NanLaew

This did apply several years ago where certain marques that were assembled in Thailand for export did use heavier (thicker) gauge pressed steel for main panels to comply with mandatory crash standards in foreign countries that were not required locally. I think there's more standardization these days in that manufacturers' needing to hold multiple inventories of basically the same body parts became less cost-effective. For info only.

You are the first person to mention insurance. Curiously absent from the original news story unless this 'committee' that's refusing to be hosed is the insurance company. The new car, still being on finance, would have mandatory first class insurance, no?

If I was the OP, I would be fixing to totally cut the losses and sell that plot. I bet there's someone related to the phuyai bahn that's already ready to make a rubbish offer as well.

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha...

And we read so much on these forums about the fragility of the Thai male ego?

Oh my... <deleted>(ly).

You've obviously never had a big-haired, blonde <deleted> from Dallas on the cusp of her menopause. Now that's what I call a proper rodeo. Apart from a cuteish, 30-something hostess from Maduro, Indonesia (with the "snapper" organs), nothing and I mean NOTHING has ever come close.

Looks like the OP is sneaking pics of his watch while she's still asleep in bed? I paid about 1400 baht for a pair ( 2 bands, 4-pieces) of fake MIDO branded, stitched leather watchbands with black anodized clasps on lazada that took 8 days to come from China. They are way, way better quality than the $78 (each) original ones from Switzerland that only lasted about 14 months.

Oh look mum! A self-proclaimed foodie who doesn't know the realities of grass-fed versus corn-fed. PS. Don't sweat it. I only learned the truth behind this meat marketing spin myself just last month.

You never bought a Toyota then....? Have you read the OP? All those years of tootling around in your trusty Celerio and still stumping for the dated Japanese conformity of Toyota?

There's no 'real' 4x4 on the rental fleets that will be up for the 'off road' that I reckon the OP plans on doing. They will come with those AT 'all terrain' tires that will only get you into trouble in the least challenging mud and gravel. At best they are for the recreational cross-country sort, popping into town to pick up some foie gras from Villa. At least that's all the 4 x 4 Vigo I got from Budget in Chiang Mai was good for.

Seven months ago, the brake pads were probably 2.6. It's your wife's ride so it's probably her hitting the brakes in an emergency (with you in the front seat). If (God forbid) she has a prang and the notion of insufficient braking effort pops up, if she finds out that YOU decided that new brake pads weren't needed, you won't hear the end of it.

The front wheel's the only bit you should have stuck very slowly into the nearside 'passing lane'. You can't account for stupidity of other road users. Regardless of how much wheel you show, the locals will STILL try and shoot the gap around you rather than stop. My gate opens onto a narrow soi and although I have mounted one of them convex mirrors to assist ME with detecting traffic as I inch out of my yard in my truck (other drivers never EVER use these mirrors to THEIR advantage), only the slow-moving salengs have ever stopped. Many a time I've been virtually blocking the soi as I exit while turning and most 2-wheels will still shoot that gap. The muttering old lady types barging through even lay on their sheep fart bike horn without a sideways glance* just to make sure I know how rude, irresponsible and arrogant I've been. * If only they could have tinted windows on a bike...?

Sex in the Swift is marginally more comfortable. Or so I've been told.

Dealing directly with a CEO of an insurance company that reinstates a cancelled policy AND blesses it with the latest special offer of even LESS restrictions than the cancelled one? Someone's "died and gone to heaven" in insurance shopping world. (not literally of course)

An insurance broker recommending that any disclosures are optional? My experience which is NOT with the insurance company in question: My application for health insurance at age 64 (no medical required with a declaration of no pre-existing conditions) was accepted. However, on my first claim within 6-months, they did due diligence on my quite limited medical history. They found a single instance of slightly elevated Hypertension 1 grade blood pressure from about 6 years ago. Despite this having absolutely no relevance to the condition I was being treated and claiming for, they requested that I pay a 14% supplement on what I had already paid to maintain my annual coverage. When I signed up, the 'small print' already stated that in the event of a claim within the first year, they reserved the right to research my personal medical history up to 10 years previous. No drama for me personally but if an insurance company wants full disclosure, it's best to comply no?

It's far quicker to say that the US simply offloaded out-of-date materiel. A military inventory that had already been largely written-off as far as the US taxpayer was concerned. There would probably be more anger if taxpayers had funded the repatriation of this junk as Trump and his cohorts idiotically claim was the 'patriotic' thing to do. I say let them have their "Biden funded the Taliban" nonsense moment and move on.

LOL. On another forum, an American friend of mine, in his fifties who, by dint of his parents employment and his quick entry into the international oil and gas business after graduating, admits to only having lived seven years of his adult life in the US. He's never even voted. He says he wouldn't dare to try and get inside the heads or even second guess the political and social proclivities of his own, grown-up progeny, still living in the US, let alone speak for the millions of fellow Americans that he doesn't even know. He admits to reading with slacked-jaw incredulity, the deep political analyses and exploration of US politics and the American psyche being loudly carried out on the forum by various Brits, Aussies and other non-Americans who for the most part, have never been to America. The special ones though are those that openly admit to having lived more of their lives in the parochial backwater that is Thailand than their own homelands. Yet still pass (what they claim to be) their opinions on a third country. YCMTSU For some, it's time to 'pull the head in' I reckon. For the rest, seeya on page 28, OK?

The "I'll admit to anythin' if it gets me outta the pen and away from their stinkin' baloney sandwiches" quote of the week award goes to...

Hey! Cut that out right now! I'll have you know that some of my best friends are from Georgia.

Hmmm... I see. How 'bout a prez who won't admit he lost?

This AG was Obama's last nominee to the SCOTUS. A nomination that the Republicans refused to ratify since Obama, despite still being POTUS at that time, was already on the way out due to term limits and a likely election loss. They gamed the system. Both parties game the system but the Republicans hands-down are the experts at it. Hell hath no fury like a SCOTUS nominee scorned. Apart from that, Garland was easily the most qualified and dignified judge to be nominated in living history. He's the living definition of equanimity. On the other hand, you just have to look at the shrieking drama queens that Trump (and earlier Republican presidents have) foisted on the nation to see that it wasn't a high bar in that regard.

Because they don't want to rush this case would be the answer. AG Garland will make absolutely 100% sure all tees are crossed and all ies are dotted before making whatever move he's gonna make, Surely you can understand that, right? Correct. Since Trump is "two and o" on impeachments, they're making sure that the DOJ and FBI lawyers can breath longer in the swamp water than Trump's crocodiles lawyers.

Well said and IMO so true. And guns. If you're keen on getting their shopping list right, don't forget the semi-automatics.

I've worked with clients and contractors where an important online document has a disclaimer in fine print in the footer that says, "This is a controlled document unless printed." I guess DT's defence will be that these TS/SCI files had, "This is a classified document until the President takes it out of the office." in the footer. ...in invisible ink. ...that can only be read after scanning with his Captain America secret spy scanner ring that came with his son's Marvel comics subscription.