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It used to be said one bought two Jaguars, as one was guaranteed to be in the service shop being fixed. I still remember one Austin - a Westminster or similar name - that still had wire mechanical brakes when everyone else had gone to hydraulics. Who could forget the Hillman Imp, which went from terminal understeer to lethal oversteer on a small change in tyre pressure? Or the first Ford Prefect?

The jury is still out on whether Chinese cars have the same reliability as the Japanese and Korean brands. The Honda Accord of the 2000's had an awesome reputation. LDV in Australia has already achieved the cachet of worst s!!tbox for rust.

That might explain why some of their quality statistics are going downhill.

Most people would view that as positive.

You think the Japanese and Koreans are importing car components from China? They would probably sooner chew razor blades.

Er - AFAIK the Japanese and Korean build their cars with domestically produced steel.

Spot on.

I see, a post attacking me is on topic. And you talk about hypocrisy.

The vast majority of your posts are on the single Chicken Little theme, debunked multiple times by reality. It's called monomania. I have only ever had two nom de plumes on TV/ASEAN, wrong yet again. If you have a life outside ASEAN, IMO it would be a sad one.

There is pubic hair, and soap can be irritating.

My GF's father had never been outside his village until two years before he died at age 88. The neighbouring rice fields are as far as he got. They say travel broadens the mind, it likely also fires the imagination.

I am 80. While I still have quality of life, I intend to enjoy it.

You are right, and wrong. Most people do prefer to stay where they are, out of habit. It's not a peculiar mindset. Different, yes. I would die of boredom in Australia. I speak Thai quite competently. Thailand probably has the best infrastructure of any SE Asian country, except Singapore. Many retirees here have Thai families they support, and get support in return. Your "sad and lonely" retirees occupy bar stools, I doubt they are a majority, albeit most visible.

I would rather pay more for the room, and less for a 50 yo GF.

You are obviously not Australian. There, the best I could afford would be a mobile home.Housing would be out of my reach to own, renting would take 60% of my pension. Here, I have a house and a condo to live in, two cars, two motorbikes. I will always feel better about my decision to live here.

Is this shortly Thai Time?

Given the level of education of the average Thai, it's more likely Thais have a real sense of inferiority. Wasn't there a thread about Thai IQ some time ago?

I don't think they are stupid, just unable to uproot themselves. My guess is people who retire outside their homeland are far more likely to have travelled extensively.

In my case, it's what type I will get next.

I recently purged Windows 11 from a new laptop, and installed Linux Mint instead. Far more user-friendly, and far less likely to have viruses attacking every day.

If it takes you 11 days to come up with a nonsensical response, the mind boggles at how long a rational one would take you.

Your choice if you want to play Russian roulette with your dick. Don't come whining on this forum if a bullet eventually catches you. Of course, you could be in a stable relationship, and are just gaslighting.

Strictly hetero, smart@rse.

It seems the function to delete notifications has gone AWOL in the latest "upgrade", all I get is "view notifications". How do I get rid of them?

Australia, and buy a mobile home.