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Longer term, the other effects are on components such as steering and axles. A larger or heavier tyre could be expected to reduce service life by one or two years. Having said that, a tyre with a bigger footprint would afford better grip.

Countries that have legalized drug use have found crime rates decrease because the addict no longer has to resort to illegal means of financing their habit. In terms of crimes of violence, alcohol - a legal drug - is similar to methamphetamine in removing inhibitions. Left to themselves, pot heads and heroin addicts are fairly harmless. It's the illegality that creates the crime cycle.

Er - checked your fuel consumption?

I make videos for YouTube, have raunchy conversations with the massage ladies, swan around on my scooter, invent new dishes, exercise and play golf. Read books, watch Netflix. Post on ASEAN. IMO boredom is self-inflicted, and demonstrates a lack of initiative.

That's for the Americans, if it was all metric it would confuse them.

BritManToo will be along to give you a response shortly.

I got 70,000 km out of my last set of Michelins on the Vios. They still were not down to the TWI's, but my mechanic said they had tread cracking so it was time to change. I do drive quite conservatively, 100 km/hr is my maximum. No harsh braking either. There is not much difference between Michelins and other brands on dry roads, where they rise above the pack is when it's wet. Thailand does have its share of rainy days and slippery bitumen. Car makers are actually schizophrenic when it comes to tyres, they very carefully specify the best match for the vehicle, then fit the car with the cheapest dreck tyre they can find when it rolls off the showroom floor. As for the bean counter who came up with the space saver tyre, he/she should have been strangled at birth. Dangerous.

What's the point of 90 day reporting for foreigners who have lived here for years? What's the point of requiring insurance for O-A visas, and not for O? Bureaucracies of all types flourish on complexity, they shrink when things are simplified. You're being logical, Thai administrations apply a different logic. It's called full employment, doesn't matter if the work is meaningless.

I'm amazed you got 100,000 km out of a set of tyres without killing yourself, although I may be guilty of assuming they were not changed at 50,000 km or whatever. What's the life of yourself and your Mrs. worth? Tyres are the only thing keeping you in contact with the road: wet, dry, or gravel. Always go with the car manufacturer's recommendations. Saving money on different size tyres is dumb. If you want to give you and yours an edge in surviving on Thai roads, buy Michelins.

Agree entirely. My GF is very street-smart, and I am amazed at her ability to make friends with someone within 5 minutes of meeting them. She can't read a map, or add up numbers in her head. Simple mechanical problems are left to me to resolve. IMO it's a mistake to think because Westerners have better abilities in some fields, Thais do not have their own skills in others.

I don't need intelligent conversation with my GF, the mundane suits me fine. Given the number of anti-vaxxers, climate deniers, Trump fanboys and Putin trolls that appear to be on ASEAN, I don't look for intelligent conversation here either.

At a guess, most likely a sensor or fuel problem - filter or water in the fuel. The way to deal with mechanics is to put them in the vehicle with you, and drive it so the fault occurs while you are both there. If they are still in denial, time to go somewhere else. Bear in mind many independent mechanics are sometimes more competent than dealership mechanics, because they have to be.

3 bottles of wine in an evening is 24 standard drinks. The recommended intake for healthy adult males is 10 standard drinks per week. Perhaps you find that fact boring, as well as the designation of alcohol as a Class 1 carcinogen since 1989. I don't know or care whether you are an alcoholic or not, but when people deny basic facts and statistics, it irritates me. I have yet to see an alcoholic here that has died peacefully, all have gone out in a lot of pain. Liver cancer. Portal shunts, if they can afford them. I can't think of a more boring place than a hospital. Your post certainly affirms the empirical evidence alcohol damages brain cells. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohol-and-brain-overview

Dishonest people certainly take advantage of honest ones, when they can.

I'm fairly easy-going, and most of the time I give my GF what she wants. However, there are certain lines she knows she can't cross. If she was to tell me she wanted me to live in the village full-time, or go live in Australia, that would be a couple of them. My advice to the OP is put yourself first. If your wife won't accept that, time for a change.

I'd rather chew razor blades than live in Bangkok, too many people. I'm not sure where Rooster gets his data on smoke pollution in Chiang Mai, the API hasn't got over 50 this year thanks to unending rain since Songkhran. Perhaps he is addicted to the more civilized diesel fumes of Bangkok. Be of good cheer, fellow country bumpkins. Those rains are heading for Bangkok, giving Rooster something else to bitch about when he has to park his car on an overpass.

A glass of milk first, to put a lining on the stomach. Butter is even better, it has more than one use.

Strange, I've found when I am sober and a drunk is talking to me they are the ones that are boring. Most can't even put a sentence together coherently. I don't mind a drink or two; however, I seem to have an internal governor that says that's enough.

The OP did clarify 10 am was a one-off event, not to be repeated. What conclusion would you draw from his initial description?

IMO there are quite a few posters here who pretend to be other than what they are, in order to get attention or a reaction.

I'd say choose another tourist destination. It seems the automatic assumption by Australian authorities about Thai women is they are coming to Australia to work as prostitutes. I took my GF to Australia about 6 years ago. Our first tourist visa application was rejected despite ample evidence I could afford to support her, and she owned a home in Thailand. It must be wonderful to work in a bureaucracy that does not have to account for any of its decisions. A Brisbane-based lawyer, who boasted a 100% success rate, got the visa on the second try. It does beg the question of how he did that without some corruption involved. $1200 thank you, plus the cost of the first and second applications. In four weeks, I spent about $15,000 on the holiday. It's either BOHICA, or saying f##k Australia as a tourist destination. They certainly won't see my tourist dollar again.

Being an alcoholic is not a good idea either, and with a 10 am start IMO you fit the description. I have yet to see an alcoholic here that died peacefully, I remember one who spent his last 6 months s##tting blood, before he committed suicide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391950/ As they say, up to you.

Morning tea was a tradition at the first company I worked for, complete with biscuits. Another tradition I encountered was in South Africa. Lunch at ISCOR consisted of sitting down and waiting for the general manager to arrive. When he started eating, so did everyone else. When he stopped eating and got up from the table, it was the signal for everyone else to do so. When in Rome, etc. However, I did not think much of that tradition.

Going even further back, there was the Rover 90. IIRC the main claim to fame of the 3500 was the aluminium alloy engine.

I remember many years ago a buyer in Australia who was so disgruntled with his Ford Falcon, he invited the media along to film him torching his car, with a couple of jerrycans of petrol. There are some brands and dealerships that treat customer problems seriously, and others that throw car buyers under a bus. In Thailand, I guess it is a lottery.