JBChiangRai

Correct. That is the proper advice from my accountant too.

I did one page previously.

It's far cheaper to buy a conventional AC, solar panels and an inverter.

Nobody said they were. Always quote in context.

Been there and got the T-Shirt.

The stats have been posted probably about a dozen times now on these forums, but I'll post them again, just for special you. The figures are how often a car with an ICE engine under the bonnet catches fire compared to a pure EV, figures are per 100,000 sales so are harmonised to the fact there are more ICE vehicles on the road. Sweden 147 times more likely (3400/23) Petrol and diesel cars 20 times more likely to catch fire than EVs (thedriven.io) Singapore 118 times more likely (356/3) EV fire cases rise with growing adoption of such cars | The Straits Times Australia 98 times more likely (393/4) Electric vehicle fires are very rare. The risk for petrol and diesel vehicles is at least 20 times higher (theconversation.com) America 199 times more likely (5004/25.1) Government data show gasoline vehicles are up to 100x more prone to fires than EVs | Electrek

Probably disassembled and repaired with a new blade replacing the faulty one. They are too valuable to throw away.

I'm not into gardening, but I'm sure my ex-wife planted Chlamydia in our garden back home.

Yet the fact remains that BEV's are massively less likely to catch fire than a legacy car.

All those elements you mention make recycling Lithium batteries a profitable operation. I'm sure there will be lots of recycling going on as Lithium batteries begin to reach their end of life in the next 20 years or so.

You are leaping to a conclusion and the data contradicts that conclusion. I'm sorry you don't like government statistics and I commend you in your fanciful way of reading them.

I can't agree that the batteries are the problem, not the ICE. We have figures for ICE, EV and lastly Hybrid (i.e. an ICE and EV combined). The figures for the ICE are about 11 times higher than the EV, so the problem seems to come from the ICE. The Hybrid is 130 times higher than the EV.

It's never wrong to have a test for STI, include HIV & Syphilis in there too. Unlikely that these are the cause. When your immune system is fighting off an infection, you are at risk of other infections, especially STI's so always wear a raincoat. Incidentally, a condom will not always protect you from an STI, but it does help and PrEP helps with HIV & Hepatitis.

Whilst I sure your sentiments on the CCP, principles are expensive. Their cars are cheap, but as UBS pointed out they are superior not inferior.

I prefer to rely on the Swiss bankers UBS who paid an engineering company to strip down a BYD Seal and report on it. Their report (predictably to the German Automaker Industry) warned those automakers that they had a problem. Because usually when a car is cheaper, the quality is less and conversely when a car is more expensive the quality increases. They warned that German Automakers have a problem because not only is the price cheaper, the quality is excellent and the Chinese are at least a generation ahead. In many ways, German Automakers are ahead of the curve for EV cars, VAG, Mercedes & BMW have been providing EV's and PHEV's for quite a few years. If they are a generation behind the Chinese, imagine how bad it is for Japanese & American automakers, Stellantis and others in Europe. In terms of quality, Toyota are buying BYD's blade batteries for new EV's as are Mercedes. On the matter of resale value, the Thai market is seeing no disparity between EV's and ICE. 3 years ago I bought a very expensive new BEV from VAG, I sold it on it's 2nd birthday and I now have a BYD Seal. The quality is almost identical.

I am probably more up on the recent changes than you are, I predicted them years ago. It is NOT about us, not yet anyway. Nobody is stopping you being a lemming and registering for a TIN/filling out a tax return, and the RD will love you for it. The changes are there for Thai nationals, yes they do theoretically apply to foreigners, but until they come out and say so, ignore the experts who want to make a dime out of filling in your returns or consultancy fees. The RD are between a rock and a hard place, they can't come out and say it's not farang's we're after because their own citizens will accuse them of favouritism. The best advice, is wait and see what happens, and don't advise others to do it, even if you must. Further, my accountant who does both our company and my tax returns, said do thing, wait and see.

You said any car!

No you're out by a factor of 10, any Hybrid is 130 times (One hundred and thirty) times more likely to catch fire than an EV. Government data show gasoline vehicles are up to 100x more prone to fires than EVs | Electrek

The one thing you shouldn’t be doing is filling in a tax return. Nothing has changed for us foreigners, it’s business as usual.

The problem with the police is that only the new recruits who play the game get promoted. The game is bribes and passing the bulk of it up the hierarchy. This leads to only corrupt officials in middle and senior positions. It's probably impossible to fix that.

Congratulations. A good solid, unexciting, safe choice.

You're forgetting that EV's are between 11 and 130 times less likely to catch fire than an ICE car. I suspect this guy has wired a 12v lithium battery in parallel with his existing 12v battery expecting the car to charge it. There was likely no BMS (Battery Management System) and if you overcharge a Lithium battery for any length of time, you will destroy it, most likely it will catch fire. We have 2 Lithium batteries that replaced the Lead-Acid ones in two motorbikes. They have the all-important BMS built into the battery.

ER is probably not the best place, they deal with emergencies, unless he sees a "star", they will probably send him home with paracetamol. He needs to see a specialist like Sheryl suggested. I have a "star" in Chiang Rai Government Hospital that I see every 6 months. I had a kidney stone and my kidneys started crashing, I saw a urologist on her recommendation, he sent me away with tablets to dissolve the stone. On the way back in the car she called me on LINE and told me to turn around and go back, the urologist had missed that my kidneys were crashing. They operated the next day.

Useful post, stop him going to a doctor and find out what it really is. On his tombstone “Skipalongcassidy said there was nothing wrong with me”

My money is on the supply not making a good contact or the terminals not being torqued down correctly. It's 32 amps for 7 hours, it's vital it's installed properly.