Alain Folly

Okay I really appreciate the feedback and different perspectives. I've already reduced my worry to near zero, in part b/c experts here have convinced me this could easily stay a one-time occurrence, but also b/c 10x more milage has seen no recurring event. This happen with the odometer at < 20 km. But people might benefit from a bit more detail: First, I actually like the idle/stop feature and have known about it for years. Watching my {uber, grab, bolt} drivers I noticed the behavior and ask if the vehicles were hybrid (because I noticed a similar thing on Priuses, the Toyota hybrid). Nope, petrol only, so I looked it up and thought "good idea". Fuel efficient. The stalling event happened during a sudden and forceful stop, going down hill on a gravel surface. As I pulled out of a parking lot onto a main road, the lane was clear until, at the last minute, it wasn't. (A car passing on the left at high speed entered the leftmost lane where I was heading.) Due to the forward and downward momentum against the gravel surface, the wheels locked and the car stalled with engine light. Full restart necessary. Now while the suddeness of the stop was at most a 1-sigma everyday stop, I suspect the combination of everything else produced a 2 or 3-sigma back "pressure". I'm spitballing here but there's a torque equivalent of impact force, which would be very high under these conditions, right? I now consider it highly plausible the engine was designed to stall under such conditions. (A bit like fighting with the emergency brake, I'd want the car to stall, I think.) Anyway thanks all! Mods: please move to "cars for sale" ????

Yes, only once. But in only a couple days of driving, so the frequency -- of an event that should never happen -- is disconcerting...

Yes. Literally 100 meters around the block, at low speed.

Yes I know about this, and this feature was not inhibited at the time. Like I reported in another post, the engine light triggered ON, and the car needed full restart.

Thanks for all the input. This was a genuine stall. Engine light on, accelerator did nothing. It required full return-to-park, then foot-on-brake restart. I'm no expert on obd(2) systems but I strongly suspect this kind of engine light stall would register as specific trouble code. But they refused or didn't understand.

Of course one needs to get used to each new manual transmission vehicle. A reasonable question, though is can a properly working automatic transmission car stall? Let's google that together https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=automatic+transmission+stall Answer: Seemingly not without some problem. Please correct me if I'm wrong. (BTW I'd love to be wrong)

I'm pretty sure I have a problem with (insert Japanese carmaker). After having test driven the "equivalent" car from the lot 10 days ago, I ordered a new one, which arrived in a few days. Before paying, I requested to test drive my new car. "Cannot! New car." I paused, but naively figured it's under warranty, so what could wrong? Paid the ฿1 mil, and drove away. Here's what could/did go wrong: minutes later the (automatic transmission) vehicle stalled in traffic. I immediately told salesperson, drove back to the dealership and requested diagnostics. I repeatedly requested (audibly and visually w/ Google translate) that they connect the computer (obd, obd2 system) and provide to me a copy of the trouble codes. I just wanted proof so they acknowledge the problem. Instead of that, the mechanic drove the vehicle 6 km/hr around the block and concluded, "everything ok". Everything not okay, evidently. What should I do? Seems too soon for lawyers, but still. (Recent news suggests THIS carmaker only responds when the legal process is involved.) Thoughts?

Like I said, I know this comment well having read it many times. I'm jealous of you my brother! My last extension was two trips for a combined door to door wall clock total of 14 hours. 6 cabs refused the SRT lak si to/from CW (they reportedly want that big mo chit money), and the officer accused me cheating on the PREVIOUS extension (I which I did not, so the weekend spent plotting my bank account sums against the oscillating 800/400 minimum.... Over 2 years) Oh but I stray off topic, forgive me.

Let's say I'll be using Jomtien immigration office as home base. That's very possible, and a recommendation there would be very appreciated. But my next renewal is 10 months away .. At the heart of my question is the touchy business of bribes and fake bank balances (still perhaps legal because the IO has some ultimate authority, as I've read 100 times). There is presumably a premium paid for that "workaround" service, SO I'm eager to pay for the convenience LESS that premium...

Complication here because I really enjoy slow traveling mainly between Bkk an Chonburi (satthahip now)

Folks, this long time lurker and DIY visa holder (non o retirement) has finally reached his limit. I'm financially able to comply (and have always complied) with all the rules. But I am now exploring the cost/benefit trade-offs of engaging an agent. Now my first question is this: is any agent willing to provide a discount for 100% legit (฿800k year round) yearly extension based on retirement? And if so, what should I expect to pay for the "no-workaround" by the book extension? Any quality referrals? DMs welcome. Before the derailing of the thread, let me anticipate the common comments (lurker here so I've read hundreds of these comments): 1. "It's easy for me, five minutes each year. You're doing something wrong." I know this comment very well and have myself tried to dicipher the root cause when applicants have had trouble. Most of the time there is a well understood mistake, I'll concede. But not always and not for me. Off Topic. 2. "Province X is easier than Y." I'm not interested in province-shopping. I want to choose where to live, then solve the problem of how best to achieve that. Off Topic. 3. "If you use an agent once, you'll be trapped in the agent bucket forever. Then if they are found to be breaking the law, you'll get caught up in it, detained, deported. How dreary". A month ago this was my main concern, but now my gut reaction is, oh well there's always Cambodia, Iraq or sunny Kharkov. Off Topic. For the ironically impaired, 1-3 are snarky ways to say I already thought of that. In truth I don't own my thread and insightful comments would probably help someone someday.