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Thanks. Have been there a few times, without the dog though. Nice place, and an interesting Butterfly House. Along with a bunch of squirrels & birds. If there with dog ... yea, best to keep on leash ...

In TH, you should be wearing a hard bottom water shoes/footwear anyway at the beach, especially a touristy beach. Way too many sharp objects in the sand for my liking. Some of those shells in the sand can be quite sharp & pointy.

At that price, might replace 1 or 2 modules, but not the whole pack, as would mean the car is already 8+ yrs old, so just buy a new EV, and start at -0- kms. Would think in 6.5 more years, that price would even be much less.

Volvo single motor (LFP) spec'd (battery & range (WLTP), about the same as MG ZS, although much peppier off the line. Would think fit & finish a bit more refined for the price point. Partnership with CH's Greely manufacturer.

฿30-200+, depending on vendor

Chonburi definitely trying to cash in on the holiday ... 9 days

Obviously farang was cruising at high speed, if he landed in the other lane, some distance from his scooter. It's really hard to see, let alone judge the speed of scooter traveling at high speed. Looks like an urban setting, not divided road, so he certainly wasn't doing 60 kph, as that scooter is mangled up bad, dislodged the front tire. Easy to survive at speed limit, unless not wearing a helmet. Speed kills

They ask, they receive ... it's called a gift

Actually it's per incident, 2 years for fraud, so 6 times, or 12 times, if she pleaded guilty, and got half sentence. Murderers get 8 yrs usually, (half of 16) if they confess & plead guilty, no matter how heinous the crime is.

Nothing makes me feel inferior ...

Whoa ... that's 40 kms south of us. Was down that way the other day. Tomorrow MG is going in for a check up, as the doors aren't auto locking once rolling along. Used to self lock at about 15 kph.

Pretty straight forward drive, from airport, hop on hwy #9, then hwy #1, then hwy # 2 to the NE / Udon Thani. Mostly divided highway all the way, though very slow going, considering how long to get there for so few kms. Don't know if wanting to play tourist, as it's a long drive by itself. An overnight in PhiMai is a good idea, and peek at Khmer ruins & museum, next day if that interest. At about Pak Chong, may want a break, after collecting car, and negotiating traffic after few hours, before hitting the long boring part of the drive. Some fast food places there, if a McD fan, one of the only ones on the highway. Then a decent coffee shop there, if just something lite and get hell out of the car, or a Lotus's for the vendors there, if wanting more substance, S&P/YaYoi, etc, and all close, no U-turns involved. Most PTT Park petrol station will have a food court, KFC & 7-11, along with vendors and probably a 5 Star chicken. If needing a break in Khon Kaen area, then highly recommend Greenleaf Hydrofarm & restaurant, near KK airport, about 7 kms off main road. Also, unless at KK during rush hour, don't bother with the KK bypass, as a lot of driving, that doesn't save any time. Drive the speed limit as leaving north end of town, as lots of speed cameras.

Do you drive, if so, you could park at Ekamai Gateway, and grab a taxi from there. If not, get to Ekamai BTS (depending where staying), and get taxi from there, or from hotel Cooking with Poo & Friends ... 087 686 3714 (Gmap ph #) (website)

On the subject of "15 minute citY",, (thoughts from another thread), I just realized how small 'town' is here, and the part that has all that would be needed; good hospital, PoPo, all govt office (not Imm), surfside, bars, restaurants, about five 7-11s, two CJ Markets, and another chain (?), along with huge wet/fresh market, selling everything. Weekend night market, filling in anything else needed. Really wouldn't need to go to Makro (borders the red area), unless wanting western fare. We live just out of town, which is all of about a half square kilometer rectangle (0.5 X 1 km) 😲 Nothing really needing west of the RR line to hwy #4, or north or south of 'town'. With the the SRT station, in town, you have access to most of TH.

I just prefer not to give them money for something that is going to get burned up to nothing, and degrade other parts of the car in the process. Petroleum products/byproducts are an almost necessity in life, unless going Amish, and I wouldn't do that to horses here. Brutally hot, and that would be cruel. Would be pretty cool though, as I'm almost in a '15 mins city' scenario. Makro is only 3 kms away, 7-11 even closer. Been a few decades since I had access to horses.

Service or maintenance. For our ICE MG, that would mean 9 oil changes & probably 2 full tune ups. Maybe a timing belt change. Hopefully no exhaust system problems yet, but inevitable. The EV, is a couple filters, every 30k kms, I think. So yes, a lot more faith in that battery and electric motor. So many less parts to malfunction.

