edwinchester

Thanks for the tip. I've just bought a V2L plug and haven't tried it out yet.

Yeah, school run is 58kms door to door twice a day. Old fuel bill for our Triton plus house electric was in the region of 11 to 12k bht per month. Now we have solar panels total cost for home electric and car charging is about 1700 bht per month......a useful saving haha.

We've had our NetaV for just over a year now and more than 50,000 kms. Nothing has broken. Average of about 125kms per day mainly on the school run. Initial cost was about 0.5 bht per km charging at home then about 0.25 bht per km when we had our off-peak/TOU meter installed. Now almost all mileage is free as we've installed solar panels. It's comfortable, I'm 6 foot and it fits 5 adults although best if the 3 in the back are Thai. Room in the back for 2 largish, 2 medium suitcases. Only thing we've changed are the headlight bulbs as the originals were dreadful. LED's are much better. Servicing is 1500 bht at 10000 kms, big service at 40k was about 4k bht. Next car will also be an EV. Edit...forgot the range. Drive easy using Epedal and 4km per 1% battery is possible but a heavier foot and probably just over 3 kms will be the usual. We went to Bangkok over the weekend, 300 kms and still had 15% left getting home.

Only by the ears.

Somebody overdosing again on ear medicine by the look of things.

When the Burmese Junta went too far and dismissed a rightfully elected govt the last time, the people finally rose up, enough was enough. I wonder when Thailand's disenfranchised will finally shout the same?

We've got alot of buffalo roaming around here in rural Thailand. Always slow right down and give them a wide berth. Surprised that many of the locals won't knock off their speed when passing them as I've seen the major damage done by even a young buffalo to a pickup that hit it.

Correct it matters not a jot what I think or want but talking with all of my Thai friends they are extremely angry by what has happened to the party they voted for and say they'll be voting for whatever incarnation is forced of MF in the future. Unlike you they want a real democracy in Thailand to improve their lives rather than a rich elite running a country for the benefit of a few mega rich.

"May Thailand always remain a Monarchy & fiercely patriotic..." I see you left out any mention of democracy. Disenfranchising over 14 million people of their vote was inevitable when Move Forward won the election but it was far from a mistake rather it was a calculated blow from Thailand's elite using the Military Appointed Constitutional Court to further their own corrupt cause.

Please enlighten me as to which Western democracies have had their Courts dissolve 3 political parties in the last 5 years?

Seems the height of stupidity to venture into a cave prone to flooding when there is heavy continuous rain in the area.

It seems we've been reading about the rebranding of Pattaya as a family friendly destination for the last two decades.

How much is the extended warranty? I had a Triton for just under 17 years and the only serious problem I had in all that time was the AC matrix failing twice. 5000 bht to fix each time.

Four years for the sexual abuse of a young child and the possession of child pornography is shamefully short. I hate to think he may be out in two years for good behaviour. Hopefully he fellow prisoners will make his stay particularly memorable for him.

Our plan is to go off-grid fairly soon as we save so much anyway. Installation of a smart meter will just hasten the switch. As a further comment when we talked at PEA about installing solar panels, we were interested in the feedback bonus, the guy we chatted to told wifey the meter may run backwards! He actually said if you don't go overboard cutting the bill too quickly and by way too much it's unlikely a smart meter will be installed anytime soon.

If you have a non-smart electric meter it will run backwards during the day banking units for when you run the ac at night.

We have a simple 5kw grid-tie system. 90k bht installed. We have ten 610w panels but disconnected two as it's kicking out too much power on sunny days. Those 2 panels will go toward making another 5kw array when we install a battery sometime next year. We live in Kanchanaburi. Installation was carried out by a small team recommended by a friend. Zero regrets so far and very happy with their work.

Well he's definitely got the gut that rank of uniform demands.

Yeah, best thing we did swapping our car for an EV and installing solar panels. Previous home electric and car fuel bill were just over 12k bht per month. Present home electric and car charging when we can't use solar is about 1700 bht per month....over 10k bht in savings per month.

I submitted an application for a British Passport renewal in Bangkok on July 12th. On the 22nd July I received an email stating it was ready for pickup. Very good service imho.

Good news for him is that it was reduced by half due to his confession.

Cars were recovered in Thailand more than seven years ago. From the article cars haven't yet been returned just the promise of return 'per legal requirements'. My how slowly the wheels of justice turn here.

If somebody did that to one of my daughters they'd no longer be breathing.

Sounds like self defence to me.

Facebook don't give a siht, just after the advertising revenue. I've reported several scams and nothing gets done about them.