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Do you want to be the pot or the kettle ?

I would have to spring for the extra 48k and get a NETA V, and kind of like them, although haven't sat in one, but specs & dimension would win me over any entry level ICEV in TH. Only familiar with Vios (now Varis) or Mazda 2, and wouldn't think of buying one again. Celerio NETA V if still discounted

Reading comprehension seems to be an issue with a few members....

Reply in reference to the OP stating ICEV cost half what an EV cost, in which only the very basic ICEV is priced below 499k baht. Guess they're fine if that's all somebody wants or can afford. Just wife, dog & myself need a lot more room & power. I doubt if the Celerio could have gone up a couple hills we've gone up, or carry what we need when out and about. Besides I can't even get in the dame thing, comfortably. And can't imagine driving on the highway in one for over an hour. I thought the Vios & Mazda 2 were POS on the road, but fine locally. The comparisons people are making are just silly, and this one in OP, besides silly is simply false. Celerio vs VW ... haven't a clue, but I'd never own a VW, any VW. Can't believe a damn thing they say.

Considering the convenience, and price of 1 liter of petrol to get you a chain store, 7-11s fit the bill for a few baht, if that, if just picking up a few items, snack or daily basics.

Acknowledged already below .... but how often are you more than 125-150 kms away from home ?

No alcohol part is easy, as cut that out almost entirely the past 10 yrs, though didn't drink much anyway. Demon Pastries & Ice Cream, or more exercise. With that, out the door with the dog to the park. Have a good one.

It's more about what 7-11s offer in there home countries, and pricing of the not 'get you in' items; milk, deli meats or whatever. Most items priced much higher than larger chains, supermarkets. 7-11s here/TH offer a good range of everything, fresh or frozen meals, packaged and fresh baked pastries, and at competitive pricing, especially compared to chain stores here. Not too much to worry about expiration dates either, compared to ma/pa shops' old stock. Convenience, as I think we have about 8 within 4 kms, and parking never a problem. Definitely a Godsend when O&A, as we enjoy rural holidays or the beaten path.

That does agree with iqair site @ 64. You really should be turning your purifiers on at 10, at least. Golf ... I can't hit little A$$ ball, even still on a stick. Throw a baseball at me at 50-75 mph, and no problem. Still a youngin' @ 69, so don't worry about too many things either, never a smoker, but too easy just to turn the purifiers on when in the house, where we are most of the day, anyway. 25 years on, and sugar is my demon, as told yesterday, same as the last 20 ish yearly check ups, I'm always in the high blood sugar range, and if I win a few more points, they get to call me diabetic. Need to work on burning it off, or cutting back on my pastries and weekly Swensen's scoops

Obviously timing is everything when it comes to traffic. Rush hour and weekends, especially the latter. If you can avoid those times, and we do when driving to or through the area, the traffic isn't so bad, and tolerable. Parking or lack of, is huge problem at Hua Hin, but once there, most things are walkable, if not lazy, and their are the baht buses, which are quite convenient.

I hope you mean AQI hits 100, as PM2.5 should be single digits. So you are saying, you don't venture outside much during smog season ? I turn mine on when AQI is above 50, or PM2.5 is in double digit territory.

PM2.5 monitoring sites would definitely disagree with you. Do you think this just started today, or will clear up tomorrow ...

Reasons I've never considered HH as a beach holiday location. Good pitstop on the way to more southward beaches when I lived in Udon Thani, but that's about all. 20+ years and the water was never considered clean enough to swim in, and not a fan of horses on the beach. Southern part was OK, but had to deal with the monkeys, and some, more anti social than myself:

That's what serving spoons are for, especially rice dishes. Though agree, hard not to transmit with the communal sharing style of eating in TH.

Not just Thai venues, as the grossest kitchen I've ever been in was at a very popular farang managed bar at Udon Thani. Afterwards I never ordered food again there. People that have never 'serviced' restaurant would be applauded at some of them, especially the higher end ones. My experience anyway, when providing linen service and flowers to restaurants back in the Philly area, USA. Quite eye & nose opening.

I guess the need to Q is location and grade of petrol to use. When using 91, occasionally had to Q, but usually not. Using E85, never Q'd, I don't think, actually harder to find, than a CS station now, as only the newest, larger PTTs offered E85. No matter what grade, it still took 5-10 minutes to get topped up & pay, unlike the less than 1 minute, to top up at home. So, 5-10X to top up vs the 1/10 in the OP, when local, which people are during most of the year.

Lucky the kid didn't turn the car off ... W T F

This part of OP is spot on ... "Respondents cited expensive accommodation, the nation’s sluggish economic recovery, and notably, congestion on Rama II Road as prime factors." Though not sure price increases are any different the any other popular town, and Rama II isn't HH's fault.

You forgot to add, in Thailand, it would cost 4X as much to operate, if you didn't have solar. And no, they are about the same price now, not half price, unless buying a way underspec'd 3cyl Celerio. Only faster to refuel if on the road, as takes longer to top up than EVs pugging in at home vs Q'ing up every week at petrol station. Range gap is getting much shorter, even the same if spending extra money. Just another silly (false) what if and a very poor one at that.

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Wasn't me, but reading the comment, does show that many people post on threads, about subjects they don't know about. Maybe that was their thinking. Although you did actually enlighten yourself after that post 👍 right after I posted the differences, which you read or simply googled yourself.

Sit corrected ... as didn't read the not so fine print of his father after 1st divorce, and he remarried way up the silver spoon ladder. Although Tucker himself and wife didn't have great paying jobs, freelance journalist & artist in the beginning, guessing daddy's (or his wife's) wallet was always there, if & when needed. Not really a fan of any of them, though have enjoyed a few of the ones I've seen by Carlson. I don't follow any of them, and usually just notice while scanning YT, when bored, too often. Rather watch the dog & animal clips. Prefer to dedicate my time to humor, than the sad state of humanity. Just a Som Nam Na world, and they can have. Left that hamster wheel, or caring about what I can't change decades ago. If a topic or speaker does interest me, I Google what they are presenting, fact check just to see how bias or BS it is. Some are decent and spot on, but TBH, most is just clickbait, and rarely do I learn something new.

Reads a bit like a tourist adventure, though a good start. A month at each city is a good time period, enough to see what's there, during the week, day & night, and weekends, day & nightly activities. Before buying in, if your intent, you do really need to live there, renting, at least 1 full year To experience the high heat & humidity, low overnight temps, if any, along with horrendous months long of air pollution and rainy season. Happy Travels Personally myself, wouldn't consider any location North of Hua Hin, or even Chumphon. Seems you want to be in a metro area, which doesn't leave many options on the Southern half of Thailand: Surat Thani Nakhon Si Thammasat Hat Yai Yala That 4-6 months of nasty air pollution would get very old, very fast, and not exactly healthy for you.

And to break that 1,000 baht note for smaller banknotes.

Insured as a total write of. And if in TH, (the topic) probably insured for the price of a new one, as ours is, if it got totaled. So your point is what ?