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48 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Trump is just playing to the MAGA crowd. Behind closed doors, all this bluster is just put to one side. Look at all his supporters on here, lapping it up, believing everything he says. It is like those people who think the WWE is real. In fact there is quite a lot of overlap between these two groups.

This is spot on.

Just like last time around (Mexico will pay for a wall etc).

3 hours ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

 

 

You do of course have links to their quotes, right? Or do you just swallow this and spread it without checking? (Don't worry, I know the answer)

 

22 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Nigel fouled the bed repeating the establishment lies about Tommy Robinson. It was a major blunder.

I'd like to see Tommy form a new party when he gets released from solitary for the crime of.......journalism.

You swallow anything, "establishment lies".........hilarious.

And Yaxley-Lennon is in prison for the crime of contempt of court, not "journalism". But believe what he tells you and don't forget to donate!

Having Yaxley-Lennon and "journalism" in the same sentence should be a crime.

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 They don’t take our food, they don’t take our cars, but they send us cars by the million

They don't take your food because your food standards are much lower than Europe's and your food is chemical laden and nasty.

They don't take your cars because they are inferior rubbish.

Try improving them and things might be different. What a moron, people are laughing at America.

5 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

Yes I will, I have no choice but tourists have. Tourist numbers are going up at the moment but that may not always be the case. Introducing things that have the potential to make tourists feel uncomfortable is maybe not the best way to boost figures especially when other S.E. Asian countries are looking to increase their tourism revenue.

So a family in the UK saves up for their dream holiday to Thailand, then they hear they need to fill out an online arrival card (same as in many other countries). They'll cancel their holiday immediately!! Can't have two minutes wasted on filling out a form, oh no!!!

Tourism will come crashing down, the economy will tank, we're all doomed.

39 minutes ago, helbob said:

Thanks 🍻

Post the locations in a forum, a group or give to new members is a problem. You never know who is the person looking this postings. Many thiefs are in lost place groups only for get  good informations

Ok, fair reasonings. Look forward to future posts.

1 hour ago, bokningar said:

My point is that most electricity in Thailand is produced by burning oil, gas, cool.

Only 0,59 % comes from vind or sun. The so called " renewable" souses.

So why go to the trouble to use that.

It produces a lot of co2 just to get all charging stations in place. And to increase capacity everywhere.

 

Oh my, we have a new candidate! Normally when you post claims you are supposed to back them up. Where on earth do you get you 0.59% renewable number from?? It's closer to 16% in 2024.

https://lowcarbonpower.org/region/Thailand

 

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If all people in the world would use EV/BVE all known copper in the world wouldn't be enough. The same with a whole bunch of other metals. Not enough.

Hilarious. How much copper is in an LFP battery? Any figures for that? Must be a lot right if all the copper in the world isn't enough.
 

41 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

OK, sorry Joseph. Will be a good boy from now on. 

Thank you.

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Don't really want to read through five pages, so can anyone tell me what I shall need, live here for years on Retirement Extension. Used to fill in that silly TM6 and was so pleased when it stopped, although 2 or 3 minutes with a ball-point an hour before landing didn't make much difference.

So now, returning in February after 3 weeks in UK with a Re-Entry Permit, what will I need please?

You can't even be bothered to read even a tiny bit of the article?? Did you just see the headline then came to ask someone to read it for you? Literally the very first sentence says this comes in on 1st May. 

1 minute ago, G Rex said:

I would not buy a new car without driving one first.  You should not just accept the blurb from motoring journalists - they are not averse to embellishing the product after enjoying a slush-fund weekend away being financed by the manufacturer.

I have ordered and paid deposits on vehicles - and then found after driving them, that the experience was underwhelming at best. I have then cancelled my order - without any problem.

I have bought 8 new vehicles in Thailand, and test drive them all before purchase.   I have not had an experience like the OP has had - but maybe that is because I have never considered buying a Toyota!

The very first time I was buying a new car here (25 years ago or so) I went to Honda to try the Accord. There wasn't a lot of choice in the market back then. They wouldn't let me test drive so I walked out. Went to Nissan to look at a Cefiro, they let me drive a customer's car around the car park only. I ended up in another Honda dealer that did let me test drive the Accord properly, and I bought it. Can't imagine buying a car with having a decent test drive. Think it would be very unusual to not be allowed to test drive these days. (Oh, I did buy one car without a test drive as I knew I wanted it so badly: Subaru Impreza WRX).

I don't really like having the salesperson along for the ride but it is expected. Test driven BMW, a few Volvos, Hondas, even a Proton Exora which I had the whole family in - all put a salesperson in the vehicle. (And yes, I am one of the few people to be able to say they have bought a Proton Exora. Great value, never has trouble). 

Best test drive experiences: I walked in to Mercedes Thonglor and asked if I could test drive a CLA250 when they first came out. They said yes, took my license, gave me the keys and said off you go - no salesperson, just me on my own. Quite a fun little peppy turbo engine that got given some good exercise. I didn't buy the car though as there was an eight month waiting list.

Went to ask for a test drive of a Lexus IS250 many years ago. They gave me the keys and said "bring it back tomorrow". So I took it up to Pattaya and back, drove it a lot, picked up mates, it got a very thorough testing.  And I did buy it.

