JBChiangRai

I don’t bang on about anything, and I never mentioned any magical solution, I simply said what Israel is doing is wrong. I don’t have to offer a solution, that’s not my job, it is up to Israel to devise a solution that isn’t (a) driven by revenge and (b) doesn’t massacre thousands of innocent people. In my initial post, The fact I didn’t comment on Hamas cannot be taken as any kind of tacit approval, nor can it lead to the conclusion that my head is in the sand. I did condemn Hamas when asked my position. What number of Israeli’s massacred or taken prisoner by Hamas justifies them to slaughter thousands of innocent people? 1, 10, 100, 1000, a million? When do reprisals represent justice or revenge? In that context the comments you made about what Hamas did are irrelevant. I would say there is no number that justifies a response that massacres thousands of innocent people. What Hamas has done should have no bearing on innocent people. Israel’s beef is with Hamas, not citizens of Gaza. What is the purpose in asking half the population of Gaza to move into the South, isn’t it likely Hamas will move with them? I am aware most people don’t think so, but I expect Israel to annex Northern Gaza.

Their God would tell them to turn the other cheek. A flippant answer I grant you, but any solution should not involve killing thousands of innocents. Israel is at war with Hamas, not Gaza.

I never commented or condoned Hamas. Did you mean to say Israel in your first sentence? I condemn Hamas's attack on Israel, I condemn Israel's response. The only people I don't condemn is the innocent Palestinians dying in their thousands at Israel's hands. Two wrongs don't make a right. As a Brit, I am fully aware of the history and we must take the blame for initiating the whole problem. My head is not in the sand, I am very well informed about the history of this conflict. As I said above, I condemn Hamas for their attack, I also condemn Israel for their response in killing thousands of innocents. another solution needs to be found, but collateral damage on this scale is not acceptable, it looks more like bloody revenge to me than anything else.

Anything more than 15% per annum is illegal.

I buy all my prescription glasses and sunglasses on AliExpress, cheap and excellent quality.

That is illegal if it's per day, per month, or per year, it's legal if it's per 16 months. A farang's wife here in Chiang Rai borrowed at an exorbitant rate and he went to the police to complain about their threats, the police told him since it was a contract between 2 people they couldn't get involved. I told him to take his complaint to higher up, he didn't.

Fortunately, it's not my decision to make. But killing thousands of innocent Palestinians to rid Gaza of Hamas wouldn't be an option I would consider.

You are right, 88% is the proportion of vehicle sales, I did say "market share" first time I stated it which is correct, I did erroneously then quote 88% on the next reference. I think the only technology re fueling vehicles that has mastered us is petroleum distillates. As I have said before, ultimately we will see Hydrogen cars sold alongside BEV's, H2 cars will be cheaper and less desirable because they will cost 3 times as much to run per kilometer (maybe as much as 5 times more).

I think you will find almost all EV owners are happy in Thailand, I have never heard of an unhappy EV owner (cue unhappy EV owner...)

Perhaps I should have said Norway has less issues now than when it had ICE vehicles. As we know ICE vehicles are 10 times less likely to be involved in fires. I grant you, the resultant fire if there is one, is much more of a problem to deal with. Regarding Thailand, most EV's are using LFP battery chemistry which is much safer than NMC. Some of the high-performance vehicles will continue to use NMC because of the higher energy density. For those of us that have done our research, we all prefer LFP which is more suited to Thailand as we don't get cold winters.

Hamas bombs Israel Israel bombs Gaza, a tiny fraction of 1% are Hamas This is not an answer. Israel should only go after Hamas, collateral damage of thousands of Palestinians can't be right, it sounds like a war crime to me. Imagine a shooter kills people in a market and runs into a nearby bank containing 200 people, it would not be acceptable to kill everyone in the bank in order to kill the shooter, yet the analogy isn't far off. A better man would not retaliate this way.

