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58 minutes ago, patong1234 said:

hi, if company paused "not open"  pay only yearly audit (30k) , no taxes.                         b  married to thai, only 2 employees ( pay social, not actually needed to employ them..) , work permit done in a couple of weeks , if staff quit, no problem for work permit, just get new staff...  they can come and check your office address, but rarely...  best to use a "lawyer/accountant office"  to know all infos , some might take care of the paperwork for you

Here in Hua Hin (Prachuap Khiri Khan) they check if your staff is really working or the company is only fake. Last year they mad an about 1 hour long interview with me and my staff about our business and each job. And they told my staff to report working foreigners who may work without a work permit. So be careful. 

Very good news!

23 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Thailand is truly amazing is all I can say.  Let's see if my date for the vaccination on the 24th of This month is honored.  

 

Mine is 9th of July...

I registered Tuesday in Market Village Hua HIn. My appointment for the jab is beginning of July.

I would prefer a mRNA vaccine, but it will probably take months until we get it here in Thailand. The last few weeks, I started to collect information about all these vaccines which are available in Thailand. My conclusions is, that every vaccines is better than no vaccine at all. So I registered yesterday. I will need another shot next year, anyway. I think/hope that then more vaccines are available and you will be able to choose.

Impossible to drive at night with a grade 60 tint , side windows and back not so bad but front screen a no no 

I had the same opinion in 2008. But since some years I am used to the 60% tint. It offers many advantages during the day (less heat, less glare).

Night driving is no problem - especially because the new active safety feature (of our Mazda CX-5) help a lot.

Blind spot monitoring is really very useful at night because it also «sees» vehicles with no lights. Cross traffic alert and a backup camera are a must in Thailand. The new adaptive cruise control makes long trips less stressful.

Bad news for Mazda. I had been thinking of the Mazda C3 but that has settled it. Im going for Honda or Subaru. I will be sure to check every inch of the car when I get it thanks to this blog. Really appreciated OP.

I wouldn’t reject Mazda only because this isolated bad buyers experience.

It also depends on the dealer. There are good and bad dealers, everywhere and for every brand. We choose a bigger dealer even it is more fare away than one of the local dealers. Small dealers often not the capabilities.

Honda makes good cars but they don’t offer the fun of driving like Mazda. I also like the Subaru brand, but the dealer network is not so good.

Yes, to buy a car from a company that sues its unsatisfied customers would indeed be crazy. Personally, I would not give them one satang. So, it does in fact influence sales. 

Mazda offered these few affected customers a free repair and much longer warranty (time and kilometres ). But these Mazda owners were greedy and asked for even more. They start to slander Mazda and then Mazda had to react.

Every company would do this.

Even the former models should be zero mileage and unused, as such "brand new" even if they are now cheaper..

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It seem, that it is the model from 2016 and a car for test drives. So it cannot be «brand new». Even with low mileage a cars starts ageing. That is the reason, why should make regular inspections even when you don’t drive the car.

But I agree, that the dealer should have taking more care of this car (cleaning, checking everything).

On the other hand, I assume that this 2016 car was sold much cheaper. The 2.2 l Diesel cost about 1.65 million Baht back in 2016.

That is why I ended up purchasing a Vios Why would I want to buy a car from someone who sues their 
customer.
Mazda does not realize the damage they did by suing customers. Turns a lot of people off their
cars like me So I am sure there are others as well Very narrow-minded 

Mazda has only sued some crazy owners who didn’t a their generous offer and stated to bash Mazda in socials media. The problem only affected a small number of cars but there owners thought they can press a lot from Mazda.

And BTW, this has no influence on the sales of Mazda. The story is already forgotten in the Thai media. Mazda performs very well. They sell a lot of cars even though there are quite a small company.

Mazda makes very good and reliable cars. The reputation of the Mazda 2 and CX-5 is very high.

Be carefu!Last time customers complained to much about Mazda they got sued by Mazda

That is not true. Mazda has sued only some owners who claimed too much, didn’t accepted the generous offer and stated bashing Mazda in the Internet.

Can you provide a picture of your CX-5? The new model was just introduced some months ago. But some Mazda dealers still have the former model in stock and sell it cheaper.

 

You cannot expect a new car. The complaints are annoying but minor. You also cannot stop paying the finance because you made probably a finance contract with a bank and not with Mazda.

 

But you should note and document all your complaints and give the dealer some time to fix it.

 

I am a happy Mazda owner since 2008 and we had never problems.

If Thais choose Toyota, then it must be the best...

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The Thais don’t buy the best cars. They buy the brand they know and the look at the resale value. So you see a lot of these crappy Honda City and Toyota Vios, even there are better cars on the market.

I ask also waiting for the electric version. It would be a good bike for the short local drives. I also think that the hybrid version doesn’t make sense.

You should also look at the new CX-5. The CR-V is better, if you need a lot of space and you will stay with Honda. The CX-5 is better, if you like driving. It is more powerful and has better driving dynamics than the CR-V. The CX-5 also offers adaptive cruise control which is very useful for the long trips.

The Fortuner is only an option, if you need to go off-road. The Fortuner is quite hard. In this case, the Ford Everest would be a better choice.

I wouldn't worry
I'm in a Moo Baan & they just build right up to the fence with windows
I'm sure they got a Permit & notified neoghbours
So not my problem if my cigerate smoke drifts into their window

As a foreigner, I would worry. You are more vulnerable than a Thai national.

A building permit is cheap and you will be save.

I generally try to follow the rules and regulation in Thailand - even often Thai nationals don’t care. I am a guest here and it is my duty and my respect to this country.

Tesco had car covers, too.

Many Thais build without a permit, but you shouldn’t do it. Ask at the municipality. A building permit is not expensive.

Thai women have a lot of friends. It is not a general sign to worry. Does your wife use Facebook? Normally they will post a lot of photos of these events. You can also ask to invite these friends at your home?

Try something like wix.com?

Your local Honda dealer?

Have you seen the BRV?  A bit smaller and a lot less expensive!

Correct, but also lacks a lot of safety features and has only a small engine. I would look at the MG ZS, instead. But I don’t know how reliable the MGs are.

But the ZS looks good and has a lot of features.

Toyota CH-R was in Phuket last week on show ...Sorry I have no idea if its coming to Thailand but I would say so if its on show

 

https://www.toyota.com/c-hr/

 

First reviews of the CH-R mention lack of power and an annoying CVT.