 

12 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The public enquiry is about what led up to the attack and the extreme failures of that. Not what he's up to in Belmarsh now. 

 

As for your claims that Farage or others have no regards for the families? B/S. You should be ashamed of such a slur.

I agree with him. It is not a slur, it's the truth. Trying to score political capital. Has Farage been to visit the families? Has he done anything to help them? Nope. Just using their tragedy to whip up his followers/disciples/devotees.

33 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Allegations from Multiple sources

 

The Southport stabber Axel Rudakubana attends Mosque in Belmarsh Prison according to multiple sources.

"Multiple sources". Right. You post a link to a random right wing account on Twitter making the claim with no evidence. And that site has been caught for posting completely false information several times in the past.

Where are these multiple sources of which you speak?

1 hour ago, watchcat said:

 

Email is on line?

What er you talking about? What has email got to do with this?

And do you send emails offline? No idea what you are on about at all.

2 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Maybe they should consider equipping every visitor with a GPS-enabled ankle monitor!

Amazing how AN posters so quickly spin in to a tizz and overreact to everything and everything.

How will this be any different to Singapore, Ireland, Greece, Australia or any one of dozens of countries that require an online declaration before travel? Do they strap ankle tags on you?

Probably fill it out 48/72 hours before travel on a computer (no phone required, luddites). Print out confirmation if it makes you less "detectable".  Simple. Why all the crying in this thread about phones, data roaming, tracking, tourists leaving in droves etc. People need to get over themselves.

There's also every logical chance that once this is implemented you'll be able to use e-gates on arrival.

53 minutes ago, CLW said:

Spotted this car yesterday in Pattaya. Based on the logo behind the black tape sticker I'd say it's a Haval ? Any ideas?

 

Edit: I've done a Google lens search and it's obviously the new BYD Atto 2. I wasn't aware the BYD adjusted it's rear logo from build your dreams to just BYD hence I thought from the length of the sticker it could be Haval. 

 

 

BYD dropped the "Build Your Dreams" badging maybe 18 months ago, shortly after they entered the UK. The UK market hated it and it got a lot of ridicule. Good on them for listening and for quickly dropping it. It has been "BYD" ever since.

3 hours ago, James105 said:

 

That is a fantasy.  He will be revered and protected by muslims in jail who will give him hero status.  He will live a long life.   

You have a warped and oddly brainwashed imagination.

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

I doubt very much this scum lunatic will see out this sentence. Be lucky to last a year. Apart from this he should have been tried as an adult and sentenced to actual life in prison. The judge's hands were tied and handed out the maximum possible for someone under 18 (by 9 days).

Yes indeed. But the law is the law. A minimum of 52 years means he's realistically never going to get out of prison so it is effectively life.

On 1/22/2025 at 10:49 PM, Rampant Rabbit said:

Times are hard for car sales.................down how much % now~? anyway its a lot,  yeah yeah electric cars blah up up up but getting up from a low percent is easy. Last year we sold 1  car this years its 4 .......sales up 400% etc etc

Electric  cars aside.....Told   quite few dealers (ALL CONDUCTED IN THAI) Wife wanted a Toyota Corolla  Cross Premium Deluxe and give me their best cash ONLY price........... those that bothered to answer "their" facebook ads  came back with the wrong  car model numerous times, then those advertising the right model never had it even when the ad was an hour old ( its just a lure) that one sold already.......

 

Then there were the two who asked me to come see the car in person and one of them didnt even have the right model in stock when I arrived (45 minute drive) and insisted I come look at the "beautiful" model down which was just a  10 minute drive away..............try 40km at another branch of theirs and a good 30 minutes, and still the wrong model .

 

Numerous unreturned  calls then one offer of 100k off as changing from NiMh batteries to Li-Ion ( not  fussed about that at least it wont burn NiMh)

Joined the Corolla Facebook page and posted what I wanted and what I wanted to pay maximum...............got laughed at by some members then deluged with crap from many "dealers" offering very little off and saying  they had ex  demo cars with few km on......yeah right try 5800km, i wouldnt call that a  few.

 

Finally  (week or so of looking phoning messaging)...........found a new one 0km, spec i asked for, colour and trim  for 970k baht Made in July 24, list1,204000, ....told  them no fripperies required.

 

Moral of story.........They couldnt sell gold if it was free and if I was Mr Toyota I'd be appalled, but  some good  deals  around with considerable effort and time wasted.

Pretty sure Toyota doesnt let them advertise ANY discount so to get round it they sell a  few as " demonstrators" anything from 100km to 5-6000 and still more than I was  willing to pay.

Lets  not mention test drives " no have" for some dealers..........hmmmmm but you want me to spend 1.2million and cant try it.

Collecting car tomorrow.

Personally I think the things a fat underpowered slug with a "stunning" 98hp Atkinson cycle engine and piss  poor  electric motor when the Australians get a 2.0  with way more hp..........hers  happy though, <deleted>wagon awaiting collection

 

Great, congrats on buying your wife one of the most boring and overpriced cars on the market. Not sure what the rest of your post was about really, but enjoy!

On 1/22/2025 at 3:27 PM, Thingamabob said:

Just tell him to try Patpong, Nana or Cowboy.

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Soi Cowboy area 

Some predictably boring comments in here. Unhelpful and not funny.