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3 minutes ago, pantsonfire said:

so the 72 hour test before travel didnt work

They are also tested on arrival or very soon after ...

Chulabhorn Research Institute may be worth a look...it started off just for cancer but has now expanded

On 8/17/2020 at 10:01 AM, Pilotman said:

Both

And bad luck for Ferrari when the FIA told them What you are doing with your power unit Is not within the rules... So much slower this year!

47 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

24 year old Mazda.

 

50 K to buy it.

 

10 K a year to maintain it.

 

When it breaks or after 5 years throw it away.

 

Cube root of <deleted> all prestige, but at the end of the day it is only a car. Who will remember it (Merc or Mazda) 10 minutes after you drive by?

Are you talking about my wife's advert...she has had her 1996 Mazda Lantis from new ... do you want to buy it ... 555

5 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Buying a Benz as a first car, especially in Thailand, may be a bit of a costly adventure (but at least you should get waived through all police checkpoints...but not guaranteed with only a C-Class). The cost to service out of warranty is very high...but if you can afford to buy I assume you can afford to service. I would check out the major online car sales sites in Thailand (don't know if allowed to mention them by name but a G-search will bring them right up). Official dealer demos can be good choice too.

There are four options available to buy various levels of extra manufactures warranty and/or service costs provided your car is less than three years old and 100,000kms. You can purchase up to a total of eight years. It will allow you to sleep at night!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 hours ago, natway09 said:

Got a golf buddy purchased a new Merc & 3 months later he drove through some standing water as I did in my Honda within 2 minutes of each other.

 They told him that his  engine totalled & need to get new one from factory in Germany.

That was at least 2 months ago & still has no car back nor would they give him a loan car for the duration.

Hopeless crowd  when consider the kind of monies they want for a Merc

Very foolish not to either avoid standing water, as you don't know how deep it is, or to go through too fast ... and clearly eg one car will go through 12" deep water safely whilst another will only make 11" ...

On 8/28/2020 at 9:09 AM, SePl said:

 

any link to the garage location please ?

 

are they also doing painting ?

 

 

Type into Google 'Thompson Garage' or use thompsongarage.com

Don't paint.

50 minutes ago, chilli42 said:

You can keep the plate for sure.  The wife has done it with her expensive collector plate numbers

She must be VIP then because we were told cannot!

22 hours ago, Crossy said:

Idiot ThaiVisa moderators who move a thread to the relevant forum and forget to tick the "leave a link to the new location" box.

 

Sorry

Bad day...

12 hours ago, jamora said:

I know a few guys who buy on eBay. There are some good shops in Germany, where they buy totaled cars, cut them up in Eastern Europe, and sell the parts.

one problem might be to get a mechanic change them.

I just had our Airmatic system replaced, found all the parts on eBay, but no one here would change it if the parts were not new, so ended up getting it done at Mercedes Thailand.

You should join MBEQTH and the MB Owners Club both on FB... all the info that you want there. Someone is even selling 'repaired' Airmatics with a guarantee. Thompson Garage in Bang Na tend to be Merc specialists. There are also 'model' clubs eg MB E-Class W213 club. If you are out of warranty dealerships maybe should be your last choice...

Thompson Garage in Bang Na will sell you genuine parts at less than  Merc dealership price.  They also have  'state of the Art' alignment equipment. They tend to be Merc specialists.

Guess it could be postponed like the Red Bulls guy visit to the courthouse. But in this case any brown envelopes might have to go back...

How did she manage to exit Thailand without her passport ... was it the one she entered on.

My wife and I like Sirikit Dam and always try and include it in our trips.

I think you need to give the guy a chance to get himself sorted. I don’t think he has anywhere near finished yet or we have somewhat different opinions of what should be included.

I see on Thai PBS just now that the Ford 2.0 made the news... in the wrong way ...but don’t worry owners the boss of Ford Thailand says he  will sort the problem for you ... just pleased that we have the 3.2L ...I think!

6 hours ago, HauptmannUK said:

Hybrids achieve greater fuel efficiency largely through energy recovery (charging battery) when decelerating. The brakes last years because there is so little wear. Hybrid gains are in stop/start urban and suburban driving. On the open highway you're running on the IC engine most of the time so savings are quite limited.

Some of the Hybrids use the Atkinson cycle engine. So some saving in efficiency over what we would consider as a normal cycle for the IC engine.

PHEV is probably the way to go until fully electric becomes the norm. If you can manage to save the battery for use in heavy traffic then it does make quite a difference with your consumption and exhaust emissions. 
 

I find running in ESave mode is quite sensible...it still is in hybrid mode but keeps the hybrid battery at the charge level when you select that mode ...awaiting the heavy traffic!!!

21 hours ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Weaken, it's 41.20 to the £ today, I can see it dropping more, possibly around 43 at some point this year.

You might be right let’s hope so. Just now it was the highest it’s been in the last 12 months.

I have just moved half the money I need from the UK using TransferWise after all charges I got 41.04. So received 102,622 for 2500 GBP.

Maybe tomorrow it will be even better...

My wife always insists that we register the car in the province where we live. She says some of the annual tax goes towards mending the local roads.
 

Maybe there is some left after nearly everyone has had a nibble....

I think new plates cost about 200 baht

Yes you should get a NCB

We are with Bangkok insurance this year paid 13,000 THB for MY15 3.2L Everest

You will get a big discount if you limit it to just two drivers and also another 5% if you have a car dash camera.

Yes, the pay out value drops every year and it is about 80% of what the car should be worth.

IMMeServices app. Register and then it takes less than 5 mins every 76 days.... 

Why don’t you register and then use the IMMeService App.  takes me less than 5 minutes to do my 90 Day Report...