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Popped into Pattaya Ford yesterday to see if there was any update on the 3.2 WT we ordered last Feb, no new updates or any other guesstimate other than it is still looking like Feb 13. Saw a nice White 2.2 WT that had been fitted with the roller cover on the back and the sales girl assured us (yes I know!!) that there is a place in Pattaya that now fits them, it looked like a nice job to me though she didn't know the rate for getting one. The showroom and car park around the back was rammed and there was a Chilli Orange 3.2 awaiting collection so it looks like they are getting through now but when we had a look through the order book the last orders for the 3.2 WT was B50K more than when we ordered

One post removed, please stop bickering

Rimmer, you are just no fun sometimes

Loony left.??? I think I said Lib Dem Alternative Government of THE CENTRE may help which acknowledges money AND PEOPLE. Where did I say anything about left wing extreme socialist doctrines, or the so called loony left you mentioned??. I am against BOTH the loony left and the intolerable uncaring right wing mate, which is clear if you read what is written before making such inane grossly inaccurate comments which I resent. Jeez it is getting as bad as some non thinking Americans who feel anyone who is not extreme right wing has to somehow be a communist with nothing in between, totally crass and stupid of course. Anyway it IS all very relevant as it is the usual right wing sod the service level cost saving that is behind this move as pointed out, and if you do not realise that then you probably have your head in the sand..

Anyway back to the more direct and immediate problem. Some of us hate Bangkok as much as we do Manchester and London and Birmingham and other noisy, smelly overcrowded tiresome cities and they are the last places we want to waste a day of our remaining lives in. . Sure some love it and that is good too as is anything that makes folk smile a little more. Some of us are getting too old and frail for such tiresome journeys, still okay for me but I know of many who would find it very difficult to make such an unnecessary journey.. So think about others my friend not just about what you personally can and want to do. What is surely also most important is it SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.to have to make that journey to Bangkok or risk losing your documents in the post, as we are talking peanuts I am sure to keep the Soi 5 office open.

One positive compromise would be for them to simply collect the needed completed forms and documents from folk daily in Jomtien and courier them safely to and from the UK Bangkok Embassy as I think they did before, and even if for a very small fee like 100 Baht if really needed. Certainly an inferior service and unnecessary kludge but better than folk having to trail up to Bangkok when it really should not be necessary.

Rayw

you sound like a bit of a loony to me, posting a letter is not hard and neither is getting a train or a taxi, unfortunatly the UK economy have a few other issues on their mind at the moment than a few old gits having a moan

Delh, do you want to have another read before you spit your dummy? I have highlighted my response for you....

mods why does the quote button not allow me to quote and keep coming back with errors?

Loony left.??? I think I said Lib Dem Alternative Government of THE CENTRE may help which acknowledges money AND PEOPLE. Where did I say anything about left wing extreme socialist doctrines, or the so called loony left you mentioned??. I am against BOTH the loony left and the intolerable uncaring right wing mate, which is clear if you read what is written before making such inane grossly inaccurate comments which I resent. Jeez it is getting as bad as some non thinking Americans who feel anyone who is not extreme right wing has to somehow be a communist with nothing in between, totally crass and stupid of course. Anyway it IS all very relevant as it is the usual right wing sod the service level cost saving that is behind this move as pointed out, and if you do not realise that then you probably have your head in the sand..

Anyway back to the more direct and immediate problem. Some of us hate Bangkok as much as we do Manchester and London and Birmingham and other noisy, smelly overcrowded tiresome cities and they are the last places we want to waste a day of our remaining lives in. . Sure some love it and that is good too as is anything that makes folk smile a little more. Some of us are getting too old and frail for such tiresome journeys, still okay for me but I know of many who would find it very difficult to make such an unnecessary journey.. So think about others my friend not just about what you personally can and want to do. What is surely also most important is it SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.to have to make that journey to Bangkok or risk losing your documents in the post, as we are talking peanuts I am sure to keep the Soi 5 office open.

One positive compromise would be for them to simply collect the needed completed forms and documents from folk daily in Jomtien and courier them safely to and from the UK Bangkok Embassy as I think they did before, and even if for a very small fee like 100 Baht if really needed. Certainly an inferior service and unnecessary kludge but better than folk having to trail up to Bangkok when it really should not be necessary.

Rayw

you sound like a bit of a loony to me, posting a letter is not hard and neither is getting a train or a taxi, unfortunatly the UK economy have a few other issues on their mind at the moment than a few old gits having a moan

Stereotypes are sometimes spot on who would have thought most of you talking of fights to the death and quick draw holsters would be from the US of A....spooky that!

Well so's the Quaker pacifist here. . .

Sorry about that Big Johnny that is the other problem with stereotypes.......

