PattayaDavid

[quotLots of people make mistakes with auto trans fluid readings, firstly, it has to checked on a warm engine, you have to run it through the gears a few times, then put it in park and with the engine running check the dipstick,.just keep your eye on the level but ill bet it wasnt topped up originally, autos do not use oil, they can leak but they do not use it,.e name=mikethevigoman' date='2007-12-10 22:37:43' post='1698765]

It's interesting, I had a look through my Vigo owner's manual a few weeks ago and there is no mention at all of how to check the transmission fluid level.  It doesn't even display a diagram of where the dipstick is located.  However, I agree with Mike as to the proper procedure for checking transmission fluid levels.

Can you really get Bt2000 worth of fuel into your car ? Impractical to get more than about Bt1600 for me.

Maybe not yet, but don't count it out in the future (lol).  It's not too many years ago that you might have said the same thing of Bt1000.

Thanks for your opinion, Mike.

Well, I kind of like the Navara, though before I had a look at it I was quite sure, that my next vehicle wasn´t going to be a pickup.

I might look for a opportunity to rent a Navara a few days in order to test the comfort properly.

North

Hi Andy,

Did you get rid of your Vigo Exclusive?  I remember when you bought as I bought mine shortly thereafter.  You appeared at the time to be very happy with it.  I still like mine even though I wish it had a slightly smoother ride.  I don't drive it all that much, mostly back and forth between Pattaya and Roi-et when the wife and I visit the inlaws.  As far as seat comfort, I have no complaints.  The drive to Roi-et takes between 7 and 8 hours; I still feel good, no aches or pains after completing the drive.

I must admit that the truck is a bit big for driving around Pattaya.  I have a 2001 Honda Crv that is absolutely perfert for driving around the narrow Soi's of Pattata and for parking.

The Navara didn't show up in Pattaya until after I had already ordered my Vigo Exclusive, the 4-door, 4-wheel drives much later, but from what I saw of them, I thought that both the in

teriors and exteriors looked rather plain.  I would think

that Nissan would have done much better to design a new truck that took the best of the Vigo/Isuzu appointments and meshed them with the Triton style to come up with some with nice looks, but maybe not so radical as the Triton.  Instead, the Nissan is a rather bland looking truck in my opinion.

Bob has opened another Bar-B-Que place at Soi LK Metro (Off of Soi Bua Khao) nearby to ''The Rock House'', 'Lolitas'' and ''The hel_l Club''. Guess he will have more passing trade now.. But parking a truck/car nearby is still a pain...

My wife and I went to Bob's Barbeque Friday night and it was great. The restaurant is setup almost identical as the original Pattaya Tai restaurant except that the bar doesn't go quite as far back and that there are no tables upstairs. I ordered the large smoked baby back rib meal, should have ordered the small or medium because it was huge. I must have gotten the pig's entire rib cage, two racks of ribs about one foot long stacked on top of another with a large baked potato, corn on the cob, salad, etc. I don't remember ever getting such a large plate of thick juicy ribs. The difference I find between Bob's ribs and those from The Great American Rib Company is that Bob's ribs are so much more thick, meaty and juicy than the extremely dry and tough ribs I experience at The Great American Rib Company. It is not my intention here to put down the Great American Rib Company, Bob has actually eaten there himself and said that they do serve some good dishes, but I was in the mood for ribs and I feel that Bob does them best.

I had mentioned this thread to Bob and the concerns about parking and that he should go to the thread and address this issue. In the mean time, I will pass on what Bob had told me. Bob told me that there is ample parking; you have to turn into the alleyway located between Soi LK Metro and the Metropole Hotel. It runs to the left of the Metropole Hotel underground parking entrance and parallels Soi LK Metro. Bob said

that you can park directly across from his restaurant in this alleyway. Sometimes there is a parking attendant who will charge 20 baht for parking and other times he is not present and you can park for free.

Anyway, I just wanted to pass on my experience at Bob Barbeque. I highly recommend Bob's Barbeque to one and all.

without interjecting offensive rhetoric?

