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Strangely if you talk to people from a more advanced charging system country than Thailand they will tell you that the best place to charge your vehicle is at a desolate and wind swept station that only has a greasy spoon burger van that sells instant coffee, as when peoples cars are charged they will vacate immediately. The last place to charge is a supermarket, shopping center, tourist hot spot, anywhere with third party attractions as people tend to return to their cars, not when the car is charged but when they are ready to leave. Some council ran car parks with chargers are giving 40 minutes free parking if you charge your vehicle. Of course people that do not really need to charge will still connect to the charger and get 40 minutes free city center parking. How long before we see the first photo of the ICE vehicle parked in the mall charging bay as it is less distance to walk?

Just want to confirm if this is BS or the border has reopened. Just talked to a guy who claims he has just got a 45 day VE from Mae Sai within the last week.

Unfortunately 2000/2001 was a model change year for the Audi A4 in Europe. You need to find out which engine is fitted, as prior to the model change two different 1600 cc engines were used although both are Volkswagen based. If you are lucky to have the 1800 cc engine then this is pure VW Passat. I am pretty sure your car will be a pre 2001 car as Audi had announced the series two and needed somewhere to offload the discontinued model. Personally I would investigate the starter to try and find a model number to see if it was fitted to any other car particularly the VW group. I assume you have done all the checks and are 100% it is the starter and not a relay or solonoid or ring gear fault.

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I arrived Penang by air and got 90 days entry. On leaving Penang, as I had no checked baggage I got my boarding pass from the electronic kiosk so no questions about vaccine status from airline staff. Arrived at DMK. There are two girls standing on the walkway. Out of around 150 passengers they stopped two. A guy in front of me was stopped. He showed a piece a paper to the girl but curiously his passport was closed and in his hand. The check took around 5 seconds. There is cubicle where they administer the ATK test if you are stopped and have no vaccination or test certification. This part I overheard so may be wrong. My two friends decided to take the bus from Penang to Hat Yai as they were going to Samui. Not the ticket office nor the bus driver nor at the border were they asked for any Covid document status and received 30 day visa exempt. Regarding consulate, I met a guy who was refused visa as they would not except his Agoda booking. They wanted to see receipt for payment from hotel. PS I have arrived twice in the last month at DMK and even though I had an ATK cert was never asked to show it to anyone.

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I have just returned from one week in Penang. As a UK passport holder I got 90 days on entry. No vaccine or test required to enter. My first visit since Covid after many visits. Lots of Chinese and Indians. Almost never saw a backpacker or a westerner. Chulia street is a shadow of its previous self. All the Thai visa shops appear closed and abandoned. Even the famous Jim's Place and Banana guesthouse. Got the impression Penang is going up market. Two hotels I stay at were 1200 baht with breakfast before Covid are now 2000 baht no breakfast. Both full with Chinese.

I was a regular visitor to Savannakhet so here are my dodges. Don't take the bus, but take a tuk tuk leaving 15 minutes before the bus. When you arrive at Thai immigration there will be no people. Buy your bus ticket at the office next to immigration. When the bus arrives you will be first on first off. If visa on arrival have your form pre filled out to save time I also have blank arrival cards. They stamp you in at the visa office so you might catch the same bus to town if not going to the consulate. I beat all the evisa holders last time who have to join the queue. Returning to Thailand make sure you have a stripey plastic vendors bag and buy two cases of large beer Laos for 200,000 kip at the wholesaler close to the border. Put the bag in the hold with the other bags and no one will notice it. Put an identifier mark on it.

Might be worth noting that the visa run company that pre covid always used Vientiane are now using Savannakhet.

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Two further things to check. The nut holding the gearshift lever can becomes loose. Heat Shield The number one rattling culprit in your March is the exhaust heat shield. They can get a little loose as the vehicle ages and accumulates mileage. Once this happens, it’ll rattle all of the time. It’s particularly noticeable when you rev the engine in neutral and let off of the gas pedal. You should hear a rattle as the engine comes back down from the higher RPM. A worn linkage can also rub against the heat shield in certain gear positions. From Nissan March forum. Unfortunately there is no guarantee that the CVT fitted in Thai cars is the same as fitted to UK cars. If it is there are two large doughnut type magnets on the sump that will show the amount of debris. There is an internal filter exposed when the sump is removed. Below is the filter kit for K12 UK spec.

If this was me I would try to eliminate if the sound is coming from a worn gearshift linkage perhaps vibrating against some thing. Try holding the shifter and apply a slight pull up and down and rotation force in both P and N and see if the note changes. Try to access the linkage and see if the noise changes when you touch it. According to a Nissan forum this is a common problem due to the linkage being close to the exhaust.

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