JBChiangRai

It's very difficult once you have owned an EV to go back to a smelly, noisy, sluggish, unresponsive, vibrating ICE vehicle.

You're missing the point with Tesla. The model 3 is about 50% more here than China. Tesla is outsold in China to a significant extent by BYD. There have been 6 price reductions on Tesla in the USA since they launched here but no price reductions here (yet). I wouldn't consider buying a Tesla here unless they gave me 2 years price protection and they are not going to do that. Buy a Tesla here and you're going to get burned. And we haven't even debated that the model 3 & Y do not have a premium cabin and are plagued with poor quality control issues.

I would change that statement a little "I believe the very overpriced Tesla & European car brands will have to normalize their prices with the many coming premium Chinese car models from China entering Thailand." Whilst I am sure Tesla will drop their prices massively, I am less certain about other premium brands like Audi, Porsche, BMW & Mercedes who target a different kind of buyer.

Been to another Asian country whilst awaiting my new passport, no problems at all.

Ask them to ship THAILAND special line, the freight is a bit more expensive, but it includes duty and it works out massively cheaper

So you like two hours do you, Charlie, you must have a lot of stamina!!!

I ordered this body kit from my local MG dealer, 13,500 baht installed. I haven't ordered new wheels and tyres though.

Air Asia is my least favourite airline, but sometimes there's little choice. you also have to be darn sure you will fly as getting a refund is nigh on impossible. I have a friend still awaiting his promised refund from early Covid days. You get better prices for Air Asia with Booking.com than their own website/app.

I always chat to people in queues, I can't recall most of the older Russians, but the younger one I heard him talking to his girlfriend and greeted him and asked if they were Russian, that broke the ice and we talked. I do remember one of the older Russian's, a lady, actually she talked to me, I lost my hat in the sea at Kata Noi and told my son & his wife in the hotel pool and she overheard and said she had lost hers too. To be fair, all the older Russian's I spoke with were in fact on holiday and quite pleasant, the exception being when I wore my Puck Futin T-shirt, I had my children & grandchildren with me, there were 10 of us and I sat in the corner facing out, making it impossible to accidentally spill a drink on me ???? We all felt the hate that night. I also have more T-shirts with the Ukraine colours and Russian Warships Go "procreate" yourself.

I have talked with about half a dozen, only the young couple queuing before me for an ice cream were anti Putin & his war and were extremely worried about where they could go next.

They can also fly with Emirates & other Gulf Airlines, they still fly into and out of Russia.

A lot of the Russian's here are hypocrites, they support Putin and his war, they just don't want to fight in it. It tends to be younger generation who are opposed to Putin & his war, this latter group has my sumpathy and should be welcomed with open arms. I have no sympathy whatsoever with Putin supporters.

Yes lots in Kata, I was there last month eating in Pomodoro Italian Restaurant proudly wearing my T-Shirt and I got lots of people looking daggers at me, I can't imagine why.

Everyone assumes the war started in 2022. It actually started before 2014, then it was a hybrid war with Russian forces without insignia fighting Ukraine in the Donbas under the guise of being Ukrainians but wanting to join Russia. Minsk 1 in 2014 failed to stop the fighting. Minsk 2 aimed to stop the fighting and included a crucial clause aimed at Russia, "To withdraw illegal armed groups and military equipment as well as fighters and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine". Unsurprisingly, Russia said they had no personnel in Donbas. Putin saying Ukraine or the West failing to adhere to Minsk 2 as an excuse to invade Ukraine openly, was a smoke screen.

500k GBP but mustn't let the balance drop below 300k or you can have a mortgage with them for over 500K.

MG advertise that they have SuperChargers every 150km They also say non-MG's can use them, but you need an MG iShare card and it doesn't seem possible to get one to register if you don't have an MG. I did try my non-MG car on the fast DC charger at the MG dealership using my daughter's iShare RFID card and it was fine (much to the MG salesperson's surprise).

No really appropriate when talking about one country invading another. It only takes one invader to create one defender.

Company A controls Company B, but Company A is controlled by Thai's owning 51% of it. The Thai's owning Company A effectively control Company B, not the foreigner. All perfectly legal.

I chose this one because it has a Universal socket on it and is rated at 3.3 Kw, most of the other cables are rated at 2 Kw. Also, I thought I might butcher it and screw or solder a 32 amp cable directly to the pins. I think MG say the V2L function is rated at 2 or 2.2 Kw however, in tests in the UK it runs happily up to 6.6 Kw which is unsurprising as it uses the cars inverter for driving the motor which is rated at 125kw. I used to have a 5.5 Kw Diesel Generator in my last house for emergencies and that would run 4 air cons and everything else in the house. On the MG4 you can set the SoC remaining to your chosen percentage to shut off the V2L function. Unfortunately, I already have a solar power installation with batteries, but can't help wondering how 869,000 baht for an entry level MG4 compares to a 50 Kw LFP Battery, Charger & Inverter bought separately for Emergency Power, with the bonus you can go out & about in it! Also. the battery comes with an 8 year warranty, I suspect most solar installations in the UK have a useless warranty or none at all.

It is surprising how much they actually do know. I was questioned about why I had withdrawn 2M baht in Australia with my ATM card. I never gave them any bank details. Fortunately I used an agent and they advised me how to respond to the query.

I bought this V2L adaptor on Shopee for 1,400 baht, works a treat on the MG4

Electrified but not illuminated! I am shocked at such a dim decision.

The grille thing is a trend I like, especially if it illuminates (which I think it does).

I got something in my inbox about the new MG VS HEV having a 100k discount, that would bring the top model down to 819k. What I like about this car is its instrument display, it looks like it's copied from a Benz E-Class, I prefer it to the Jolion it's competing with, especially in Green.

Wrapping a Tesla makes a lot of sense, not only is it cheaper than their colours, it also protects the paintwork and in Chiang Rai only costs 25k Don't forget to change the colour on the Tabien Rod, I did get stopped by the BiB with my blue MG4 asking if it was a wrap, I think they were itching for some Tea Money.