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1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Living in SEA/Asia, I've forgotten all about the western manly thinking.  Actually bought a red car, something no real man would do in the USA, as aka/girl's car color ????

 

At first thought it strange, but really warming up to the colors of the EVs I've noticed lately, except orange, and that being one of my favorite 'drone' & MB colors, but not for a car.

 

Completely different from what you'd see for the USA market.

 

Different shades of cream, blue, green, all pretty cool.   Actually wish we had more choices for our MG ZS.

It's not just the colours on the dolphin (pink, purple and cream) but the shape of the car is not very sporty at all.

I like red cars but that isn't available on the dolphin. Grey is the only colour available that looks alright but I much prefer the look of the MG 4.

Do as I say, not as I do...

21 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Can't believe this is necessary to argue about, but here goes....

 

So it only connects to the BTS at the end that is next to the BTS. So it isn't connected from the opposite end that isn't near the BTS? Oh no, what an oversight! 

 

I didn't walk it at street level, I drove past, and I said it will open tomorrow. I did not say absolutely everything will be cleared from footpaths, how ridiculous. There are still closed road lanes underneath many parts, they won't be cleared tomorrow. Happy?

It is a soft opening for a trial. If that offends your sensibilities and you want everything pristine the very first day of the soft opening then maybe you shouldn't be in Asia. Or anywhere.

 

Eh? Get used to it or move? What are you talking about? 

No one has to climb anything, there are lifts at most exits, and also escalators to use. It is infinitely better than the BTS as that didn't have anything when it opened. You took the stairs or lumped it.

Yes, some of the exits are a little far from the station but this is because they bought land to house these away from the road and not clog up the pavements like the BTS does. Again it is an infinitely better design and they have learned from the past. The orange line also uses a similar design on the elevated parts. I think the days of staircases coming down and blocking narrow pavements is over and that is a good thing.

 

What has that got to with anything at all? Not sure what point you are trying to make.

Again, unbelievable that a positive story has turned in to an argument over petty details, it is sad and ridiculous but sadly typical of this site. If you don't want to use it during the trial period because there is still work ongoing then please don't use it. If you don't want to use it afterwards because you are too dumb to use an escalator or a lift then please don't use it, that's fine.

I have lived here since before there was any mass transit and the developments in the last 10 years especially have been impressive even if the lines are somewhat delayed. How did the Elizabeth Line go? Nearly four years late and £4 billion over budget. (The entire yellow line cost about £0.6 billion).

Bangkok has done well even if there are issues here and there such as a lack of common ticketing and connecting links being built too late for example. But yeah, there are always moaners. 

I'll be on the yellow line tomorrow and I applaud the fact it has been built. Maybe I'll wave at you down below as you shout and moan at the station exits.

 

It may be a lot cheaper but the yellow line is a joke compared to the Elizabeth line:

"The Elizabeth line, which in total serves 41 stations running 100km east to west across the city through 42km of new tunnels, includes 10 new central London stations and the upgrading of 31 existing stations."

Whereas the yellow line is just a 30km monorail. The reason it's so cheap is because they built it above ground (using cheap migrant labour) to unleash the ongoing traffic nightmare and eyesore monstrous concrete stations. The pink line is the same and delayed even more.

I had to use cash yesterday as the Thai banking network still always crashes on payday in the evening.

10 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

As is the norm here we had to pay a visit to my wife’s hometown Wat for the head monk to stick some gold leaf, wrap some coloured ribbons, draw some symbol on the bonnet in powder and splash plenty of “ holy “ water over the car , and us ????, on the occasion of a new car !!

( keeps the little lady happy )

 

Head monk “ Ajarn “ ( teacher ) was in a particularly good mood as one of his faithful followers had had a bit of good luck on the lottery and proudly presented him with a gift .

 

 

Quite an upgrade from his previous electric vehicle which was a little limited ????

 

 

 

And here I thought monks weren't allowed to drive ????

Ironically Thailand has a very strict blood alcohol limit. She wouldn't have been over the limit in the UK or USA (both 80mg).

18 minutes ago, voyagerUSA said:

Just some feedback for those interested in this issue I saw both Dr Suntchai at BNH and Dr Umaphorn at Bumrungrad (she is also at Sukhumvit Hospital I think) for consultation. They both seemed fairly knowledgeable about prostatitis/urethritis issues and understand the nuances of this difficult to diagnose and treat problem. They are both easy to talk to, explain their thinking well, and patient about listening to my lengthy disease history, especially Dr Suntchai. However their recommendations on further testing and treatment were different. One suggested MRI of the prostate the other cytoscopy for example, and their thinking on antibiotics was not the same either. Dr Umaphorn seems a bit more up to date, she knew very well about fosphomycin and suggested it as the next thing to try should my current treatment fail. Dr Suntchai seems a bit more "old school" but he seems very open and willing to discuss and research alternative treatments if you point him in the right direction. For anyone who has this sort of problem either of these doctors are probably among the best that we can do here in Thailand. Please note I have not actually started treatment with either of these doctors yet, these are my impressions from a single consultation.

I had the opposite experience with doctor Umaphorn about 5 years ago. She was unfriendly, didn't even give me a physical examination and said I couldn't possibly have prostatitis because I didn't have any pain in my prostate, I only had pain in my urethra.

I think she told me to see a neurologist, prescribed gabapentin and I never saw her again. Since then I've seen many urologists and they all agree it's chronic prostatitis but it hasn't responded to any antibiotic treatment. I'll have to give fosfomycin a try soon.

1 hour ago, transam said:

Japanese cars are assembled in Thailand, they are Japanese engineering designed.

State your reasons for preferring a Chinese made car......?

I think Chinese engineers know what they are doing when it comes to manufacturing.

https://en.pingwest.com/a/11205

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I guess the problem with Japanese cars is they are made in Thailand...

I would prefer a car made in China personally.

Not counting buses, 2000/50 is 40 baht a trip assuming you use all 50.

Don't think it will save most people any money.

The only thing putting me off the MG 4 is the low ground clearance. I don't think it would cope well with Bangkok's flooding in the rainy season.

Ground clearance unladen / laden (mm) 150 / 117

I have been eyeing the MG 4 EV but my old Toyota Soluna is just too reliable to even consider upgrading right now.

Sounds like BTSC are allegedly happy to quietly benefit from corruption but will squeal loudly and file lawsuits when it doesn't go their way (orange line).

13 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Singha

Do you have a link? I can only see 12L for 78 baht.

Singha online

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

18-liter bottles of Singha water delivered and carried up to the third floor for 65 baht...

 

 

Where from?

Sounds like a good idea to remove them...only a matter of time until one of them falls and kills someone.

22 hours ago, KhaoNiaw said:

It's extremely simple.
I already have the compulsory tax from renewing my insurance a couple of months earlier so just provide the evidence and pay the tax online. After the first time, the details of your vehicle are retained in the system so you don't need to key in any vehicle information. Takes less than 2 minutes.
If you have more than one vehicle, you can add others to the same account. You can also add other people's vehicles (your wife's for example). 
If you need the compulsory insurance with the tax, you just tick the box and add it to the online payment. Takes 2 minutes.
The disc is sent to your home address by registered post. 

Can you choose the address they post it to or do they only send it to the address the car is registered at?

I haven't updated my car registration address for years as I can't be bothered with the mountains of paperwork they probably require to update it...along with the chaos at Chatuchak DLT.