into a separate deposit account to refund the deposit at the end of the tenancy, that way I don't notice the pain of returning the deposit at the end of the agreement. I also write into the agreement that a deduction will be made for professional cleaning all the air cons at the end of the agreement and replacing the water filters in the Reverse Osmosis drinking water system as both activities were done prior to the tenant moving in and are really consumables. Air con indoor unit filters should be cleaned every 30-60 days, I do that in my house, how many tenants ever do it? My experience is zero. What every landlord wants is a tenant who stays long term, I have never understood this thing about moving to a new property every 6 or 12 months. A lot of landlords don't refund deposits because they can't afford to, it's just a symptom of them being incapable of managing their finances properly. What really riles me, is agents who continue to rent out properties of landlords who serially keep deposits. In my book they are jointly liable. When my tenants have a problem, I move heaven and earth to fix it as quickly as possible. Every landlord wants good tenants and every tenant wants a good landlord.

Standardised, hot swappable batteries… That’s far too sensible.

EV car batteries are far too expensive to repeatedly cycle, they are fine for emergency use during a power cut, but it's simply not economic to cycle them to sell the power to PEA.

My daughter test drove the Jolion but sitting in the passenger seat I found the NVH (noise vibration harshness) considerably the worst in class and we quickly discounted it. It also rides a bit firm.

Just remember the definition of stupidity before you fall in love again....

All Farang’s driving Porsche’s are evil people. Oh wait, I drive an electric Porsche.

There are hundreds of EV charging stations operated by a dozen or so network operators. MG alone has at least one fast DC charger every 150km in Thailand. Charging is not a problem anymore. For sure the network will need vast expansion as BEV’s become mainstream, but it is coming and the outlet’s are fairly standard, unless you drive an imported Tesla then you no doubt have the adaptor you need to use everyone else's network. CP & PTT are going to put them at their gas stations and 7/11 stores.

Google Maps takes some time to be updated, we have 2 EV’s and a 3rd on order. My daughter just drove from our home in Chiang Rai to our Chiang Mai home and used 43% of her battery in her MG EP+ which for a limited time is still available at 771,000 baht…an absolute bargain (the government pay a substantial part of the cost on the first 6,000 MG BEV’s sold this year). I have a somewhat more expensive BEV with a range of 510km. I know of at least 1 charger at a coffee shop on the way to CM, they are being added weekly and often they are completely free to use.

I hope he wasn't inebriated, insurance companies don't pay out in Thailand if inebriated and he will have 2 cars to pay for .....

I think the OP needs reminding of the definition of stupidity…