Oops ... correct you are, too many 3s Electric also doesn't cost B5 for most folk, and I can remember when it was just over B3 per kWh. Of course if you have solar, even better savings. What do you think the chances are of petrol going back down to B16.88 vs back up the B44.88 high, less than 2 years ago ? If they keep diesel frozen, they have to make up for that little subsidy somewhere, and it won't be off the bottom. Notice they basically eliminated ~15% lower price of E85 when we first bought our ICE MG.

None depending on your lifestyle. They both do the same thing, allow you to stay in TH, for a set time. Depends how many days you want to stay in country, at a time. Thai Imm site will tell you the cost & limitations of both, if any. I prefer the 'once a year' paperwork of the Retirement visa & extensions, vs the repeat Imm Office visits if on a tourist visa to extend, and or exits out of the country. Of course for retirement visa, need a Cert. of Residence, base income (Thai bank account), and be 50+ yrs old.

What ... ฿38+/- per liter (91) isn't high enough. Need to go back up to ฿45 for some to open their eyes, and close their wallets to petrol conglomerates. Cost to go 360 kms with our MG ZSs EV ... ฿231 if using PEA @ ฿5 per kWh ICEV ... ฿977 using 91 @ ฿38 per Liter Driving 20k kms a year EV ... ฿12,333 ICEV ... ฿54,285 That starts to add up (petrol alone), over 5-10-20 years

The dates of, are always the same, unless extended or falls on weekend, then standard in lieu of 'days off' of work applied, for those fortunate enough to even have paid days off, or simply off of work unpaid. The celebration date/times can be different for certain areas, to maximize profits. As no town wants to miss out on ding dong tourist & local's baht, and may schedule their celebration before or after KSR, Silom rd, or Walking Streets @ Pattaya. As pointed out, some places go overboard, such as NE. When living in Udon Thani, people start throwing water at cars and motorbikes the weekend before & after the official Songkran dates (13-15), so easily 10 days of, hibernation at home or O&A to saner places to avoid. Was at Karon Beach Phuket one year, and quite surprised, and they barely celebrated 1 day, Patong beach a bit more, as more ding dong tourist & nightlife. Where we live now, it's one day at the beach only, and rare to see water thrown anywhere else .. ... Pure BLISS.

Simply attend a 'Thai cooking class' to learn some technique, and how sweet, sour & spicy is applied to you cooking. What will offset (if an oops) or compliment each other when added to a dish. I watch a lot of YouTube, not for the recipes, although will pinch them, but for the technique and cooking knowledge that their years of experience has taught them in practice. Understanding what makes up flavor/taste, and how your ingredients will contribute to the final dish: What to season, when to season, how to season, if to season.

You're serious ... street food vs in home/building cooking lessons. Ever heard of YouTube, or a cookbook. Food from the street or night market, no different than in home cooking, unless you plan on buying a mobile cart/cooking station. Since 'street food' seems to be a generic name to all food cooked in TH now, I'm not seeing what the difference is, since no longer needs to be serve, outside a building/on the street via mobile vendor. They call one chickie's ฿1000 crab omelet 'street food'. Most Thais don't pay 3 days salary for 1 omelet, no matter how many stars you get the dump. Kudos to the guy who can get ฿25k from ding dong tourist ... that's awesome.

I'm finding that real hard to believe, that there wasn't another contributing cause. Possible something that concentrated the sunlight, glass bottle for instance, for it to reach the flash point to ignite. Tissue paper will need a lot higher temp to spontaneously combust, than <100C, the inside of a car on a hot 45C day. source

And yet, mandatory to report 2 types, along with most reports are from HCP & vaccine manufacturers and SVSC (78% +/- of reports). Surely they actually know what they are reporting. ... "Healthcare providers and manufacturers are required to report two types of adverse events to VAERS within a 7-day period: (a) those that the manufacturer has identified as contraindicating reactions to the vaccine as specified within the manufacturer's package insert and (b) any adverse events present on the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) Vaccine Injury Table [4]. Healthcare providers and manufacturers are also encouraged to report any other adverse event they consider to be clinically important." ... "From 2000 to 2004, approximately 60% of all domestic reports came from either HCP or vaccine manufacturers and approximately 8% came from vaccine recipients or their parent/guardian; during 2006–2011 these proportions increased slightly to 64% and 10%, respectively, and approximately 4% came from State Vaccine Safety Coordinators (CDC unpublished) (source) Also, most adverse events are NOT reported ... ... ""Underreporting" is one of the main limitations of passive surveillance systems, including VAERS. The term, underreporting refers to the fact that VAERS receives reports for only a small fraction of actual adverse events. " (source)

If you have to ask ... ... then you have answered it yourself ...