^Thanks David,your comment is appreciated

A 'pride' of Etans has a nice ring to it........ or what about a 'gathering' of Etans ?

" A Cacophony of Etans ".

( cacophony1. a harshness of sound. 2. discordant noise. — cacophonic, cacophonous, adj. )

^^ Must be the VW version....there's an engine in the back.

That's just a bit of extra weight to keep the wheels from spinning , cant have them badboys carving up the bitumen can we

Then again, it could be the local version of 4WD...

And what about that ? I think only in Loei province

P1000275 by vanhouten1, on Flickr

And what about that ? I think only in Loei province

I encountered these in Phu Rua and Chiang Khan, Assurancetourix. Saw them no-where else in Thailand, yet. It seems they are concentrated in and around Loei area.

Electric pond Etan.

The water is partially charged at various spots by the ETAN's engine and battery. The engine's 2nd function is a waterpump to drain and fill the pool. The clever thing about this is on the other side of the road there's another pond roughly the same size. So when this one is emptied the water will be saved by simply being moved to the other pond.

There are warning signs all over the place. I guess they do this for fishing.. Mabye for something else.. Maybe I'll find out...

^^^ Ron...Your village alarm clock!?

^^^ Ron...Your village alarm clock!?

That was on it's way to funerals seventh day function yesterday afternoon and went till 9pm and yes it decided to rouse the villagers at 4.30 this morning.I was one step ahead of it though by arising at 4.15.When it did fire up, Abhisit and the K9 quartet provided vocal support.

^^^ Ron...Your village alarm clock!?

That was on it's way to funerals seventh day function yesterday afternoon and went till 9pm and yes it decided to rouse the villagers at 4.30 this morning.I was one step ahead of it though by arising at 4.15.When it did fire up, Abhisit and the K9 quartet provided vocal support.

That's hillarious, Ron. Sometimes I wonder how far they'll go with pimping their Etan's. A few times I foolishly thought I'd seen it all...

....I was mistaken, again and again....