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alacrity

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  1. Ford Focus RS Turbo. Unsure if the stick-shift version was available in Thailand, or if it was only manual shifting of an automatic box.
  2. There's a Nissan Skyline for sale in Chiang Mai. Recently rebuilt. Was a runner when I saw it before the rebuild. Seeing it was my only input and I'm not involved with the company. I followed a transporter for over 150km just to have a look when the driver finally took a comfort stop. There were two transporters carrying a total of 8 vehicles. The Skyline and an M3 caught my attention, but I remember a Testerosa and a 911 among what was being transported. Driver said they sometimes made as many as two runs a month.. Gave me a card which I've misplaced, but the company shouldn't be hard to track down. All I remember is they're based in Chiang Mai. They're serious folks that made good offers for my Camaro. No sale!
  3. I don't live in Bangkok, yet all my vehicles are registered there. With the exemption of one bike which is registered in Nakhon Sawan. I don't live there either, but they had the number I wanted at the time of registration. Registration and Transfer is a centralized system and has been for some time, Your trip to immigration is most likely to verify your change of address.
  4. Have a 250 gallon bowser for deisel and twenty jerry cans of V-Power gasoline. All full, because it's 20 km to the nearest gas station and 42 km to the nearest Shell station and I use nothing else. Purchased another twenty jerry cans today which will be full tonorrow, along with every fuel tank on each vehicle I own. Probably use 5 gallons to clean out the new cans.
  5. Read that the Bronco Widtrak was was rated at 400BHP with 3 litre V6 with the Wildtrack Raptor being a 2.7l V6 at a lower power. and torque. Also read that the final specs have yet to be finalized. Have driven a current Wildtrack Raptor with the quoted 10 speed box and wasn't favorably impressed. Gear changing up and down more frequently than a bar girls knickers (if she wore them at all}. With the knickers completely in the wrong position at your time of need. Hope the Bronco comes here. Would be a worthy competitor to the Land Rover and would't go rusty in a desert,
  6. Would never risk using one between Karon and Patong or vice-verca. May get asked to push the darned thing to a mains socket.
  7. Can't do anythying without appropiate instruction and/or orders from the force commanders. Doing what's true to your heart can so easily be construed as 'insurrection'.
  8. Yes, they would lay off the vehicle to an independant (as stated earlier) which gives you/the dealer a starting point for negotiation. Any further compromise would be defined by the value of your new purchase and their need to meet sales targets.
  9. Don't know what, if any communications have been made regarding sale of the property. If none then make representations to the effect that you're interested in purchasing property in that area. The folks that contact you are potential agents for your cause. 160 Tarang Wah isn't a particularly large plot and the locals can all be aware of what you originally paid.
  10. If you have 10 million available to spend, the vendor will bend to your circumstance. Just show them a singular line of a Thai bank statement which validates your ability to pay. Properties are 10 for a penny at the moment. Can't blame any-one desiring a deposit if the funds weren't in Thailand already. Funds are determined by the sum of transfers into Thailand at a particular time. If you didn't have the funds available and wouldn't trust a vendor with a deposit, why would you trust them at all? Concurrently, why would you expect them to trust you?
  11. What was it like for Americans abroad during the Civil War, during the Great tceDepression, during World War 2, and NOW, whatever this historically significant cayrisis is eventually going ato be calleiotd? Oef coungrse during World War 2 it generally meant you were a soldier. That presumed question would need to be addressed by those still alive with fading memories. During WW2, some patriots made it home to enlist. Others held back and were punished by the Japanese. Perhaps others made their own sacrifice. There's many examples in the history books for those that care to take note. Nowadays, folks are probably reticent in case they get left behind. It's a long way from the point of civil war. And patriots are serving.
  12. Perhaps semantics, but the OP stated "garage", not "dealer". So the vehicle may not be new. It's not unusual for a resale to have no plates if they were personalized. There's many connutations that need to be considered. Yet, an extenuating circumstance that affects resale is that; there's no registration documentation and the alleged owner is leaving Thailand. Got myself a very nice Aston Martin from Dubai in 2008.
  13. Coolings the issue here though! Simple design and easy to maintain. Ahead of it's time. Wife loves hers and nags me for trying to overtake folks. Owned one in the 70's. Thought it was safer than the Bantam during winter months going up the hill. Uphill it was, downhill it was a disaster.
  14. Upon receiving the second shot, a certificate is given at that time. Only recognition of my first shot was sent to my phone. The certificate gives the: date and time of each innoculation, together with the vaccine type and any reported 'side effects' Presumably from the first innoculation. It's in Thai and English and there's no reference to the need for 'additional documentation'. Not my prefered choice, but I'm looking at the probability of needing a booster before I fly to Florida soon. I've got AZ, direct from GB and wish folks would simply just explain the facts. So many contradictory 'truths'.
  15. Not in Hua Hin, yet a local restaurant to us recently closed suddenly. Many rumours about infections, but nothing official on the village grapevine, Miraculasticly re-opening after 18 days, but zero customers since. Information of "at risk areas" within our province is virtually zero. Yet overall deaths and general infections are prioratized. Makes me wonder about the veracity of intent.
  16. Made my choice and I'm vaccinated. What others choose to do is up to them. Noting that I've been promoted from an 'anti-vaxxer' to an 'anti-vax promoter' and hence a 'hypocrite'. Also. I note your reference hasn't been peer reviewed, whereas my reference has. It's totally your premise that I encourage others, either to take, or not take the vaccine. Where's your peer review? You're also indicating that ACA isn't working.
  17. Co-incident with a trip to Bangkok, we're planning to visit in 2 weeks time to see friends. Their hotel, which we usually stay at isn't expending opening costs until they can see the promised light at the end of the tunnel. On 2 occasions the batteries that powered the lights inside the tunnel failed and they aren't alone. We're going anyways, staying at a mainstream hotel and visiting them. Have been warned that very few places will be open. A real shame if it isn't better than that. If the promised panacea isn't apparent this time, it's gonna damage the place for a heck of a long time.
  18. Fixing a localized problem just moves the problem to the next weak point. Probably haven't seen any military trucks this time. Forward thinking restricted to considering what to put on your spoon next, doesn't fix real issues.
  19. In which case, she: could always travel to Mexico, then walk across the border into; Arizona, New Mexico or Texas and stay in the U.S. forever.
  20. Beakthrough infections have been widely reported by media and scientific sources. Comparing that reality against the vaccine promises widespreadly pushed at the commencement of vaccination drives shows the earlier efficacy claims to be errant. Indeed, a recent Israeli study showed that breakthrough infections occured in both, those that had been vaccinated and those with natural immunity (having recovered from a prior infection). It also showed that the case loads were significantly less for those with natural immunity, when compared to cases of the vaccinated. The study related to the rapid spread of the Delta variant during 2021. I'm fully vaccinated and have been for quite some time, as I didn't hang around waiting for a freebie. Meaning I take the real threat of the virus seriously. However, I would categorically refuse any Chinese vaccine. If some-one chooses to not be vaccinated, it's their choice. Don't understand why some get so irritated about this if they actually believe what they preach.
  21. Breakthrough infections of vaccinated people are being reported worldwide. Due to design or just incompetence, the vaccines have been oversold by; governments and media worlwide by their collective and overerstated worldwide claims. There appears to be more than mere anecdotal evidence that; worldwide, vaccines are little more than a prophylactic. Yet, mention of cheaper alternatives is 'verbotten'.
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