The Smithy

You are a Ninja arnt you? I knew you where ....I bet you are nails....do you watch a lot of WWF? On a serious note I believe you could possibly be a future contender for the Darwin award, I hope I am wrong but nature will always find a way and all that!

Police forces around the world always advise not to resist during a street robbery. Reading news reports of robberies in Pattaya, victims are only injured when resisting a street robbery. My wife was robbed in a street attack in Malaysia, did not resist and wasn't injured. The local police stated tourists are sometimes severely injured when resisting and she was correct not to resist.

What is so different in Thailand that posters are saying arm yourself and fight back?

Well mankind has been arming themselves ever since we first fashioned tools to protect against attackers so I don't see now being any different.

Also in the USA and other sensible places they do say you should fight back with all your might and not cower down like a dog.

Stereotypes are sometimes spot on who would have thought most of you talking of fights to the death and quick draw holsters would be from the US of A....spooky that!

Carrying any kind of weapon is really counterproductive and much more likely for any incident to spiral way out of control.

You pull out your knife or baton and your assailant pulls out a machete or a gun and where are you then?

Follow the usual rules when it comes to personal safety and hope that you are never the victim of an unprovoked attack which happens but it is still not that common.

Further in any unprovoked attack it is highly unlikely that you will see it coming or have the time to use any weapon you might have.

Unprovoked attacks are usually by their nature a complete surprise to the victim.

You're missing the whole point,if you pull out a knife or baton you don't wait for your assailant to pull out whatever he has,you use it and make your escape,end of!

You CAN see an attack coming if you know what to look for,if you are looking around you and anticipating trouble.Chances are your would-be assailants will see you as a more difficult target and not bother,they will look for the victim type,looking down at the floor and seemingly scared of an attack!

It's funny that so many people on here with no self-defence or Martial Arts training comment on how the best defence is to NOT carry any weapon and talk your way out of a bad situation.Utterly ridiculous,it's NOT going to happen!

If you are attacked your life will be on the line!If you want to take your chances that your witty repartee will see you right carry on,IT WON'T.You need to react in the same way as if you're swimming in the sea and a Great White Shark is coming towards you.it's LIFE OR DEATH!

Hold on there Rambo, how many people did you have to kill so far to stay alive ? I can't believe the state of some people expecting a fight at every point. Ready to shoot or stab others before they stab you. You might stab the wrong one who is innocent and just asking for a light.

You are talking about striking first, the American thing just look how many times that went wrong.

I wouldn't waste your time Robblok, some of these people are so sad and delusional they really do believe some of the crap they spout out and they live in their own make believe world, thankfully reality is usually somewhat different and in a way it is Darwinism at work when they do try to enact their fantasies

We have a spark 135 and a Mio for about 18 months or so now, the spark is by far the better bike and a lot faster (i have had 125km out of it and I am 90kg) the spark has bigger wheels that help with the potholes and it is very good on fuel, way better than the Mio in that respect, I have never had any problems with either of them to be honest and they both appear pretty bullet proof but for me the spark is a way better bike allround

Chiangmaikelly,

Dont know very much about US gun law but I have met an awfull lot of your countrymen and spent a lot of time in the US, Yep I am originaly from the UK but I have also spent a lot of time in Iraq and afghanistan so I do know a bit about guns and what they can do, the thing I have come away with though is that it is a pointless excercise speaking with Yanks about guns as they seem to think they have it right and the rest of the world is wrong....seems to be a rather unfortunate trait for some of you

If this was a thread about US gun laws and US vs UK opinions of guns in the home you would be right on topic. I'm going to go watch Mel Gibson in the Patriot. True Visions is running it this week in Thailand. How do you feel about Mel Gibson and guns? Was the the "Patriot" big in London? I assume you are from London.

No mate, offshore Egypt at the moment, I have left the UK now but before then I had only been to London a couple of times and didnt really like it, luckily for me we have more than one city in the UK so that was OK, never actually watched the Patriot and dont really have an opinion on Mel Gibson though, why is he good in it? I believe he has been in quite a few works of fiction he was in Braveheart as well!! Catch you later Changmai you are certainly living up to your stereo type

sorry double post

I have come away with though is that it is a pointless excercise speaking with Yanks about guns as they seem to think they have it right and the rest of the world is wrong....seems to be a rather unfortunate trait for some of you

That's a pretty broad brush to paint with, considering lots of cities and states in the USA severely limit gun ownership. And the debate is heated even among Americans.

Is the discussion pointless? Only if you want to convince a Yank that you've got the right answer and they're a bunch of idiots. (Edited because I used a word that was worse than I thought)

And even more so if you believe that your position truly represents "the rest of the world", which is a pretty big stretch given that there's another couple of hundred countries you're speaking for- many of which have gun laws that make the USA look downright strict.

