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It was a green Toyota Rocco pickup truck, 2025 model, for 640,000 baht with only 2,000 kilometers and new price is 1.1 million baht https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/4749287/

The main additional military aid Ukraine has requested from the Trump administration is more Patriot missiles and launchers, “which, frankly, we don’t have,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing last Tuesday. Rubio said the United States is instead “encouraging” its NATO allies to donate Patriot missiles and systems from their stockpiles. But, he added, “none of these countries want to give up their Patriot systems, either.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/26/ukraine-patriot-missiles-air-defense-raytheon/ They have French air defence systems but no missiles Ukraine’s air defense crippled by France’s 18-month drought In a revelation that underscores the challenges facing Ukraine’s air defense capabilities, French media outlet Le Monde reported on May 26, 2025, that Ukraine has not received a single missile for its Crotale air defense systems in the past 18 months. https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/05/26/ukraines-air-defense-crippled-by-frances-18-month-drought/ Air defense systems seems to be their number 1 priority

Rubio stated here 01:20 that USA hasn't any spare air defence systems such as patriots So its a case of you can't purchase if there is no stock available

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the 1st BMW Mini rolled off the production line in 2001 20 years after the 1st robotics were installed on the cowley production line in 1981 Cowley stopped producing Mini's in 1969 the Acclaim’s Honda-designed production lines also prompting the installation of the first robots at the Oxford plant. The Acclaim was also significant for being the first Japanese car to be built in the UK, https://www.mini.co.uk/en_GB/home/mini-news/oxford-100.html

Here is a comparison site reviewing 4 insurance companies comparing quotes for Byd seal in November 2024 turn on subtitles and select auto translate to English they stated best quote was Viriyah with capital amount of B920,000 and insurance premium of B32,000 It would appear your deal is better as you get an extra capital amount of B130,000 over what they were quoted

Recent article published by Roojai 8th January 2025 Few manufacturers and repair options, expensive spare parts Currently, the electric car market in Thailand is still concentrated in the hands of a few manufacturers, and most of them are new manufacturers from China. And one of the big problems that many people don't directly come from the electrical system, but many people don't want it to happen, is "accidents" because the cost of repairing spare parts for EVs is quite high and will increase even more. According to Gartner, the world's leading research and consulting company, it is predicted that by 2027, the average cost of repairing EV bodies and batteries in serious accidents will increase by 30%. https://www.roojai.com/article/car-news/ev-car-problems-review/ Personally I thought the average cost of repairing EV's would be decreasing not increasing Review of 5 EV problems that only real users know!view of 5 EV problems that only real users know! Review of 5 EV problems that only real users know!

Not biased as you can see I provided photo from Byd Dolphin facebook group and article from .prachachat.net/finance/ as stated some insurance companies have started a new type of policy called EV2+ which seems similar to third party fire and theft policy if you are from the UK Roojai are offering this type of policy and they state average quotes range from B3,480 to B7,217 https://www.roojai.com/en/car-insurance/type2plus/

I assume that is for the MG4 that you own

Still a very comfortable markup Current Byd seal pricing BYD SEAL Dynamic model, price 999,900 baht this price includes Thailand 7% VAT which if we remove price becomes 929,207 baht add 10% UK import tax = 1,022,897.7 plus 20% vat final price 1,227,477.24 which coverted into GBP at rate 43.63 Baht to sterling comes out at £28,130 against uk Price of £45,705 a difference of £17,575 or 766,797 baht For any existing Seal owner that is thinking about permanently moving back to blighty and if they keep the vehicle in Thailand for 12 months and then apply to HMRC for Transfer of Residence (TOR) if TOR is approved then import duty is 0% and vat is zero rated 0% of course need to factor in cost of changes for uk spec and shipping charges but a 12 month old Thai version of any car but if we stick with a BYD SEAL Dynamic at £21,297 + cost for any changes for UK spec and shipping costs versus 12 month old UK byd seal starting prices from £31k

UK tarriffs are only 10% Cost of Byd seal is between £45,705 - £48,705 Cost of Byd Sealion 7 is between £47,000 - £59,000 Most automotive brands charge whatever the market will hold Before the recent Seal price reductions you could buy 2 Thailand seals for 1 UK seal based on B43.0 to the pound

when looking at insurance quotes check out what is the capital amount they will pay you if car is written off or the cost or repair exceeds 70-80% ( it varies between insurance companies ) Looking at the photo above the lowest premium comes it at 28,646 with capital cover of B280,000 where the highest premium which is an additional B,3,999 gives a capital cover of B370,000 or B90,000 increase pver the lowest premium

Figures posted here for Dolphin show between B29.5K - B32.5K Own damage I haven't see that before range from B280K-B370K https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10235973144133949&set=gm.507424338812088&idorvanity=152147804339745 EV claims surge - insurance losses, expensive spare parts - Viriyah leads the team to 'raise premiums'. https://www.prachachat.net/finance/news-1792487 There are some insurance companies coming out with a new type of policy EV2+ where in the majority of cases they wouldn't cover the costs of repair to your own vehicle unless its fire,theft or has been in an accident

Some offices are only accepting the new stm.2 and stm.9 documents even if you have completed the old one the new stm.2 and stm.9 requires the applicant to sign twice at the bottom of the page new documents can be found from this thread

