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[faraday]

C'mon Yinn, fight back, give us some more Thai firsts.

 

Don't be beaten by the farang...ok na? ????

 

@Yinn????  

 

 

[johng]

Some Thai achievers I never heard of before.

 

[transam]

6 minutes ago, faraday said:

C'mon Yinn, fight back, give us some more Thai firsts.

 

Don't be beaten by the farang...ok na? ????

 

@Yinn????  

 

 

Her PC has overheated via search and went....Boooom....????

[transam]

Here's one for Yinn, which with her Thai motoring knowledge will answer in no time...

Look on the back of a new 100 baht note and tell me about the car printed on it.....

Time starts NOW................????

 

[bodga]

On 8/25/2020 at 12:23 PM, transam said:

First Chevy quits LOS, then Nissan moves a factory to LOS, now Mitsubishi quits the UK and the EU, it's all happening out there

Tough market conditions at the moment, electrics  still a long way off imo especially in Thailand, some good  deals kicking around though especially with Chevrolet, even down to FUEL  Filters at 400  baht a pair on Facebook marketplace normally 960 baht per  pair +vat at the dealers, genuine parts. I'm  looking for a new hmi module for mine with sat nav embedded list price 42K with Chevrolet YIKES!

Daft really when you can buy a stand alone for a fraction of that price.

Still some new Captivas kicking  around at 599k saw one advertised just today.

Wouldn't be surprised if Ford quit also their  sales are  low compared to Toyota etc especially the pickup market.

[johng]

3 minutes ago, transam said:

the car printed on it.

Is it a Lolls Loyce   or a stretched Model T Ford   bit hard to tell  ????  (small picture)

[CorpusChristie]

3 minutes ago, johng said:

Is it a Lolls Loyce   or a stretched Model T Ford   bit hard to tell  ????  (small picture)

Yinn...................Use your other profile !!!!!!!!!!!

You've just outed yourself

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, johng said:

Is it a Lolls Loyce   or a stretched Model T Ford   bit hard to tell  ????  (small picture)

Merc 28 hp - owned by Sam Eydes.

[johng]

15 minutes ago, bodga said:

Wouldn't be surprised if Ford quit also their  sales are  low compared to Toyota etc especially the pickup market

The Rang--errr  seems to be quite popular though.

[bodga]

On 8/26/2020 at 12:34 PM, Yinn said:

Nissan quite good

Nissan been going down the pan for years especially the CVT transmissions, it didnt help when they merged with renault and now Mitsubishi also, Ive had  poor  service from more than one MAJOR brand here and I put this down to "Thainess"more than any particular brand.

I always like the way people slag off a brand when they have never owned one, driven one etc, always seems to be a friend of a friend told me etc etc.

So have you ever owned a Chevrolet?

BMWs  are unreliable in many YouTube videos especially "Car Ninja" Mercedes service is allegedly  appalling John Cadogan Australia, Ive had one BMW 15 years ago, broke down 10  minutes out of the garage, brand new.

I've owned Chevrolets, Fiats, Suzuki, Ford, Vauxhall(best van I ever had was an ASTRAVAn) Peugeot, Citreon, Seat, VW,BMW, Honda, Nissan Toyota Rover and to be fair NOTHING major with any of them but I did buy them all new and I take care of them whereas many Thais neglect their cars, wait till it breaks then "fix  it"

Service has varied from <deleted> to excellent, best was Honda, Chevrolet was far from bottom, Suzuki were quite grim from memory but it was 20 years ago and in the UK.

[bodga]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

The Rang--errr  seems to be quite popular though.

Not when compared to monthly sale of toyota  pickups though, Chevrolet sold the least out of all of them, not sure why but people often get set in their ways and some myths  linger on even with MG about as unBritish as you can get now, bears no resemblance to the original marque although Leylands interference   screwed them well and truly  over form the 70's  onwards. I used to live close to the Longbridge  factory, half the time they were on strike.

