MESmith

that wildtrak says xlt

WT = WhiteTruk

'World Class Hospital' with no parking??

I remember 10+ yrs ago when the Ram was newer and cleaner and parking was never more than half full. Too many successful drs getting cars!

Make the staff park in the overflow carpark

but I don't think I'm gonna wait till my first 15K km service to find out

Last week, ford CM phoned the wifey to inform her to bring it in for a "service" at 3000km. They said it was to "check the truck". Anyone else had this?

Quality nuts, bolts & washers shouldn't rust. My 11 year old truck is rust free. Hell, even the nuts & bolts on my lawn mower are rust free after 9 years......

I'm with you on this one...my guess is,that sooner,or later(perhaps) we will find out,if it is a real problem or not...from forums,or from "the Boss" himself...

I take it that yours is OK, so far. Must have been from the same "batch".

Just taken a look under my less than 3 weeks old Ranger. Rust on nuts & bolts. <deleted>!! Location, Chiang Mai, well away from the ocean. 11 yr old Strada - no rust.....

check out the Mazda Bt50 thread for more on this rust issue...

Yeah, I read that earlier, but thought it time to transfer the rust to the Ranger thread.

Is there no rust proofing from the factory?...sounds strange! I've always had a coating reapplied on my car every 6 months so never had a problem with that.

Quality nuts, bolts & washers shouldn't rust. My 11 year old truck is rust free. Hell, even the nuts & bolts on my lawn mower are rust free after 9 years......

Just taken a look under my less than 3 weeks old Ranger. Rust on nuts & bolts. <deleted>!! Location, Chiang Mai, well away from the ocean. 11 yr old Strada - no rust.....

check out the Mazda Bt50 thread for more on this rust issue...

Yeah, I read that earlier, but thought it time to transfer the rust to the Ranger thread.

Maybe the BiB will start at 11pm & catch a few sneaky drivers trying to get home before the "official" crack down

Just taken a look under my less than 3 weeks old Ranger. Rust on nuts & bolts. <deleted>!! Location, Chiang Mai, well away from the ocean. 11 yr old Strada - no rust.....

Yes, the bus was empty headed back to the garage I think. Amazing the driver walked away from it however, as it was quite a smash

or the bus wasn't very well made?

The report on cm108 says that it was caused by a pickup that cut in front of the bus, causing it to swerve off the road. Nobody was injured.

OMG, that's great news!! (How is it possible, though?)

The bus was empty, just the driver.

looks like this one, apparently

http://www.cm108.com...aaaaoaeizeooao/

That's the one. Drove past this afternoon. Bus gone, tree still standing, with some part of the bus still attached at about 2m height.

Saw it this morning during "rush hour". A tour bus heading north had hit a tree next to the superhwy, just north of the outer ring road fly over. The front end was lifted up, crushed against the very large tree. Was one of those fancy painted buses, that local tourists tend to use.

Didn't get more than a glance at it as I headed south - didn't want to cause or get caught up in another crash.

Anyone else see or hear anything?

Has anyone checked the underbelly of their BT50 or Ranger? I am starting to see rust on some parts on my BT50. Similar to this guy's Ranger. but this guy has it bad. These are images from the newrangerclub forum.

You sure it's not Chilli Orange highlighting?

Why just clean the beach? What about the rest of litter strewn Thailand?

quote: "Areas in Nakhon Chiang Mai Municipality were flooded yesterday after hours of rain on Friday night. But with garbage blocking drains, it was difficult for officials to release water, so pumps had to be used in some areas."

Thankyou for your useful contribution

About as useful as your contribution to a recent thread on house painting.

If these 'experts' could have just see Ratchadaphisek yesterday opposite Robinson, for 10 minutes only buses and 4WD's could get past the traffic lights. To say it was flood water as a direct result of runoff coming from torrential rain - even an expert could state the obvious. Point being - there IS nothing they can do about it.

Clean the storm drains?

Have you tried the Mitsubishi dealer on the superhighway? A friend got a PJS in 1 week, whereas the other dealer, Mae Jo road said 2 - 3 months. And he got more extras.

Was waiting at traffic lights today, & a bright red Ranger pulls up alongside. It was higher than mine. Then wifey noticed it had BKK plates, so maybe the owner is preparing for this year's floods

What caused the leap in tyre prices? 18 months ago I paid 4700 baht for Michelin Cross 265/70/15. Recently quoted 5950 baht for same tyre!!

Prefer km/l myself

In the New Ranger it shows only L/100km...unless there is a way to change this?

Convert in my head. The manual shows both, but I haven't found out how to change it...

Do you have the manual in English?I downloaded the one from the internet,but it does not say anything about it...and the guy at the dealer says 'can not'...(sorry for the of-topic thing)

No, just the one from the internet.

Funcat, this is US MPG, meaningless to us old Ozzies and Brits.

Yes, just stick to l/km, the same for everybody.

Prefer km/l myself

In the New Ranger it shows only L/100km...unless there is a way to change this?

Convert in my head. The manual shows both, but I haven't found out how to change it...

Funcat, this is US MPG, meaningless to us old Ozzies and Brits.

Yes, just stick to l/km, the same for everybody.

Prefer km/l myself

Sill no suggestion as to why the Think Park site is boarded up?

Paused for thought?

Thai's in general have a "mai pen rai" attitude about garbage disposal. Throwing it onto their neighbor's land when the neighbor is not looking or a moobaan common area is not uncommon....and dumbing garbage/tree cutting/etc., in a remote area or along the road is also very common. And everyone knows plastic bags are meant to be thrown on the ground. A lot of this problem comes from the govt not providing disposal sites, garbage cans, nor garbage pickup in many locations....and I think we all know how hard it can be sometimes to find a trashcan even in a mall.

Our nearest village has rubbish collection, but some prefer to burn their plastics or dump it in the irrigation canals feeding their own rice fields, for burning later