That's what Weho does best!

I guess I'm not as familiar with the postings of Weho as are others who regularly visit this site so perhaps this is the reason for my initial reaction. With that said, I'll try to take his remarks with a grain of salt.

Weho, do not be intimidated by the small minded ...

You just had to get in one more jab huh?  Irony and humor; I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.  Anyway, I agree with you on one thing and that is to let's stop this.  Have a nice today and no hard feelings, just a gentleman's disagreement.

How about easing up on your rhetoric criticizing the United States of America?

How about not? Weho is very funny. Lighten up. Both Weho and I are patriotic citizens of the isolated principality of Amerigay, thank you very much.

I may not always agree with Weho, but I will defend to the small flesh wound his right to complain about oyster sauce on rice.

Jingthing, I really don't have any problem with anyone poking fun or complaining about certain aspects of our country, however I don't think it's too much to ask people to at least get the name right. Negatively bias terms like “the minor nation of U.S. and A.” just detract attention away from the topic at hand, offend some of us and only invites further negative feedback in response, don't you agree? Think about it, what does the using of terms such as "the minor nation of U.S. and A. , which explicitly represents a negative opinion of our country, have to do with the topic, vertical chicken rotisserie electric cookers?

Weho, could you just stick to the subject of the thread; hel_l, you started this thread, without interjecting offensive rhetoric?

I’m glad to hear that both you and Weho claim to be patriots, even though I didn’t actually hear it from Weho. A term used in everyone of Weho’s recent posting such as “the minor nation of U.S. and A.” in my opinion doesn’t illustrate that of a patriot regardless of whether he is a patriot or not. By the way, I’m not questioning Weho’s patriotism, only his choice of rhetoric?

 

 

A friend had one in the minor nation of U.S. and A

Weho, what's with the constant bashing of the United States of America BS? Please enlighten us of your experiences while either living or visiting this country. You list your home as Pattaya; have you even set foot in the U.S.A.? Also, if you liked the movie "SICKO" then you are either a flaming liberal or just plain ignorant of their agenda and the likes of Michael Moore.

How about easing up on your rhetoric criticizing the United States of America?

After reading this thread yesterday then Wanda Sloan's article on the Comodo 3 Pro Firewall, I uninstalled my Zone Alarm Basic Firewall and installed Comodo 3. I run Vista Ultimate on my computer. Before uninstalling my Zone Alarm Firewall, I ran the "ShieldsUp" test found at www.grc.com as recommended by Wanda Sloan to check for vulnerable ports to threats. The test found 3 open ports, all other ports closed and no stealth ports. After loading Comodo 3 Pro, I ran the test again and received the exact same results. Below is the results of my test. My question to you, how do I access and correct these port vulnerabilities? I don't have a clue and Wanda Sloan failed to address this issue in her article, thanks.

Port 21 FTP OPEN! FTP servers have many known security vulnerabilities and the payoff from exploiting an insecure FTP server can be significant. This system's open FTP port is inviting intruders to examine your system more closely.

Port 23 TELNET OPEN! Telnet provides a remote command prompt window which allows remote systems to be configured and controlled. Any system that appears to be offering a Telnet connection — like yours is right now — is offering the potential for total command-level access. Since a surprising number of Telnet servers are known to have no password, this open Telnet port will be attracting a LOT of the wrong kind of attention. If your network contains a residential NAT or DSL router, it may be that its "WAN-side" management interface is open and accepting connections. No matter what the cause, you should immediately attend to this open Telnet port.

Port 80 HTTP OPEN! The web is so insecure these days that new security "exploits" are being discovered almost daily. There are many known problems with Microsoft's Personal Web Server (PWS) and its Frontpage Extensions that many people run on their personal machines. So having port 80 "open" as it is here causes intruders to wonder how much information you might be willing to give away.

