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As I mentioned in a previous post I was in Penang approximately 6 weeks ago and Jim's place and the Banana Guest house, who today are not accepting room bookings, were both closed along with numerous other visa shops. Below is the last entry on Jim's Farcebook page dated December 2020. Hi my friend ,hunni is helping with collecting some fund to help me to keep my place in Penang until something good happens or when the border opens.well I have closed shop fir nearly 10 months and I have used up all my savings and I think I cannot carry on without some financial help.from my friends and my clients.any help will be appreciated and when the visa situation is back to normal I will be there to help u guys again.Thank u so much.

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.