My wife makes sure I turn the engine off if parked up with a shop or vendor nearby..... It's common courtesy.....

You could be choking many people inside shop areas.....Chances are they are running fans trying to move the hot air around which is now being injected with diesel fumes.....

You blow out their clientele, possibly taint their product offerings - all in the name of YOUR comfort....

Completely thoughtless & rude - by any standards....

And we wonder where their "smiles" went where Farangs are concerned.....

Turn the engine off stinking or not. 

So many do the same even when filling up with fuel.

16 hours ago, Dan O said:

is it a diesel? I have had that happen with my diesel because the exhaust was blowing into a shop and the smell was really bad.

Agreed.

When you get home leave your car running in the drive and get a nice comfy lawn chair and sit it about 2 meters from the back of your truck... Have a nice sit for about 20 minutes and ponder your initial question...

 

Btw... Don't try this in a closed garage as it could kill you... 

2 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

How do it in your home country?

In many EU countries you would be fined!

But hey, it's Thailand. No rules, no laws? No politeness?

You should not stay here🙏

👄 

17 hours ago, luckywooman said:

So let’s say first don’t start criticizing me ,

Hard not to, selfish git. 

In a country where people can be incredibly considerate and sensitive or incredibly rude and insensitive or just stupid,

 

I calling this one 

Troll 

4 hours ago, bluejets said:

Don't be such an arrogant ignorant a-hole.

The guy was merely asking for advice, is that your usual reply to a polite question .  Or just the one you use when you don't know the answer but would like to indulge in a bit of virtue signalling?  Apparently  a self appointed D.I.Y. "expert"    perhaps you should limit your replies to questions relating to that subject.  

26 minutes ago, BKKKevin said:

When you get home leave your car running in the drive and get a nice comfy lawn chair and sit it about 2 meters from the back of your truck... Have a nice sit for about 20 minutes and ponder your initial question...

 

Btw... Don't try this in a closed garage as it could kill you... 

Considering modern diesels are all fitted with catalytic converters it could be a very very slow death

3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

How do it in your home country?

In many EU countries you would be fined!

But hey, it's Thailand. No rules, no laws? No politeness?

You should not stay here🙏

How things are done in ones own country are of course irrelevant, likewise the penalties for noncompliance in EU countries.  "But hey"  you got one thing right, this is indeed Thailand, They do indeed have their own laws, and those are the only  laws one needs to concern oneself  with.

It is not you who dictates who should or should not stay here, 

17 hours ago, luckywooman said:

Yes it’s diesel from year 2020

Most countries in the world have the regulation to have the engine running when the car is standing still (idling) max 1 minute. Not because of the smell but because of the air pollution that we have already. If it is to warm in the car for you then go out of the car!

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

17 hours ago, Crossy said:

In an EV you (or your dog) can sit in the cool for as long as you like without upsetting anyone with fumes

 

Only to find that you do not have enough juice left to get you home. 555

 

You should have researched that...  (as should the people who gave your comment a 'love').

 

Various answers on this... running your AC in an EV for an hour or so will not drain the battery

 

The average EV can run the AC for 5-8 hours and only use up 10-30% of the battery.

 

 

Edited May 17, 20242 yr by richard_smith237

4 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

If I get to the mall indoor parking before mall opens, SUV or truck both diesel stays running with cool AC blowing. When I pick up my kid from school and have to wait 20 minutes, diesel SUV stays running AC blowing. As does most everyone else parked near me.

 

Some folks are just too thin skinned. I suppose some vehicles are poorly tuned and smoke, my vehicles are properly maintained and are not bothersome. 

No, you're wrong. Any diesel SUV is bothersome to people in range of the fumes - they are filthy and disgusting.

Let me guess, you drive a Fortuner?

4 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Some folks are just too thin skinned. I suppose some vehicles are poorly tuned and smoke, my vehicles are properly maintained and are not bothersome. 

 

Then you shouldn't mind sitting in an enclosed garage for a length of time with your engine running... 

 

My car is diesel... its irrelevant how well tuned your car is, B7 stinks...  I fully understand that people nearby do not want to breather in those fumes...

 

 

20 hours ago, luckywooman said:

What’s the right thing to do? Do I have to shut off my car when I’m parked? I like the cool air 😅

The short answer is: YES.
However, if you buy an electric car, it might be okay to leave the engine running for cooling air.

You don’t have to shut off your car in Thailand. Every Thai runs their car for ages I’ve even seen them parked at parties and run them all night for christs sake. Poor op got so much bad advice just run it. Ignore anyone who says anything. When in Rome. 

14 minutes ago, khunPer said:

The short answer is: YES.
However, if you buy an electric car, it might be okay to leave the engine running for cooling air.

would it be best to leave the engine of an electric car running to avoid draining the battery too  ? lol

2 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

No, you're wrong. Any diesel SUV is bothersome to people in range of the fumes - they are filthy and disgusting.

They are neither filthy or disgusting in my opinion   

2 hours ago, Robert Paulson said:

You don’t have to shut off your car in Thailand. Every Thai runs their car for ages I’ve even seen them parked at parties and run them all night for christs sake. Poor op got so much bad advice just run it. Ignore anyone who says anything. When in Rome. 

 

 

Fill your boots and highlight to everyone on here how you are as antisocial as the Op... 

 

....  are you one of those people who will comfortably irritate others through antisocial behavior ?... Loud-Music bothering neighbors, smoking in restaurants etc ?...  'cos when in Rome.... 

4 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

They are neither filthy or disgusting in my opinion   

Stand behind one for a while then come back here.

Filthy, smelly, disgusting - that is undebatable.

4 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

would it be best to leave the engine of an electric car running to avoid draining the battery too  ? lol

They don't have an "engine". And it is fine to leave the AC running in one - it has marginal effect on the battery. I think you don't understand the massive energy packed in to an ICE battery pack. You can charge an iPhone more than 50 times for around 1% of charge of a typical EV.