Sign up for Google Gmail, it's more reliable and has much better SPAM protection. Also, you can set it up as a POP3 account in either Outlook or Outlook Express if you desire. Do a Google search and sign up.

sorry but I think u did not read my post properly. I did not ask "can anybody recommend alternatives to hotmail". I asked a specific question about HOTMAIL and still hope somebody is able to give me a hint.

Thank you

If you didn't like my response, why didn't you just ignore it; I was only trying to help.  I read your post quite clearly, but since I had no solution for your hotmail problem, I thought I would offer you a much better alternative to Hotmail.  Some people don't realize that you can setup a POP3 account with Gmail.  Gmail has a much faster and reliable download and a much better SPAM screener, I should know because I have 3 Hotmail accounts and 2 Gmail accounts.  I only keep the Hotmail accounts because some of my friends and business interests can't seem to take the hint and send correspondence to my Gmail address.

Anyway, if you like Hotmail so much then bite the bullet and download the Windows Live, however I still think that Hotmail is crap.

Sign up for Google Gmail, it's more reliable and has much better SPAM protection. Also, you can set it up as a POP3 account in either Outlook or Outlook Express if you desire. Do a Google search and sign up.

I own a Humax Satellite Receiver with built-in 160GB hard drive.  I use it quite extensively to record programs off UBC especially late night, early morning sports events, however I also have the local Banglamung cable system in my home.  At present, I am using a VCR to record off the Banglamung cable TV.  Is there any way that I can feed the Banglamung cable coaxial feed in addition to my UBC coaxial feed into my Humax Satellite Receiver so that I may use only one unit for recording and viewing?

Thanks,

Pattayadavid

Is that ok with you.

Totally, but just reminding people that many people love some of their menu, and I would like to see them do good business as I think they deserve it. Any business that provides stuff that some people love at a fair price and employs local people has got to be a good thing, except for the Thai pig community.

Ok, I haven't tried everything on the menu, they do make good Pecan pie, however they call themselves "Great American Rib Restaurant" and the ribs just don't live up to the name.

I have to agree with Plasticpig on this one. The last time I took the wife there, the ribs were so tough and dry that the wife and I looked at each other and said let's go. We had the remainder boxed up to take home to the dogs. We immediately drove over to Bob's and had a proper rib meal.

I also won't ever go there again after the incident whereby Mikethenavaroman was extorted for money by one of the female staff members over a minor accident in the parking lot.

I recommend that you get the tired plugged or patched theb swap it with the tire on your spare rim.

The only really big difference between Adobe acrobat and 3rd party versions is the ability

to create custom page sizes, which you can in adobe but not in the others.

I am interested as to why you would need the upgrade to 8.0? It gives no advantages that I can see

over 6.0.

David

I don't know about the original poster, but I too am considering upgrading to Adobe 8.0.  I had used 7.0 on my laptop, but when I built a new desktop earlier this year I installed Vista Ultimate and it is my understanding from research that 7.0 is not Vista compatible, but 8.0 is.  I've seen 8.0 at TUKCOM, copy version of course, but have yet to purchase it.

Changed from TOTs goldcyber to bestcyber, because of very poor performance, but cannot log in. I tried endless times.

User name and password are asked for again and again.

TOT technician said I should buy a new modem (D-Link DSL-500T), but I think mine is o.k. Maybe the password changed somehow?

What can I do?The D-Link webpage was no help...

I haven't heard about TOT's bestcyber.  I use TOT's goldcyber, can you shed a little light on the best cyber upgrade?

It was replaced for a new mirror.. This one was also bigger and i like it.

Jareddriving,

What brand and model backup sensor system did you purchase?  I don't think I've seen anything like that here in Pattaya.  I like the idea of mirror replacement versus the clip-on style.

PattayaDavid

4 on the back and 2 on the front side. The display is in the rearview mirror. Also this mirror is wider and bigger then the standard mirror.

Was your original Toyota rearview mirror replaced with the new rearview mirror with backup display information or is it of a clip-on style. The reason I'm asking is because I had purchased a clip-on LCD/mirror to view a rear video camera when backing. The mirror worked ok when backing, but would vibrate and shake when I was driving down the road. I could not find a way to stabilize the view, drove me crazy so I removed it. I think mine was just too heavy for the standard mirror support arm.