 

Maker/Brand	2019		2018		Y-o-Y	2019		2018		Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share		Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share
Toyota	29,447	33.0%	31,060	27.3%	-5.2%	331,878	32.9%	314,498	30.2%	5.5%
Isuzu	15,767	17.7%	21,923	19.3%	-28.1%	168,215	16.7%	177,864	17.1%	-5.4%
Honda	9,537	10.7%	13,289	11.7%	-28.2%	125,833	12.5%	128,290	12.3%	-1.9%
Mitsubishi	7,351	8.2%	9,276	8.2%	-20.8%	88,244	8.8%	84,560	8.1%	4.4%
Nissan	4,842	5.4%	8,258	7.3%	-41.4%	64,414	6.4%	72,394	6.9%	-11.0%
Mazda	4,630	5.2%	7,119	6.3%	-35.0%	58,129	5.8%	70,475	6.8%	-17.5%
Ford	4,603	5.2%	5,912	5.2%	-22.1%	50,006	5.0%	66,064	6.3%	-24.3%
MG	2,951	3.3%	2,812	2.5%	4.9%	26,516	2.6%	23,740	2.3%	11.7%
Suzuki	1,588	1.8%	3,254	2.9%	-51.2%	23,908	2.4%	28,503	2.7%	-16.1%
Chevrolet	1,519	1.7%	3,066	2.7%	-50.5%	15,161	1.5%	20,313	1.9%	-25.4%
Others	7,050	7.9%	7,612	6.7%	-7.4%	55,248	5.5%	55,038	5.3%	0.4%
Total	89,285	100.0%	113,581	100.0%	-21.4%	1,007,552	100.0%	1,041,739	100.0%	-3.3%

Source: Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (TMT)

[bodga]

On 8/26/2020 at 10:18 AM, Katipo said:

Peugeot have taken over the Chevy factory it seems

eh? GREAT WALL has unless that's  fallen through, theyll probably  produce their own pickup there.

[bodga]

On 8/26/2020 at 12:34 PM, Yinn said:

Benz, BMW, Audi expensive same, but good quality/strong.

Just not true anymore, maybe 30 years ago, you need to do some more research  Ask BMW  owners about replacing valve seals,

Allow me to cut n paste ????, good luck getting the engine out for  that. A  <deleted>  poor  fault, then theres the AUDI dsg gearbox issues, almost as good as the Ford power<deleted> jobby.

BMW v8 engines made after around 2004 have been plagued with a problem where the valve stem seals will leak over time. ... When the leak is very bad, your vehicle may produce billowing smoke at idle or in traffic. You may also smell burning oil from your tailpipe and the smoke coming from the exhaust may smell.

[bodga]

On 8/26/2020 at 5:53 PM, Logosone said:

I totally agree, it would be good news if Peugot distribute their cars in Thailand more widely, Peugot make some fantastic cars.

 

Much better than most Toyota cars. But then pretty much every European car is better than a Toyota.

Depends what you mean by "better"  better  looking for sure better reliability probably  not, I owned a 206cc once cute  little  thing electric metal folding hood , gave it to the girlfriend at the time when I left the UK about 16 years  ago, really a bit of a girlie  car, Peugeots had good  handling in the day 205 gti etc

[bodga]

On 8/26/2020 at 12:34 PM, Yinn said:

UK car, eg Jaguar, MG

Neither British anymore ,Indian TATA, Chinese ,good friend is manager at Castle Bromwich Plant North Birmingham, about to retire soon.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 8/26/2020 at 5:16 PM, Medicine Man said:

The big manufacturers need to switch on to producing EVs before they are left behind in the race. The Chinese are way ahead in the game and will take market share in the future...

EVs are on a path to nowhere, IMO. The future lies in hydrogen.

EVs rely on rare earth to make- who controls rare earth?

EVs require polluting to make and dispose of batteries.

EVs don't have the range needed to be a viable alternative.

 

None of the above applies to hydrogen.

[bodga]

On 8/27/2020 at 8:54 AM, Yinn said:

Export millions of cars.