Yeah sorry about that!

should have said that in my experience speaking with most Yanks who want to talk about guns it is a pointless excercise and that when I said the rest of the world I meant most civilised Western countries, you know First World G8 and all that, and you are certainly right many countries in Africa and Cental Asia and Central America probably do have less stringent gun control than the US of A....do you see a pattern there though?

By the way I have nothing against the US and have worked with and been friendly with many, I have come to realise though that even though we speak the same languague a lot of the time we think very differently

Chiangmaikelly,

Dont know very much about US gun law but I have met an awfull lot of your countrymen and spent a lot of time in the US, Yep I am originaly from the UK but I have also spent a lot of time in Iraq and afghanistan so I do know a bit about guns and what they can do, the thing I have come away with though is that it is a pointless excercise speaking with Yanks about guns as they seem to think they have it right and the rest of the world is wrong....seems to be a rather unfortunate trait for some of you

I live in Thailand and I have never noticed them selling guns in Big C Xtra or anywhere else for that matter, for that reason alone I would quickly make an assumption that gun laws are probably not as liberal as they are in the US,,,,,,,can I have a lettuce a box of teabags and an M16 please!!

Hmmmmmmmmmm, you don't know much about LOS do you ?

Transam you want to elaborate on how you came to that decision seems a very quick and easy way to make an assumption on gun laws to me.....guns in Big C, maybe a person would think it is normal to want/need a gun, no guns in Big C or openly for sale most normal people wont even think about it..............maybe you know better

If I lived in the US (as an example) where firearms are freely available and a constitutional right, I can honestly say I would be in a prison somewhere doing life.Without doubt there have been several occasions over the years,when if to hand, I would have used one and killed someone.

Personally I am glad they are not readily available, and like drugs I just steer clear of them as I am aware of the dangers and possible outcome and I am well aware of my own capabilities in certain circumstances so choose to not let it even be a possibility.

So Sid, your turn for Tea, make mine strong and dont forget the Custard creams.

If I lived in the US (as an example) where firearms are freely available and a constitutional right, I can honestly say I would be in a prison somewhere doing life.Without doubt there have been several occasions over the years,when if to hand, I would have used one and killed someone.

Personally I am glad they are not readily available, and like drugs I just steer clear of them as I am aware of the dangers and possible outcome and I am well aware of my own capabilities in certain circumstances so choose to not let it even be a possibility.

So Sid, your turn for Tea, make mine strong and dont forget the Custard creams.

Don't know for sure but I think Thailand has more liberal gun laws than the USA. Do you live in Thailand?

I live in Thailand and I have never noticed them selling guns in Big C Xtra or anywhere else for that matter, for that reason alone I would quickly make an assumption that gun laws are probably not as liberal as they are in the US,,,,,,,can I have a lettuce a box of teabags and an M16 please!!

Route 8,

I travel a lot for work and have found all the Thai providers to be rubbish and even getting basic information difficult, I have finally bitten the bullet and on the recomendation of a few work mates bought an international roaming sim from worldsim. I have not had chance to use it yet but it is pay as you go with optional auto reload and and sounds like it would be an option for you

Just wondering, all those folks that were possitive they would have their 3.2 Wildtrack by mid april, have you got it?? I do see a few got their 2.2 version and happy with them, but all posts seem to disappear for the last while!

A 3.2 wildtrack on Jomtien beach road today.

That's interesting, but it says '6 speed', so it's not the auto. And has a roller shutter that looks like a standard fitment. It looks like an export model as we are not supposed to get the manual 3.2 here.

Want that roller shutter ! Wonder if it will be an accessory here? It's factory built, so ford dealers should supply them. That's tho commonsense approach anyway !

It still says 6 speed on the auto models I believe as it is still a 6 speed auto

All UK passport renewals through Thailand use DHL which I think speaks for itself

This forum cracks me up sometimes. The OP asked a simple question concerning buying a stand alone home or one in a gated community. Now we know how many Filipinos live in the USA and want to know how many times someone else has been married !

It's a shame because out there is a wealth of experience that I and the OP could learn from but I rarely ask questions on this forum because a lot of the time they end up like this unfortunately.

Having said that I would still be interested in any actual responses to the original question.

Thai Visa is what it is. Often I have wanted to ask if i can dock my submarine on Klong Toey but I never had the courage.

Actually the courage award goes to the guy who just recently asked about importing a shotgun. Read that thread for real flame training.

Which part of his post are you stuck on Kerry? which part of his post asked for your opinion on submarines..it seems every time you open your mouth some more of your me,me,me nonesense comes out.

