JBChiangRai

I think you can wrap the badge on the front in any colour you want, even transparent colour, chromes

Presumably they are going to build solar farms to do that, in my opinion, they would be better something that Solar into the grid instead of burning coal. The problem with green hydrogen is, it’s only about 20% efficient by the time it’s in your car, Compared with the original electricity City used to make it, So it’s always going to be a lot more expensive than a BEV, unless it’s subsidised to a massive degree

All the back badges are coming off the back on mine, then I will put just one badge, the black 3.8s or maybe the black AWD

I made the mistake of ordering a Yamaha Clavinova, paying through my debit card. They had no stock so cancelled my order, it took about a month to get over 100k THB back. I never order anything expensive without checking the supplier has stock.

There is something different about diesel vehicles in Thailand. I smell them immediately I am behind one. That doesn't happen in the UK. Maybe they don't have catalytic converters here or DPFs, but there's definitely something very different. I think a lot of the poor air quality is down to diesel engines.

I'm not sure I agree, I think there are 2 kinds of expensive wristwatch wearers, those who keep it for best and wear it on special occasions and those who put it on every day and forget it. I got my first Rolex (Datejust Oyster, Champagne Dial, Bimetal Jubilee Strap) when I was 30 and whilst it felt special then, it became ordinary, the only time it ever came off my wrist was to be serviced, it felt special (in a bad way) when I had to pay the bill for service every few years. It was usually filthy in the clasp by servicing time, I never cleaned it. Someone once said to me that if you get mugged in Thailand they won't take your watch because they don't know what they are worth and if they do they will think it's fake. I sold it this year because the service was 50,000 baht with new parts and they said they couldn't polish the bracelet next time as it was worn too much and wanted over 100,000 baht to replace it, I declined. Some watches can be a great investment, I wanted particular watch a couple of years ago and had to buy a cheaper model first to join the queue. The watch I ultimately got is worth 3 times what I paid for it, and again, I wear it 24/7, showering, swimming etc. It's a vastly overpriced watch considering it's just steel but a great investment. There's no ego involved in wearing a good watch, it's simply put it on and forget.

Now you've had the SinJet mirror awhile, how are you finding it to live with? nighttime etc?

It could have been a ploy given by the manager to the salesman to get me to take a car this year. I was in 2 minds whether to wrap it anyway, I love the frozenberry colour. I paid a deposit, it lists what I get free etc, interestingly it says delivery date 18th January 2024, which is exactly 3 months from order date, the salesman told me 30-45 days delivery for Space Grey Performance. Another salesguy in Chiang Mai told me 3 months, so he was probably better informed. I test drove 19th October, I drove half the journey, my brother in-law from Australia drove the other half. When we got back to the dealership, I ordered mine and he ordered his Blue Premium online in Australia whilst in the showroom here. At the time, the Seal was just being launched, he got his car last Friday. @Mr MeeseeksWhich colour did you choose?

50k THB for a polo shirt would stick in my craw!

That sucks!

The salesman called me to say my Space Grey Seal Performance will not come till next year and price may go up 50k THB, he's not sure on the price increase yet. He can get me white or black performance now, so I told him to get me the white one and I will wrap it Porsche FrozenBerry. I should have it later this week.

Here's a suggestion to use your TOU meter for your whole house on the cheap rate, but only if they are both on the same phase and that can't be changed without you knowing and you have a WiFi signal where you bring them together in your house. Program ... the TOU breaker to connect at time TOU cheap rate starts the NORMAL RATE breaker to disconnect 1 minute after the TOU cheap rate starts the NORMAL RATE breaker to connect at the time TOU cheap rate finishes the TOU breaker to disconnect 1 minute after time TOU cheap rate finishes There will be no momentary loss of power causing any glitches. The WiFi breakers below are just some of the many TUYA ones available, some cheaper, some more expensive.

Why have 1 when you can have 3? I have a 16amp charger, and a switchable 32amp, 24amp, 16amp, 10amp charger. I also have a granny charger that looks identical to the switchable one on the wall but on a 16amp plug, it's switchable 6amp, 10amp, 13amp and 16amp it also has a 10 meter long cable, we've only used it once when my daughter stayed overnight at a motel in Phayao.

So, contrary to what you were saying, this will make EV insurance cheaper and you can look at it as full cover for the battery at price X or diminishing cover for the battery at cheaper price Y. It will be interesting to see if they remove the "any driver" option. Tesla once demonstrated the automated battery swap on a Model S. The car drove onto the machine, the machine removed and swapped the battery pack and the car drove off. Like most of Musk's promises, they either never happen or happen years later. Customers in the UK are suing Tesla for refunds on their $8,000 payment for Full Self Driving on cars they bought 4 years ago and it still hasn't been delivered. One customer refused to sign the gagging clause and won his case, the floodgates are now open. This video is worse than clickbait, it has nothing to do with Toyota. There is no such thing as a water engine and never will be. It's a scientific impossibility.

So it’s not confirmed yet

And if you are renting the battery then it would be insured by NIO I would expect.

Swapping batteries makes a lot of sense for long distance travelers. However, I wouldn't want to rent a battery, I don't like recurring payments, usually a ruse to increase profitability.

We will see, I suspect not.

I disagree. The article said... It is expected to be finalized in September. The EV insurance policy will be implemented from January 1, 2024 onwards. "Because it is new, there will be involvement in the system, whether it is the people, manufacturers, dealers, sales channels, insurance companies and OIC offices. The article was September and yet there has to be involvement of specified third parties. It's not a done deal until the fat lady sings. We will know in a little over a week, I will attempt to insure an EV with Roojai and revert.

@vinny41 I think you have taken the position of an EV hater, and you are trying to find articles to support your position. It's far better to have an open mind.

The OIC article said there would be consultation with various groups, so it's only a fluff piece until it's finalised.

The article from OIC is almost 4 months old, yet we have heard nothing. I suspect it's not implemented. time will tell.

I am not sure customers will accept this, Tesla is a mature model in USA and we've not seen it there. Battery degradation is nothing like 10% per year, I can see EV owners asking the dealer to check battery SoH (state of health) and expecting that to be covered. I would for sure. Roojai are already doing this and our premium for an MG EP+ was only 8,500 baht, we had to specify all regular drivers, we paid a surcharge to cover any occasional driver. We have 2 countries with mature models, China & USA. USA aren't doing this, I find the Chinese article suspect, it's talking about one company only. What I do think we'll see if insurance becomes an issue, is companies like BYD offering and underwriting insurance on their cars and freezing out the middle man. That would be no bad thing. There is no way that the Thai government will allow insurance companies to derail their go EV policy.

They have pitched them higher, but if we accepted the earlier poster as fact, then their risk is 25% more so there is no need to increase premiums by more than 25% which would retain the same profit margin. There are other problems in the UK, a very high percentage of cars aren't taxed or insured and this puts premiums up for everybody, but it doesn't affect EV's more than legacy cars.

Nonsense, insurance is a competitive business, there's no opportunity to profiteer or you lose market share. Like all businesses they are driven by profit & growth, profiteer and your growth goes negative.