 

Millions. 

https://youtu.be/UPDjV-V9yEA

 

Hundreds

 

https://www.tatnews.org/2020/07/thailand-ranked-number-one-on-the-global-covid-19-recovery-index/

 

We already control. 

 

 

We import from country with cheap worker. 

 

How many rocket, plane YOU build? Can not. Sure.

You could always list Thai inventions over the last 200  years, let's  see, Jet Engine UK/ Germany? Automobiles dubious France, American, Germany ? Radar Uk? Hovercraft UK? Steam engine Uk? penicillin Scotsman, Computing Babbage UK, all those things that changed the world, any fool can build them any fool can't  invent them.

[Tarteso]

Yinn... where are you gone?

[bodga]

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

EVs are on a path to nowhere, IMO. The future lies in hydrogen.

EVs rely on rare earth to make- who controls rare earth?

EVs require polluting to make and dispose of batteries.

EVs don't have the range needed to be a viable alternative.

 

None of the above applies to hydrogen.

Hydrogen is a no  hoper its too difficult to extract cheaply

[bodga]

On 8/27/2020 at 9:23 PM, bwpage3 said:

There is NO ONE stupid enough in JAPAN to work for 6,000 thb per month except Thai people

I  think youll find they get WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more than that on the production line.

[bodga]

On 8/27/2020 at 11:36 PM, Yinn said:

You. 1940’s Black white movie, encyclopedia, candles, high pants and a horse.

50  years ago  most rural  Thais  only had a Buffalo. In fact Wife's Mother had one but had to sell it and it was slaughtered for meat they were that  poor back in the late 1970's

[from the home of CC]

6 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Why do you feel the need to speak to a Thai Woman like that ?

It makes for unpleasant reading .

You may feel superior to Thais , but you only came to Thailand because it is cheaper than your home Country

people who blow their own horn in that way usually have a deep feeling of inferiority within, possibly sexual inadequacy or a lack of the ability to form lasting relationships.. 

[bodga]

7 hours ago, Phulublub said:

What an insufferably smug me, me, me post.  There is much more to people and life than how much money one earns.

NOT  in Thailand though, thats the be all and end  all here.

[transam]

1 minute ago, from the home of CC said:

people who blow their own horn in that way usually have a deep feeling of inferiority within, possibly sexual inadequacy or a lack of the ability to form lasting relationships.. 

How did you get over it...?  ????

[from the home of CC]

1 minute ago, transam said:

How did you get over it...?  ????

not by slamming Thai people, that's for sure lol...

[CorpusChristie]

10 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

Yinn... where are you gone?

She doesn't spend all day everyday on here , she just graces us with her presence occasionally 

[UncleMhee]

11 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

Yinn... where are you gone?

@Yinn is on way to Udon. 

[bodga]

5 hours ago, faraday said:

C'mon Yinn, many of us were using the internet 25 years ago, when you were 2 years old - & listening to rap,???? well some us.

????

 

What is  this "internet" thing? can I catch fish in it? Im gonna fire up my Trusty  Amstrad 1512 or Sinclair ZX Spectrum and then hop on my Sinclair  C5 and pop to the shops, YES  YINN 40 years ago we had electric vehicles in the UK, and before that I had a job as  a  kid on a  Milk  Float which was electrically powered  too..............way back when dinosauruseses were around. 

[Kadilo]

On 8/26/2020 at 7:18 AM, transam said:

Says a 27 year old Thai lady who probably has a Honda click........????

 

On 8/26/2020 at 6:34 AM, Yinn said:

 

 

UK car, eg Jaguar, MG look good, expensive. But broken easy. Is rubbish. Benz, BMW, Audi expensive same, but good quality/strong.

 

 

MG’s are as cheap as chips

[Pattaya Spotter]

On 8/26/2020 at 10:18 AM, Katipo said:

Peugeot have taken over the Chevy factory it seems. They are now selling the 3008 and 5008 SUV's. The rather desirable 3008 starts at a little over 1.5m. 

Wasn't some Chinese automaker going to buy GMs plant?