Thailand exports vehicles to the US from various brands, including Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi. These brands are major automotive producers and export hubs in Southeast Asia. Toyota, in particular, ships a significant number of vehicles, including those under the Lexus brand, to the US annually. I suspect pick-up trucks are not exported as there has been a 25% import tax since the 1950s on personal trucks

The tariffs for auto parts doesn't start until May 3rd The relief that you mentioned I suspect doesn't apply to Thai auto industry unless they are planning to build cars in the USA In a separate proclamation, Trump revised the 25% tariff policy on auto parts, due to begin on 3 May, allowing automakers who complete vehicle assembly in the US to claim an offset equivalent to 3.75% of the retail price in the first year, through to 30 April 2026. This relief will be reduced to 2.5% in the following year. https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/04/30/donald-trump-to-offer-automakers-some-relief-on-his-25-tariffs Thai car exports to the USA were subject to 2.5% import tariffs in March now they are subject to 27.5% import tariffs car imports into Thailand are subject to 80% tariffs plus excise duty and taxes totalling 200% to 328% of cost of vehicle

41:29 this country every pensioner will be better off with Labour

Trump 'thinks' Zelensky ready to give up Crimea to Russia US President Donald Trump has said he thinks his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky is willing to give up Crimea to Russia as part of a peace deal - despite Kyiv's previous rejections of any such proposal. Asked if he thought the Ukrainian president was ready to cede control of its southern peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, Trump replied: "I think so." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20z20kyvxxo

No selective editing as you put it This is because demand for used electric cars is 'struggling to keep pace' with the volume entering the second-hand market at the end of fleet, lease and rental contracts - something that is predicted to increase by 178 per cent over the next three years. An oversupply into a used market lacking EV appetite and riddled with public scepticism means preowned electric cars have lost more than half their value in the past two years, depreciating faster than any other fuel type. A fundamental mismatch of second-hand EV supply and demand has left the fleet sector burdened with unsustainable 'financial pressures,' it continued. This is because fleet operators use residual value predictions to calculate the cost of finance and lease deals for customers. But EV value forecasts from two or three years ago have proved wildly off the mark due to a lack of appetite for second-hand electric cars. As a result, the EVs they've suppled to customers are today worth much less than they originally expected, leaving providers with the realisation of losing thousands of pounds on every electric car they put into the used market. The warnings come four months after This is Money revealed the dramatic depreciation of EVs is creating a 'car leasing crisis' that threatens to push monthly costs higher for customers and force them to run older battery models with shorter ranges. Auto Data Solutions - a specialist automotive consultancy firm - told us in December that there is 'no end in sight for the EV residual values crisis'. Some EVs, originally forecast to retain over 40 per cent of their list price after three years, are achieving sale values in the 20 per cent range, it suggested. On a car with a new list price of £40,000, that's an unexpected loss of over £7,000. This problem has already cost leasing companies 'hundreds of millions of pounds,' it told us https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-14607043/amp/Plunging-used-electric-car-prices-costing-fleet-operators-hundreds-millions.html

Car finance firms losing "hundreds of millions” in EV depreciation want Govt support The BVRLA says the disparity in supply and demand for electric cars is resulting in weaker-than-expected residuals, which is costing firms millions Car finance and leasing firms have asked the Government for financial support after the huge depreciation of EV values has led to the companies losing “hundreds of millions” of pounds – which is currently being passed onto consumers in the form of higher interest rates and car financing costs Such an imbalance means that EV residual values have tumbled by 50 per cent in the last two years and are expected to fall by a further 28 per cent by 2030, after which solely petrol and diesel-powered cars will no longer be allowed to be sold from new. Weak residual values? Weak residuals have created what the BVRLA describes as mounting "financial pressure” because finance and leasing firms have long been basing their pricing models on much more optimistic residual value forecasts. As a result, the EVs they’ve been renting out to customers are worth much less now than they originally expected. In its letter, the BVRLA stated: “This depreciation is costing fleets hundreds of millions and being passed on to new buyers in the form of higher motor finance costs.” Given that firms are now having to charge consumers in order to recoup lost cash, the BVRLA reckons that higher finance and leasing prices could result in 290,000 fewer EV registrations over the next two years. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/366508/ev-depreciation-costing-car-finance-firms-hundreds-millions-and-theyd-bail-out

Thailand's negotiations with Washington on steep trade tariffs were postponed because the United States has asked Bangkok to review important issues, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday. https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3008416/thailand-says-talks-with-us-over-trump-tariff-plan-delayed US import tariffs 27.5% remain in place for cars and 50% for trucks

Parking on your driveway without your permission is considered trespassing so not legal

Apply for a dropped kerb A dropped kerb allows vehicles to cross the pavement from the road to a driveway - enter your postcode to find your council’s website for more information. https://www.gov.uk/apply-dropped-kerb Dropped lerbs are not illegal and you do have to apply and pay your local council to have the kerb dropped

25% tariffs are still in place for automobiles and tariffs for auto car parts are due to start May 3rd so at the moment what you have posted in relation to automobiles and auto car parts is incorrect and false https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/adjusting-imports-of-automobiles-and-autombile-parts-into-the-united-states/

History shows that America was in the business of making people disappear Extraordinary Rendition The policy traces its roots to the administration of former President Bill Clinton. In the words of former CIA agent Robert Baer: "If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prisoner to Jordan. If you want them to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear -- never to see them again -- you send them to Egypt." https://www.aclu.org/documents/fact-sheet-extraordinary-rendition