JBChiangRai

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?

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).