JBChiangRai

I wonder how many non-Brits got that one?

Is that with your postman Bob? On a serious note, it's good that we see this, for too long it has been illegal and resulted in prison or suicide, society has a lot of catching up to do and I think seeing this is a good thing. We need to break down the barriers from people who prejudicially find it distasteful and if that means it's in our face for a while, that's a very good thing.

Actually, the statistics from China match the ones from the USA, it's times less fires for EV's than ICE in China. You will find it here in the history of this thread.

There are lots of statistics out there compiled by the US Gov't and others, EV's are more than 10 times less likely to catch fire than ICE cars. This has been discussed and proven ad nauseum on this thread and others.

There are roughly 75-80% losses by the time Hydrogen produces electricity in your Hydrogen car, more if you explode it to move pistons. I'm talking about Green Hydrogen.

Can I suggest you look at the efficiency of electrolysing water for Hydrogen production, compression, storage, transmission, storage again and then fueling and Hydrogen vehicle, and then compare that to putting the Electricity used to generate that Hydrogen straight into a battery? Hydrogen cars are going to cost around 5 times more per kilometer to run than a BEV. Even so, I think there will be a limited market for Hydrogen powered vehicles alongside what will ultimately be much more desirable a BEV.

I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you

I will have to ask Wallace, he's been there with his dog.

Did someone superimpose a Walmart customer on that picture?

You need to remember that 1.88% interest in Thailand is not the same as everywhere else, it's not calculated on depreciating balance, it's 1.88% of the capital multiplied by the number of years, it's probably nearer 3% what we would call APR in the UK.

Maybe. If there is one country that does have its act together currently, it's Thailand.

You don't really need them in shopping malls, you need fast DC chargers on major routes and the odd one or two in towns. Hotels are already fitting AC chargers which is also necessary. Almost every charger on major routes are fast DC and there are a plethora of them currently. We need Condo buildings to get their act together, this must be putting a lot of people off buying EV's.

I did briefly consider buying one for emergencies when Covid struck. If it had proven more contagious, you wouldn't have been able to get hold of one at any price.

I tend to agree, it's often used as an excuse to vastly inflate their prices.

Yes, it's kind of a shame because it was useful to see who they were. Who are we missing that hasn't posted yet, I can think of @Bandersnatch are there any more?

Within the barracks compounds there are usually several ultra-luxurious mansions replete with maids, butlers et al, these are reserved for senior generals and their families. Anyone who thinks this isn't what Thaksin wouldn't be given as his "barracks" doesn't know Thailand very well.

Thanks for that, very useful

I am particularly interested in the breakdown of the different variants in each model. My dealer told me that with the Seal most Thais buy the Premium, it seems that us farangs prefer the performance, so far anyway.

You can now post your Dolphin, Crossy very kindly amended the poll options for me

Married 3 times? Don’t you know the definition of stupidity?

This what happens when you post before coffee

That’s not enough to avoid the scam. It works like this, you order something expensive, the seller marks it being packed for shipping. The seller ships something cheap to you directly with an official looking Lazada label, it’s delivered COD, the seller never actually ships anything through the Lazada official channel and the sale times out and is automatically canceled by Lazada. If you’re on the ball, you can avoid this scam, but if you have multiple orders being delivered regularly and even worse multiple household members ordering then you need to devise a system to safeguard you. Or you never ship COD which is the rule in my household. It’s the easiest and safest solution.

I only pay by link to my bank account debit card I think so I don't know. There are too many people in this household to use COD, (checking every order would be a nightmare).

I get refunds often, never into a wallet.

Correct, that is one of the COD scams. The OP was expecting something but what arrived did not come from Lazada, the shipper sent it direct and ultimately Lazada cancel the sale because the shipper never shipped it.