More nonsense. Electric vehicles now have a market share of 88% in Norway with none of the issues you've mentioned. Thailand is extending it's incentive campaign contributing towards purchase price of BEV's. Nothing in a car is more inflammable than Petrol, yet we have mastered that, just as we have mastered Lithium batteries. Norway with 88% electrified vehicles has no issues with fires, it's a non-event. For every "expert" proclaiming doom & gloom, there are dozens of others claiming BS. As for uninsurability, I just insured my daughter's MG EP+ and IIRC it was around 8,000 baht for first class insurance. Rather than "thinking been abolished" it's the intelligentsia who have researched their intended purchases very carefully and then gone ahead with their EV purchase. I personally am on my 3rd EV and I couldn't be happier. I got very enjoyable, dirt cheap, silent motoring and a great resale price on the 2 I sold. I will never buy another ICE vehicle.

I'll take you last point first, In the past 6 years my family here in Thailand have had 4 PHEV/EV's, a Mercedes Benz, a Porsche Taycan, an MGEP+, an MG4 and I have an MG Cyberster on order. I chose to give the only mandated hours for a certain class of vehicle which is 4.5 hours. The advice to all motorists in Highway Code Rule 91, is much stricter, to take a 15 minute break every 2 hours. It is against the law in the UK to drink alcohol and drive or smoke cannabis and drive. The answer invariably given to the courts is "40+ years of driving and no accidents". There is no excuse acceptable. By your own admission you are a regular cannabis user and I suspect you still drive. The advice by His Majesty's Gov't in the UK, is you can drive OR you can smoke Cannabis. If you want to smoke Cannabis then surrender your licence. This advice is given because you can still fail a drug wipe & associated blood test the following day and the risk of an accident increases. Thailand is in its infancy regarding legislation around this but that does not give you licence to get stoned and go out and drive and perhaps wipe out a loved member of someone's family. All part of the plan... Cannabis induced Paranoia? More Cannabis induced Paranoia?

He went for premium in Arctic Blue with Blue Interior

More colours in the UK, like a camo green and nardo grey.

I am fairly sure Israel will annex the Northern part of the Gaza strip. It more than halves their border with Gaza for a start and it punishes Hamas and that punishment like the proverbial rolls downhill to the Palestinians. What cemented it for me, was Israel bombing the hospital, I am fairly sure they did do that, adio analysis seems to suggest it came from Israel and it had to go for annexation to go ahead.

Is Thailand only getting the Black interior? My brother in law ordered one in Australia with a blue interior.

I got 90% of the price I paid new for a 2 year old EV Another member here advertised and sold his EV within an hour and got more than he paid. Let's talk Suzuki shall we? I paid 350k for a 10 month old Suzuki Ciaz RS, approximately 50% depreciation in 10 months.

My comment went over your head?

With a bit of luck you might get Transman with his Celery!

I think it's fair to accept that there are 2 leaders in EV technology, one is Tesla, the other is China. I doubt Tesla will keep up. People won't want aging designs, Models S,3,X,Y they want a new design every few years. IMHO, China is already overtaking Tesla. Some reviewers are already saying that BYD's Seal is a superior car to Tesla's 3. It's certainly far better finished and equipped. And I think it's universally accepted that the Lucid Air is a superior car to Tesla's S as is The Porsche Taycan & Audi equivalent.

I am 100% sure they import components from China, it's straight forward economics

Get back under your bridge!

It's substantially bigger than the Mazda, substantially faster, and will be substantially more expensive. It's also substantially better.

I have had lots of Jags, one of which was the XJS V12, I had lots of XJ6's, XJ12's in saloon & coupe form and a Daimler Double Six Van den Plas. In my early 20's I used to deal in them. The 12 cylinder engine has a problem with oil pressure. You have to check the pressure when the engine is hot, if it's low it's a very expensive engine rebuild. I think they were superb cars and I loved driving them, healthy margin in dealing in them too. I would love another with an EV conversion.