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Who worships Chinese EVs? I know people like the ones that are good, why wouldn't they? Haven't seen anyone on here raving about the big (ugly) cat, in fact I haven't seen anyone say a good word about it - it is pig ugly and nothing special. Haven't seen anyone raving about Zeekr's offerings as they are frankly a bit odd. We've also criticised BYD's offerings that aren't in Thailand yet - I forgot the name but it looks like it could only be used as a taxi as no one would buy it for personal use. Atto 3, Seal, Dolphin, the MG range, the Deepals however are all excellent cars and great value so yes, people talk about them. Oh and they are selling well. Toyota's EVs are an overpriced joke and rightly laughed at.

Yes, and? The guy I replied to referred to EVs.

So we should also get rid of lorries, container trucks, BMW X7s and anything else that is heavier than a basic sedan because the US guardrails aren't good enough? Why do they let any other heavy vehicle use the road? Why pick on EVs? There are much heavier cars and trucks out there.

But come on, if you post a video that claims that a petrol car that's on fire after it smashed into a heavy lorry and a movie clip of an exploding car are Chinese EVs randomly catching fire / exploding saying :"this will make you think twice" then you deserve to be belittled. Watching an obviously and ridiculously fake video makes him think twice about Chinese EVs but he's not capable of thinking twice before posting it, or doing even the slightest bit of research. Anyone with two brain cells can see they are fake and that the YouTube guy only posts fake anti China stuff now matter how outlandish it may be.

I'l give you one - it is more anti Chinese EV nonsense. Complete drivel. The internet is full of this rubbish. The guy talks about the terrifying news that Chinese EVs keep randomly catching fire or exploding. Scary huh? The third clip "of an EV randomly catching fire" he shows is a petrol car on fire after it smashed really heavily into the back of a lorry. The fourth clip of a terrifying Chinese EV exploding was in fact not an EV. Nor Chinese. Nor was it real - it was a stunt from a movie. After that I switched off. All I can say to Photoguy who would now think carefully before buying an EV, please use your brain, do some research, and don't just believe everything a random guy tells you on YouTube. I mean look at his channel and tell me if it is impartial looking. And his "Fields of abandoned Chinese EVs" has been debunked many times. The man is a liar and has a clear agenda.

I couldn't agree more. I knew Colin well and this news has been a shock to so many, he was a great guy. The people throwing theories around should be ashamed of themselves and should remind themselves that this story is about the demise of a man who lived here for decades doing good things, and it is likely that his friends and family are reading this thread. Take your amateur theories elsewhere or at the very least show some respect.

So an American has to be loyal to Boeing no matter it's criminal incompetence or malfeasance? What a weird bunch you Yanks can be. Very misplaced patriotism above all else.

And finish when it ends?

What complete and utter nonsense. Your brain washing is incredible.

What???

Panang curry never has potatoes, ever. Yellow curry does, Massaman does, but not panang.

Great story, thanks!

It wasn't originally, they updated they picture after people pointed out how wrong they were.

RIP AN.

More "what ifs". So allow me to "what if" too. What if governments mandated that all new condos need to provide EV charging? What if they also backdated that so existing condos need to add them? Condos also have councils and people pay common fees, so if the people want them they will be installed. I don't think the whole world will be driving EVs any time soon, but they are continuing to grow in popularity, especially in cities (where most condos are). I imagine in future EV charging will be a selling point of a new condo. You live in Bangkok and a young family in five years' time want to buy one I expect EV charging will be a consideration in where they choose, and I also expect it will be a requirement to have charging stations for any new condo. Do I know this for a fact? No. But I expect it - it's my "what if". Do you not expect this to change given the EV uptake? You are talking about condos that were built before EV popularity was a thing. If you are talking of the UK it is 2035. And see my reply above. You think they will mandate EVs without mandating charging infrastructure in buildings? I know the Tories are corrupt and useless but surely not that useless. Then again....

If you have no way to charge your car at home then an EV is not for you - it is not rocket science. Has anyone ever claimed everybody should have an EV no matter what their circumstance? Why do people insist on coming up with ridiculous "what if" scenarios to support their anti EV stance? If you can't charge one you shouldn't buy one. Next!

Erm, much better quality than GM (absolute junk) or Tesla (slightly better than junk). You want your products to be more expensive? If BYD can sell millions of products at a price point that is great for the consumer and makes them money you would rather pay more? For what reason? Please explain why consumers getting a better deal is a bad thing. Oh, and normally you are supposed to post links to back up random facts. I'd rather not be gouged, but obviously you think differently. BYD are still very healthily profitable so all is good, no? Yellowtail would rather pay more for his goods so multi billion dollar companies can make more money. Yellowtail has more money than sense? Tesla's glory gouging days are over, thank you BYD. As for GM, they will die a slow natural death. https://qz.com/chinas-ev-giant-byd-is-slowly-closing-its-profit-gap-wi-1850979109 Profit per vehicle sold:

Jeez, the barrel scraping continues. Let's compare profit per sale of a Rolex vs a Casio. A Gucci handbag vs a M&S handbag. A trip on the Orient Express vs a taxi. Why on earth would you expect a low priced, high volume, mass market product to be as profitable as an infinitely more expensive, high value, limited production luxury product? You really are out of ideas and are beginning to look silly, sorry. I had hopes you were coming around and being more reasonable recently but you've just taken ten steps back with this ridiculous comparison - I have no idea what you are trying to prove. Idiotic comparison and it reflects poorly on you.

Well done (excuse the pun). Oil is - for now - still important, and it keeps my cars running. Doesn't change the reality of EVs being superior vehicles though.

Sticker-tastic! And glad to see your daughter is taking her safety seriously with the helmet, very nice. I think you could do with a spirit level next time you apply stickers though....

Bit of a silly and pointless dig there about affording them. Not going to get in to a pissing contest but I have owned much higher performance cars than any BMW. And driven (rented) many more much higher performance supercars. Happy with my choices. No doubt the M3's and M5's of this world are great cars but they've never really floated my boat. Maybe because they didn't have stickers on them, not sure. But your bog standard BMWs - 320, 325, 330, 520 etc do absolutely nothing for me, and I have test driven them in the past before choosing something else. And their diesels are appalling.

Too late to edit, but for @ExpatOilWorker if you smashed your BMW, bent the wheels, had significant body panel damage and A pillar damage would you have to wait for parts? More than 32 days? How long would your "Performance Motors" stickers take to be reprinted? That is obviously the most important thing, as a BMW is nothing without the stickers....

Maybe, maybe not. I recently had an accident in my wife's Honda HR-V. Nothing major, but a rear ender in traffic. It took six weeks to fix, and when I got it back the radiator was leaking so they took it back for another 10 days. You have to wait for parts, I didn't go whining to a FB group. Is 32 days too long? It would definitely be nice to be quicker, but it is a relatively new brand expanding quickly in Thailand. And my legacy brand took longer for less damage than that. Aren't we really scraping the barrel now with this post finding a single person who thought their repair took too long?? She has some pretty extensive panel damage. Do they keep those body panels sitting around in all colours in warehouses? No. Do Honda? No. Do BMW? No. She also looks to have some not insignificant A pillar damage, not an easy fix. 32 days "without fixing a nut"? They order parts, wait for them to arrive then fix everything, just as they did with my HR-V. It is just nonsense. Maybe the new more reasonable EOW is no more?

Great video, very balanced.

Yeah I remember that - happened not long before I arrived in Thailand. An absolutely awful tragedy. Is this a new, mellower, more reasonable EOW? I like it.