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All the feeder busses for all lines have been cancelled until October. Reason is people using them as free busses. In my office the staff were always asking for the shuttle tickets from staff who bought the monthly passes but did not use the shuttle. They were using the busses from point A to B but never taking the skytrain. BTS told me that they will start in October as by that time they will have new fare boxes installed that will read your BTS monthly card but not charge it as the service will still be free. I used to take the BTS to Morchit on Sundays and then the shuttle service to Central LardPrao. Not once did I recognize any person on the shuttle from the skytrain or walking from the skytrain to the bus. Anyway now I take the MRT which is more convenient when I want to go to Central Lard Prao.

thanks for that excellent , useful reply !

good to know that - thanks to some members - even in 2007 the Forum is sometimes still more than just "spreading hot air"

And of course, not forgetting about the road works on sukhumvit now, for the bts extension. central bangna to onnut is a nightmare these days

thats correct, but there is no more such shuttle bus since more than 6-7 months, long b4 the BTS-extension-constructionwork began.

and now there are huge queues at ON NUT BTS in the early evenings, crowds waiting for taxis to go down Sukhumvit. sometimes I waited 20 minutes and more..... not a pleasant thought considering the rainy season starting in June....

I thought somebody (particularly a Thai citizen - Member ) might have heard about an official reason from the BTS company for that inconvenience

Dont think so, but they have an office in Phuket:

http://www.sunbeltasiagroup.com

......which is almost 1.000 KM away from RAYONG

Mods - could ban people for their own good.

Very True Brit......I would imagine that about 10% of the time I spend on TV is useful....but I hardly ever go to Bedlam...now that IS a complete waste of time.

I agree completely with the 10% quota.

but after a health incident in the last year, which almost sent me to NIRWANA, I managed to stay away from this forum for almost 5 months (the first 4 weeks I was not able to use any computer in the hospitals anyway).

so I came back with another account just few days ago - but sure I will not spent as much time here as before, or desperately try to read all of the the "new posts since ur last visit".

I survived 5 months without TV so now I know I am able to get rid of any Forum-addiction (I am a member in at least 20 messageboards, most if it is travelling in Asia or Expats in Asia). but in no other board I spent more time than here (the messages are just too aplenty...).

I am travelling around South-East-Asia a lot and try to mix business and leisure....

I would like to hear about recent experiences at the embassies (or consular offices upcountry) of those countries.

As for me, I will be going to Vietnam for the very first time in April (besides EAST TIMOR the only country in South-East-Asia I have not visited so far) and would like to know if its easy to deal with the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok (my experiences with Vietnamese authorities as a transit-Passenger in HCMC-airport were not really pleasant) and how long does it take to get a Visa and all that...... just share ur stories.....

I am interested in hearing about recent news from the Indonesian embassy as well, after they are about to introduce their new 120-day Visa-on-arrival in the very near future (compared to just 30 days before).

I think this could be interesting for many members here, not only for the Visa-runners....

I am talking about Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines.....

does anybody know the reason why the BTS company decided to terminate the Feeder-Bus-Service last year (at least the one from On Nut to Central Bangna is not running anymore)

from what you said here, I am sure it can NOT be the ALTERNATOR. during my 3 day-trip everything worked fine, AC, all lights etc.

even when returning home, I took the car to Carrefour the next day (just 2 x 3 km) and no problems appeared.

only after that I had it parked for 3 days before trying to start it again.... then when I opened the lock at the driver's door, I already realized the battery was down, because the central locking system didnt work, the locks of the other doors didnt respond.

unfortunately I am too stupid to do this BULB testing thing myself..... I am too stupid with all that car stuff.... even I am a male

thanks for the many quick responses so far!

John1: its not a diesel actually

undercover: didnt add anything new to the car, everything's the same as it was for more than 2 years....

as I am a car-technics-DUMMIE i probably have to get it running once (which is not the main problem) and drive it to a repair garage where they understand some english..... though, thats not an easy task in Bangkok.....

I have an old Nissan. I bought a new battery 2 years go, but because I was outisde the country for many times, the car has not been moved up to 3 months sometimes..... after that the battery was run down, I recharged it at a small repair garage nearby. but after doing this several times, I felt that the old battery, though only 2 years old, is not good anymore. I bought a new one 2 weeks ago, and as recommended by the battery guy, had the engine running for a couple of minute to fully charge it. after 2 days I wanted to start the car again and go on a tour, but it was down..... that time I thought "maybe the battery has not been charged properly yet" and just called somebody to help me start the engine. then I went on a tour (400 km) so at least after that, the battery must have been charged completely.

nevertheless, after another 3 days back home, I tried to start the engine, and AGAIN, the battery was completely down !!!

how can such thing happen ? is there anything in the car that is able to suck out the power of my battery ?

I am kinda helpless what to do.

I dont use the car everyday (I live in BKK and usually only use the car to go upcountry or outskirts of BKK / Beaches, or maybe sometimes buying things at Tesco / Carrefour), but I can not risk that everytime I wanna start it, there is no more power to start the engine....

does anybody have a clue what might be wrong with the car ?