Rampant Rabbit

11 hours ago, scorecard said:

Friend worked in japan a couple of years, job came with a new high end car whilst he was there, high profile car company. Friend was highly impressed with the service provided including a snr., mngr from the HO In Toky calling him after every service to check all was well. (I can agree with that, exact same experience.)

 

Friend returned to LOS and bought a similar model / same brand in Bkk. At second service car was taken out for a road test and involved in a serious crash. Dealer refused to offer any compensation.

 

Friend did some detective work and got the name and address and photo of the Thai dealership owner and estblished that he spoke good English.

 

Friend arrived unannounced, walked into owners room and laid out all the documents he had from when he was in japan, highlighting the name/rank of the Japanese snr who had called him several times in English when he was in Tokyo. Also the e.mail address of same man.

 

Then he opened his notebook and displayaed that he had an e.mail ready to send with numerous photos of the damage. Plus a photo, full name/address of the Bkk dealership owner and photos of the front showroom of the dealership.

 

Thai dealership owner said 'you're too frightened to send that e.mail' and then ignored the farang.

 

Farang immediately sent the e.mail. Within a half hour he got a call from the snr mngr in Tokyo who apologized and send 'where are you now?' 'At the dealership, dealership owner is in the next room'.

 

Ten minutes later dealership owner comes out gives a long apology and many wais and tells the farang he will be getting a new car within a few days and a temporary car until new one is delivered, plus a cheque for just over 200,000Baht plus the dealership will pay the costs (if any) of services for next several years.

 

An hour later the guy from Tokyo calls the farang to check he's satisfied and reveals that the dealership owner had been fined about 1MBaht. 

 

Farang got the new car and every time he took the car for servicing he got the full red carpet trartment. 

 

 

Good for  your  friend, The  Thais  need a  good  kick up the ares for their  lack of service and then the ability  for  threatening others when they get  a serious  complaint which they are  wholly at fault  for.

I did a  similar  thing  with Honda  once  writing  to  head  office in   Japan and within a  very short  time got a   beautifully  written reply from Japan and had the dealer and head  man in Thailand for  Honda  knocking on my  door  apologising. I kept the letter  to this  day.

Struth cant afford that, sod  it Im off  out  parot  fish hunting for me dinna

19 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Now now, the HA's are not a criminal organization they are doctors, lawyers, bakers and locksmiths whose living depends on patching up comrades, giving them legal assistance, cooking meth, and opening safes . ..

And  dont forget the  kiddies.....the  ole  charity  cobblers  they spout

5 minutes ago, transam said:

It's not a Fortuner diesel then....????

Hilux  Fortuner????  and Prada https://www.toyotaclassaction.com.au/

The Toyota class action claimed compensation (that is, money) for defects in Toyota Hilux, Fortuner and Prado vehicles with a 1GD-FTV or 2GD-FTV diesel engine acquired between 1 October 2015 and 23 April 2020 in Australia

Op's problem is  down to the dealer, ive had various  brands  over the years Toyota  Nissan  Honda  Chevrolet.its the dealers  that are the problem.

Recent  visut ot my loacl EX Chevorolet  dealer resulted in a 50  minute  wait just to the the price of a  part............theyre  clueless......oh yeah they are selling GWM  now so expect them to be  just as  clueless  about customer service also. The end result  was I service  all my  own vehicles even if  I  have to learn  how to do it, most is  not that hard.

Personally Id  be mouthing off  to Toyota  head  office  about them

21 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Its a tarted up old model.

 

front looks terrible IMHO.

Seems  many just change them for  changes sake.

On 8/7/2022 at 9:36 AM, transam said:

you bought reliability....

Tell that to the DPF folk in Australia class  action lawsuit or any BZ4X owners...........thats if they have any more than 3  wheels  on their  wagon  left. Toyota are  resting on their laurels  too  much . They like all manufacturers  here can get away with a lot of under  carpet sweeping if  required.

PS yeah I  know its  not  Thailand..

More to the  Point.Honda genuine   GX25  carburettor ,Thailand 840  baht, UK 4000 baht , same part

On 8/7/2022 at 11:41 AM, sipi said:

"I'll get another half a turn" CRACK.

Out with the grinder and hammer and chisel to repair cracked fittings.

Yeah been there, done that.

Thai  fittings  should be  renamed "cockinabucket"  fittings theyre  really krap threads.........youll  need  about 18-20  turns  of  ptfe starting thin build  up to a  pyramid  shape   at the end, always  buy the fittings  with the metal insertplastic  ones  again are  krap, not  perfect but  better, then also add green pipefitting dope as mentioned ........ Before  fitting the tap try it dry to calculate HOW  MANY revolutions get you  near to the upright  position so when you do tighten it  you  know how  many before it  bottoms  out. Half inch  fittings are the worst it gets  better with 3/4  inch for leaks and or  splitting when  over tight

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/permatex-no51h-118-ml-100-i262179393-s403657700.html?exlaz=d_1:mm_150050845_51350205_2010350205::12:17724336665!!!!!c!!403657700!531910104&gclid=CjwKCAjw9NeXBhAMEiwAbaY4llLOcTVQBZ4l4hk98iJfdT1pO8Td2tQEo7MtxSkgJcbn2d05ITmIehoC-RAQAvD_BwE

750k down just another 7.75  million to go

https://www.jtgtravel.com/asia/thailand/stray-dogs-in-thailand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stray-dogs-in-thailand#:~:text=There are around 8.5 million,believed to have been abandoned.

If Thais spent  as  much time working as gawking at their  phones theyd  be ahead  of Singapore

7 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

"Softly. softly", "go easy (on irresponsibility), "fines discretionary"

 

While people continue to DIE!

 

And for the Country's populace to be publicly told this!

 

Sets the example I won't be taking - or ever did!

really I couldnt care  less about THEM, they know what the ultimate  price  is, so  up to them, the only enforcement should be kids.

Any adult  injury if found  not wearing a  seat belt= no free  medical care form the state.....or their insurance, let em die

5 hours ago, webfact said:

special seats and seats that stop danger".

Order  now while  stocks  last!

17 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Precisely- Opinions are cheap and useless.  But might make the opinion  giver feel superior.  But they are not superior  just stating the obvious.

I was here in the autumn  of 90 or spring 91 when there was a terrible gas explosion in Bangkok.

Well I  hope  YOU  paid for that  damage then..

4 hours ago, mancub said:

To ensure compliance, police at checkpoints all over the Kingdom are shortly to be provided with tape measures.

Pah theyve only  got ten fingers, they cant count that high

Why the ferk do they even bother makng these  <deleted>  announcements, bunch of  morons

On 8/9/2022 at 10:24 AM, John Drake said:

Look at someone the wrong way and you'll get Covid. Now transmitted by line of sight.

Huh wont get me....gouged  both my eyes  out

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“When there is problem, a party has to make a decision to get rid of festering pus.”

 

Whole  party resigning then?

3 minutes ago, Excel said:

Think you need to get your eyesight checked and pretty quickly. the threads subject is "severe-staff-shortages-reported-in-thai-hotels"

dont worry can see  how deeply  disturbing  this is to you...removed  all  my replies

Good  to see the  Police  doing their  job............of  doing bugga  all, as  usual