Maybe like Big Johnny says it is just a bit of "static" but to me there are way too many people like you who seem to be on some kind of ego trip and what is with all the thinly veiled snotty remarks did you not get enough attention as a child?.....is your life really so crap that posting drivel on here is all you have left

You have had a perfectly reasonable question asked which I happen to agree with, it is also right that there is a lot of experience on here but sometimes you have to wade through so much crap it just aint worth the effort, it does seem there are an hard core of self obsessed self opinionated people on here who are so far up themselves it is unreal.......there is one thing though nature will probably thin out the present crop soon enough but there again I am sure someone else will take over your role soon enough.....have a good one

I guess you should have asked what does a submarine and a house have in common. They are both illegal for a Farang to own in Thailand. The rest of your post is actually a flame. If you follow the logic it makes as much sense asking about my submarine as your house. Get it?

I rest my case!!

I shall leave you to it I knew that it was a bit of a pointless excercise but please try and understand some people on here are asking questions to get an answer and not necesarily to get the benefit of your opinions....dont bother getting back mate I think we are done, have a good one

This forum cracks me up sometimes. The OP asked a simple question concerning buying a stand alone home or one in a gated community. Now we know how many Filipinos live in the USA and want to know how many times someone else has been married !

It's a shame because out there is a wealth of experience that I and the OP could learn from but I rarely ask questions on this forum because a lot of the time they end up like this unfortunately.

Having said that I would still be interested in any actual responses to the original question.

Thai Visa is what it is. Often I have wanted to ask if i can dock my submarine on Klong Toey but I never had the courage.

Actually the courage award goes to the guy who just recently asked about importing a shotgun. Read that thread for real flame training.

Which part of his post are you stuck on Kerry? which part of his post asked for your opinion on submarines..it seems every time you open your mouth some more of your me,me,me nonesense comes out.

Maybe like Big Johnny says it is just a bit of "static" but to me there are way too many people like you who seem to be on some kind of ego trip and what is with all the thinly veiled snotty remarks did you not get enough attention as a child?.....is your life really so crap that posting drivel on here is all you have left

You have had a perfectly reasonable question asked which I happen to agree with, it is also right that there is a lot of experience on here but sometimes you have to wade through so much crap it just aint worth the effort, it does seem there are an hard core of self obsessed self opinionated people on here who are so far up themselves it is unreal.......there is one thing though nature will probably thin out the present crop soon enough but there again I am sure someone else will take over your role soon enough.....have a good one

Kerry,

See you are back waffling rubbish again and you are confirming what I pointed out, why are you going on about Irish immigrants to North America and British weather? I cant be bothered with you Kerry you obviously have too much time on your hands and you really do come across as a bit of an old smart arse

Typical flame, I am surprised you didn't use the C word. What is it with you people? Are you another guy in a long term relationship with a Thai woman and you don't speak Thai?

The subject of my post was the problems with a long distance relationship and making it more difficult by not speaking the language of the country of residence.

Would you think your wife was a dummy if she moved to England and didn't speak English after 8 years?

But I did not use the "c word" did I you did which I reckon says quite a lot about you...I have noticed you have a high opinion of yourself and a low one of anybody who does not agree with you and it is fair to say I probably dont agree with you on lots of things! I will not get into a discourse with you as I believe that you think you know it all and it would be a complete waste of time and energy, OP sorry about derailing your thread but ignorant people having a pop and getting in sneaky digs annoys me

Kerry,

See you are back waffling rubbish again and you are confirming what I pointed out, why are you going on about Irish immigrants to North America and British weather? I cant be bothered with you Kerry you obviously have too much time on your hands and you really do come across as a bit of an old smart arse

Important to keep a couple of areas separate. You do not need a work permit to open a FCD account. However you may be required to show evidence of where the USD came from if you want to remit away from Thailand. Under the regulations the Bank of thailand requires the Banks to sight evidence that the funds were earned in Thailand, and to earn legally here you need a WP, or that the funds came from overseas. The Banks will remit some money away at times without these documents as some posters will point out.

If you are being paid in USD, are they coming from overseas? If so you have the evidence of the bank transfers that will satisfy the Banks requirement to remit the money away from thailand.

I am being paid my salary by standing order on a monthly basis therefore the Bank has all the details of where the funds are coming from, I have no employment inThailand, it is not a one off payment so if the OP gets a similar setup except his is in USD surely all the requirements for details is already with the Thai Bank.

If I was to move a GBP10K that was earned and paid from outside of Thailand and has never been crossed over to a Thai account over to my UK account I fail to see how this can be an issue. Maybe I am being naive but when I moved money from the UK account or when my employer pays my wages I have had no issues at all with either the UK or Thai banking system.

OP I would have a chat with the Bank but from my personal point of view I can confirm that you do not need a work permit and paying into a FCD account is easy, maybe if you have a large amount in Thailand that was not put into the FCD account from outside you might have an issue moving it out again

Edited: Daveroc I have just reread your post and I am in agreement with all you have written there I dont know why I quoed your reply, must be getting old!!