Lorin

Very true that I have no idea about what's going under the bonnet, except maybe checking oil and water, plus that car has no gears as its automatic. As expected Mazda cant pick up my car, so Thai friend of mine looking for another solution. I love Thailand..:-)

Guys as soon as the OP said he had no idea how to locate the starter all logical mechanical remedies should have stopped. Call the garage and have them collect the car. I still find it astonishing that so many people have no idea what happens under the bonnet, or hood for our US friends. How do you check oil / fluid levels and washers fluids????????? A small bit of knowledge can save you a lot of money. Get somebody to show you the basics on the engine. You dont need to be a rocket scientist

The car wont start, battery was checked and is not a problem, need to bring the car to Mazda garage I think tomorrow morning. Anyone had experience with that situation? Any service I can trust? Seems to me dealing with Mazda for picking up my car will be long story as always with them.

Before you have it towed find a big wrench or long bar, locate the starter, and give it a few sharp whacks. That sometimes is enough to get a recalcitrant starter going again. That way you could drive it it and save some time and headache. Might work, might not, but nothing to lose.

Thanks for your advice, but I have no idea where starter is located, cant see it outside anyways...:-(

The car wont start, battery was checked and is not a problem, need to bring the car to Mazda garage I think tomorrow morning. Anyone had experience with that situation? Any service I can trust? Seems to me dealing with Mazda for picking up my car will be long story as always with them.

I just checked exchange rates and noticed that the baht had weakend dramatically against the USD

http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consumer_serv...HB&rate=0.0

Hot money in; hot money out. Buckle up for a bumpy ride

The $ is still up, lets hope it will be the beginning of the end of strong baht !

I drive myself and not looking to rent the place out, just live there myself, rats is everywhere in BKK,old news....:-)

Not walking distance to the BTS the traffic is heavy all day , go down this soi early in the morning and count the rats hanging around the place . CBD lmao i have lived in this soi and they cant find renters .

Have seen 100 + sq mt condos offered there for 28-35k baht a mth i wonder why they cant rent them ?

JB

Ps if coming to this soi from the oposite /side of the road you have to overshoot the soi by 2 km and then u turn back .

Pps If you dont drive the taxis dont like going there good luck i stayed 3 months and moved out .

Can I ask how do you get all that inside info? Do you own a unit in that building?

the location is excellent. the facilities are above average.

the problem with a lot of thai condos is not the building or the location. it's the people managing the places. so many crooks in the business. you need to watch out.

before the current management took over, the guys running the place were crooks. they would always advertise that only a couple of units were still available. and yet, here we have it, the developers sold the new owners - like 320 vacant units. ..makes you wonder?

another thing that happened at this place...

under the old management, maintenance fees were suppose to be spread evenly between all the units owned. since the management couldn't sell HALF of the units due to the condo laws limiting ownership to foreigners, HALF of the maintenance fees were not paid. so, guess what the old management did? the crooks took the money out of the emergency fund that each condo development has set up to pay the HALF that was not being paid because they were vacant. the true owners of condos in sathorn garden only found out what happened AFTER the emergency fund ran out of money.

crooks.

if crooks here steal you blind, do you have any recourse? ask yourself that. remember, as a guest of the country, you don't have any rights here.

remember what happened at the sukhumvit soi 10 demolition? remember the clinton plaza sub-lease scam? remember the 2 british tourists murdered by the thai policeman? there are so many examples of criminal behavior where thais got away with things - even murder.

if you still want to spend your money here (it's not an investment), do so. but don't say nobody didn't warn you.

The place located in the beginning of Sathorn road,however inside small soi, so it should not be noisy+Australian and Malaysian embassies and Metropolitan hotel is near by. That why I'm thinking ist good location. Correct me if I'm wrong?

Thank you for the answer, what do you think about pricing? Seems a bit high?

I can offer that Pacific Star is Singaporean property investment group, the Thai operations are run by Pritpal Singh Gill previously of Golden Land and architect for President Park.

Plenty of money behind them, and some wise heads in the group.

What else do you want to know?

Just saw advertisement in Bangkok Post on Sathorn Gardens condo, very good location, 41 floors, swimming, tennis etc. Gave them a call, told me its 1997 building that Pacific Star company bough and making a condo. The prices are 85-88K baht per square meter, can move in in early 2008,would like to know more info if available...Anyone?

So what are you going to do with them when restored ??

Wont be able to road register or legally drive them.

Who cares about legally driving here? Now I pay 100 baht every time they stop me, if i had no driving licence or my car isnt registered I will pay 200-300, so what the difference. I saw my good friend doing it here in BKK. Just put any Thai plates, they sell it to whoever ask.

My guess bring it as a metal scrap, or through the Cambodian border inland, never directly to BKK port.

Looks like a mix between BMW and Honda SUV's...where they make them? In China or Korea? For me Chevrolet losing its crediability if its not produced in US, but its subjective...

Yesterday I saw the Cheovrolet Captiva up close and must say I was captivated. I currently drive a 1.8 Chevy optra and have been happy with it's sturdiness.

This new SUV seems to have the best of the CRV and Fortuner and is available in deisel at 1.5 million.

Does anyone else in TV land have one or have any experience with this car?

