NanLaew

I'm sure when you wrote that it made some sense ...to you.. Many thanks for coming out as one of the hitherto unidentified minority that posted a confused emoji.

To summarize, it's negligible. My dad's Zephyr Mk V4 caught fire three times in one summer. Apart from learning how to rebuild a melted wiring loom, it seriously put an end to my childhood whim of growing up to be a fireman.

Excellent, thanks.

Ah, OK. Good to know, thanks.

Not going to trawl through 12 pages of witless speculation and solar power codswallop but if anyone else has, have they confirmed that it was an issue with either the vehicle's charger interface, or the charger, or operator error and naff all to do with the EV's battery itself? Asking for a (nervous BYD owner) friend.

The PT reinvents itself after each and very "loss" and no doubt it will do the same again. Who's this "fugitive" you allude to? Last I read, Thaksin has returned, surrendered, and if not exactly jailed any more, certainly in some form of custody. Nobody needs to keep an unelected quotient of military-aligned senators any more. The law mandates that the incumbent sycophants maximum 5-year term totally expires in April-ish 2024. PT are perfectly capable of rounding up their own largely unelected and unelectable cabal of yes people for the upper house without the need for a military crutch. Same trough, different day. Different snouts too.

AAIB investigations are typically very thorough affairs. And this unfortunate crash was in England. Considering where you claim to have been living for a long time, you must be gutted. You don't know squat about helicopters either. Sorry for your disappointment. Agreed, case closed along with all the tenuous attempts to bash Thailand and all things Thai.

No I didn't.

The IO processing you will already "see" your previous O-A use on their screen after he/she initially scans in the passport. If he/she doesn't see any reference to the eVisa he/she may just proceed with the O-A entry for which you have proof of insurance. I am not sure if the issuance of the eVisa will appear on their screen as, like all visas, it is issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the database he/she uses is the Immigration Police one. Thus I would suggest keep the eVisa letter out of sight until he/she mentions it. Worst case is they see your O-A AND the existence of an as yet unused eVisa and after flipping back and forth through your passport, whereupon you will be handed over to a supervisor. Your experience at that point onwards will depend on whether he/she is having a bad day at the office. Good luck!

Good grief... Phnom Penh? The blackguard can't even do a decent runner. Mind you, wasn't his dad suspected of being in Cambodia for years after he was charged with murder only for it to be revealed that he'd been squatting in plain sight at the family pile in Chonburi most of the time? He even had local pooyai's and police chiefs attending his bloody birthday parties while the arrest warrant was ignored. The Khunpluem's are one of the great untouchable Thai families. The small "independent" political parties they created in Chonburi were powerful and have been the lynchpin of several dodgy national administrations for decades including Thaksin's years at the helm. Itthipol's is brother Wittayu got a job in the Prayuth administration before being handed the Pattaya mayorship in 2018. Just remembered that Sontaya's Chonburi political party already threw their hand in with PT before the recent election so, with PT now seated in the big chair, K. Itthiphol doesn't have to worry about anything. This is a window-washing exercise to save face for some "do you know who I am?" muppet in the NACC who is making a last grab for some brownie points.

You don't have to do it with the lights on do you?

If you behave like that, the demi-mondaines won't touch you with a bargepole. They're after the two-week millionaire-like 'fresh meat' experience and not the old 'falang loo-mahk'.

I recall reading a thread where someone tried entering with two valid visas and immigration were quite nice and asked the traveller to choose which one he wanted to use, whereupon the other one was stamped cancelled. Not sure what the OP's experience will be if they're not nice and decide for him (and still cancel the other).

Same as BMW.. Pull twice, safety measure. When white smoke is billowing from under the bonnet of your new EV, that's NOT the time to be looking for the Owner's Manual. Sheesh...

Absolutely correct. What is your regular 4-cylinder sedan engine other a metal box that safely contains 4000 small explosions per minute (and over 12000 per minute when overtaking)?

Four months is the norm for improvised heart disease, which coincidentally corresponds with when he will be able to walk out of the hospital as a free man. The Corrections Department now have the prerogative to exercise the Royal Pardon whenever they see fit. He'll be home for Christmas with his grandchildren.

They momentarily threw their hand in with a one-trick pony called Pita until someone popped his ONLY balloon.

In other news, Reagan said he was going to sign off on the biggest tax cuts in US history, and he did. The following year, he started to raise them and introduce some more. George H.W. Bush said, "Read my lips. No new taxes." Then he approved new taxes. Every sitting POTUS since Eisenhower has stated in their first speech after being elected that they will end the US's dependence on imported oil. None of them have. Boris Johnson said he had an oven-ready Brexit deal ready to be done. But he hadn't. What's your issue with election pledges again?

You managed to see EVERY person in Switzerland while you were there on vacation? That's awesome! Your Aussie mate can see clear across the Nullarbor and way up the Cape York? That's amazing! Is he clever like you as well?

haters gotta hate losers gotta lose

Maybe because nobody has suggested that he's going to get shot as yet?

An excellent clarification along with the raison d'être. Thanks. Looking at the sheer numbers of grandparents that are looking after grandchildren on behalf of their single mum daughter here in Thailand, like so many other statutes here, this law is going really, really well.

Note for those here with a predilection for younger totty: if she agrees to do it and afterwards simply decides she wished she hadn't done it, your "it was consensual" argument hasn't got a legal leg to stand on. So either do a decent job of it, or pay well.

State laws don't apply when you are travelling abroad. This is a federal crime and the minimum age limit is 18 years of age. It is all written in plain and simple language on US government site that has been posted quite a few times. I see. What's the Fed's stance on serial pedantry?

So one questionable EV car fire in Bahn Nork and there goes my no claims bonus? Apart from a few RoRo car transporter ships where one catching fire toasted the lot (and the ship), there's no evidence that EV's anywhere "burn themselves to a crisp" in any significant numbers to warrant a higher premium. None whatsoever.