PattayaDavid

Mine actually went in late at 6300 or so but they put the next service at 14300, a gap of 8000 and not the stipulated 5000. Needless to say, it will hit the garage in a little over 3700 at 10k !

I'm a bit surprised that the service intervals for Isuzu's is at 5,000k.  Toyota Vigo service intervals are listed at 10,000k intervals including oil and filter changes.

My wife and I are looking for a new mobile phone for her.  Unfortunately, she only likes the clamshell type mobiles so it does put limitations on our choices.  We've looked at the Nokia N76 and Samsung models U300 and SGH-D830; she seems to like the Nokia N76 the best.  I've read some reviews off the internet, but would like to hear from actually users, particularly those here in Thailand. Also, if you know of any new models coming out soon with the clamshell design, please let me know.

Thanks,

Pattayadavid

Go and nick one from another Vigo...there's lots to choose from....but just one thing....spares from white Vigos only fit other white Vigos. So pick any Vigo except a white one.

I have a white Vigo and have never heard that the white vigo rims or spares are not interchangeable with those from other Vigo's, so what's the difference?

Pattayadavid

I have 3 Western Digital 320GB hard drives installed in my computer.  The first 2 are setup in a Raid 1 configuration and are working ok.  I had the 3rd drive installed back in July to use for periodic backup and/or misc. temporary information storage.  I can't remember what I have stored on the drive, if anything, but now it is no longer being recognized.

When I startup my computer, as it goes through the startup checks, all 3 drives are listed as follows:

Port 0     OFFLINE MEMBER (shown in red lettering)

Port 1     MEMBER DISK (0) Raid (shown in green lettering)

Port 2     MEMBER DISK (0) Raid (shown in green lettering)

The above may not be exact, but I hope you can interpret.  Once Windows is up and running, the 3rd drive (Port 0) or D: Drive is not displayed at all therefore cannot be accessed.  Has the 3rd hard drive failed?  I've never had a hard drive failure before so I don't know how to recognize a failure.  I thought that it may be a power problem, maybe a Sata cable came loose or maybe a BIOS malfunction.  I'm going to check the power cable tomorrow and also to run my computer with the side panel off to see if I can feel any vibration from the drive to determine if it is spinning or not.

I would appreciate any input from any computer techs out there.  Luckily, it wasn't one of my RAID drives, however this is why I setup a RAID system in the first place.

My motherboard is the ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi, I believe with Award BIOS, but don't quote me on the BIOS.

Thanks,

PattayaDavid

I agree that when I first bought my Vigo, it is very difficult to judge distance when backing, but I quickly solved that problem by purchasing/installing a backup sensor system that provides an audible beeping and solid tone to provide distance information. It can be purchased and installed for as little as 1,400 baht for a 2 sensor system to 2,500 baht for a 4 sensor system. You can also purchase systems with led or digital visual indicators.

I own the Vigo double-cab, 4-wheel drive exclusive model and I find that it corners very flat with only the slightest bit of body roll is pushed. I think that the rearend would break loose before I would experience any significant body roll.

Pattayadavid

When I had a problem with my old Canon G1 digital, I was told to take it to the Canon Repair Service Center located, I believe at the front on the 3rd floor at TUKCOM in Sri Racha. I took my camera there, filled out the form describing the problem and received a receipt from the lady. She said that it would be sent to Bangkok, no charge for transportation or estimate of repair. I received a call from the technician a week or so later. Luckily, there was only a minor battery connection problem with my camera and it was fixed quite easily. The camera was sent back to TUKCOM, Sri Racha and I was called when it arrived to come and pick it up. My camera was fixed for no charge even though it is an old camera years out of warranty. I would recommend you to give them a try. Worse case, the estimate of repair will be more than you wish to pay and you will get your camera back at no charge.

PattayaDavid