I was going to buy the new CRV but now can't stop thinking about the captiva.

been out for awhile now in Aus and NZ, good looking as well,should hold its value due to styling imho captiva

Captiva review

should be a good one but wont outsell CRV or Fortuna

Just hire 2-3 low ranking police for few thousand baht and go to bid, the local police allowed to have a part time job after the service hours and even to use their uniform.

Periodically I see in The Nation a notice of a Thai Customs Dept. auction of seized cars, illustrated with some potentially interesting photos (although I doubt these are photos of actual cars for sale). Today there is a notice of an auction on 18 July of 123 cars. The notice gives a couple of web addresses for more information. One is the Customs address, which appears to contain nothing about such auctions. The other is a company called Katha Communication. Their web site only has horoscopes (in Thai). Maybe you are supposed to be psychic to find out what is for sale! I cannot physically go to the Customs Dept, because I do not live in Bangkok (if there were anything of real interest on offer, I would come to Bangkok, but not just on the off chance). Does anyone know anything about these auctions, such as how to find out what is for sale, bidding arrangements etc? Thanks for any info, Neil

I’d be interested to know how you get on at these Auctions.

As far as I know they are controlled by a gang who are in league with the Customs Officers; they make sure no outsider is allowed to bid on vehicles they have their eye on.

I have Thai friends who have been threatened with knives when they tried to bid.

Patrick

Yes, it's hearsay but I have heard the same story. I talked to a guy who buys and sells used vehicles and he told me that it would be too dangerous to try to get involved as it is all insider controlled.

Or it's just these Thai 'ftirnds' trying to make sure they have less competition for the bidding.

Siam Square soi 5, on the same side as the bangkok bank, I cut my hair with that guy named Chalee 4 years already. It cost me 250 baht I leave him tip of 50 every time cause I'm really happy with his work. Donno about other barbers in the same shop, send me a PM if you want his phone number to make a appointment.

Ummm...what area are you looking in? I just moved in to a 2br. serviced apt. for 15k/mo..... I tried for 3 weeks to find a place but had the best luck in the classified section of Bangkok Post....I know there are no pictures but you can usually judge by the area...found some great deals though.

Also try www.bahtsold.com

Thank you,lots of properties there.

Got only 2 replies so far...does it mean that property industry needs more people to work in? Or is that agent dont read that forum at all?

Guys post some pics of those spinners, always wanted some, but never saw in Thailand.

Unfortunatelly I need to move from my place due to the new owner. Looking for 1-2 bedrooms in central area in 20-30K range. It can be 1 bedroom and working room as well. Wooden floor+direct line is a must+I have a cat. Brokers/agents are welcome.

for all the glitz she is showing in these arty photo's

she has a very sad taste in men.

At least she has good taste in money, plus from the pictures of that guy that I seen, he consider handsome by Thai standards...

Chaturon Chaisang, leader of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai, told party supporters at the party head office that the rulings against the party were unfair.

He said the rulings indicated that the people, who had seized power, could set what was right or wrong.

TRT members should be the first to be familiar with this, after all TRT implemented this way of working.

So true ! What goes around, comes around..

Good news actually. Lets hope democrats will win the next election and will be less opressive(corrupt they will be anyway, as every goverment)..:-)

This is tragic but when will these idiots ever learn?

In most cases when a woman young enough to be the granddaughter of an old man begins to show interest in that man, the main motive is normally money, especially here in Thailand.

I have personally witnessed many middle-aged and old farangs including friends in Thailand behaving like stupid drooling schoolboys falling in love for the first time when an attractive much younger Thai woman shows interest in them, really believing that the girl finds them attractive and will love them and be loyal forever if the girls are given a place to live, financial security and lots of expensive gifts.

The true motives of most of these girls is to extract the most cash and assets as quickly as possible from the silly old love sick farang. In fact it becomes their mission often with the collaboration of their families, friends, and other farangs they have on the go plus the Thai loser boyfriend lurking in the background.

For those who are now in this predicament, grow up and get into the real world, otherwise it’s going to cost you dear, maybe even your life like this poor Danish guy.

Well said...you just covered it all. I saw it many times from the "farang on the go" point of view, but those stories are all copies in small variations. I feel really sorry for the old guy that finished his life that way. RIP...

Maybe he went to Russia to drum up support from the Mafia who are a force to be reckoned with now in Thailand.

For someone who knows Russia as well as I do, it is absolutely not surprising that he was robbed. Surely, he was an object of special attention from local mafia the moment he stepped on sacred Russian land. Thus, I do not believe that it is something self-organized.

By the way " Prekanov institute" should be "Plekhanov institute" I believe . To give you the idea that I know what I am talking about.

Very funny, Russian mafia chasing Thaksin...they operates with oil, gas, diamonds and gold...give me a break with your theories. Erunda:)

They make LHD models, but only for their own export and would never sell you them, they are made in the factory and go straight to the port.

Why they will never seel me them? Factory export or private export, what the difference?

I heard of Toyota producing LHD cars in their Thai factories, can someone confirm it?If they do what factory I should look at? Iinterested in exporting Fortuners and Vigos. Thanks in advance for the information.

Sorry for the mistake in the topic name(RHD=LHD)