Buying a car radio in UBON

[chris26be]

Any suggestions where to buy?

Of course I could go to my Nissan dealer, but wouldn't it be more expensive there?

Same for buying new tyres. Are they more expensive at the dealer's than let's say in Cockpit or B-Quik?

[Martyjustice]

Have a friend with a little shop between U Park and ring road. Like 2 doors down from UPark. His name is "Paw", mid 30s, and already starting to bald(not common for Thais). He just does radios and AC work. Reasonable.

[chris26be]

Have a friend with a little shop between U Park and ring road. Like 2 doors down from UPark. His name is "Paw", mid 30s, and already starting to bald(not common for Thais). He just does radios and AC work. Reasonable.

Thanks, will go and have a look there tomorrow.

[Martyjustice]

There is also a guy by the front door of Thai Watsadu near central mall. I got my alarm/door remote there.

[chiang mai]

Cockpit and B-Quick are pretty much the countrywide standard for these things and can be trusted price and service wise, go see them and get a price, be careful around small one off shops is my advice.

[DILLIGAD]

I've never seen a Cockpit sell radio"s

[chiang mai]

It's only a matter of time.

(names taken from OP's post, without thinking, bad CM, bad!)

[AliasJohn]

Right opposite the Esso petrol station on Chiankung Road on the corner. Saronsen I think it's called. Have a very big range.

[SantiSuk]

Worth shopping around for tyres, particularly if you want a named quality tyre like Pirelli, Michelin, Bridgestone etc - prices can vary widely and the dealer may have a decent deal, although my sole experience with Toyota was not good.

Buying more than one at a time can stimulate some good deals.

Don't fail to include the Bridgestone place on southbound Chayangkuhl roughly opposite the road going into Big C. One large Bridgestone for my Fortuner would have cost 15,000 baht. A set of four would be 10,000 each (in that particular case the manager at that depot phoned his mate in Bangkok (since I said I was going to be there within a week) and secured me one tyre fitted in Bridgestone Bangkok (near Tescos on Rama 4) at 11,000.

The Toyota dealer in Bang-Na Bangkok where I originally bought the car quoted 17,000 baht for one tyre (rip-off).

Edited July 17, 2015 by SantiSuk

[Martyjustice]

Back to th OP. Did you get a new radio?

[chris26be]

Back to th OP. Did you get a new radio?

Not yet, still have to check out the shop opposite Esso.

[Michael Hare]

I have found that Tawon Tyres (Tawon Yang Yon) at Baan Duu (district on way to Huai Wang Nong) has always offered me good prices and good service on tyres. They also sell car radios.

The above prices quoted by Santisuk seem expensive but I guess the latest Fortuners must have huge 19" tyres.

I always buy 4 at time. My Fordwild Trak pickup got new Michelin tyres 2 years about for 21,600 baht (5,400 each) which included wheel balancing etc. My Chev Captiva got 4 new Nitto tyres 5 years ago for 20,600 baht (5,150 baht each). Once a year or every 10,000 km I get the tyres rotated and balanced at the same shop for 550 baht.

The shop quoted by Alias John is good for car radios and other flash accessories. I don't think they sell tyres.

[ubonjoe]

If you are a do it yourself type of person Ubon Watsadu (AKA Do Home) has a large selection of car audio components.

[chris26be]

Right opposite the Esso petrol station on Chiankung Road on the corner. Saronsen I think it's called. Have a very big range.

Went to this shop opposite Esso. It's called Seang Jaroen. Specialises in Pioneer. (Bought an Alpine radio player with 50% discount by the way. Was installed right away, no extra charge).

PS: anyone still interested in radio-cassette players? Seang Jaroen still has about ten of them in its shelves

[DILLIGAD]

Right opposite the Esso petrol station on Chiankung Road on the corner. Saronsen I think it's called. Have a very big range.

Went to this shop opposite Esso. It's called Seang Jaroen. Specialises in Pioneer. (Bought an Alpine radio player with 50% discount by the way. Was installed right away, no extra charge).

PS: anyone still interested in radio-cassette players? Seang Jaroen still has about ten of them in its shelves

Can you still get cassette"s ?

[MeMock]

Right opposite the Esso petrol station on Chiankung Road on the corner. Saronsen I think it's called. Have a very big range.

Went to this shop opposite Esso. It's called Seang Jaroen. Specialises in Pioneer. (Bought an Alpine radio player with 50% discount by the way. Was installed right away, no extra charge).

PS: anyone still interested in radio-cassette players? Seang Jaroen still has about ten of them in its shelves

Good work Chris! The owners are the Landlords of Peppers. Really nice family who like to look after foreigners when ever possible.

[SantiSuk]

I suspect a few other old f@rts like me still have a cassette tape collection in an attic somewhere in the world, Dilligad.

In my case they are metal recordable tapes (150 plus) that I recorded from CD's (free library ones!) using a decent Nakamichi hi-fi cassette deck back in the 90s (which I also still have somewhere). Maybe I should import them and see whether there is room on my dash to sling a casette/radio deck on or underneath! Some of the early rock/folk-rock stuff I recorded is quite expensive to replicate now, even when buying second-hand CDs on eBay - eg try finding a Pentangle original format CD new or used for less than 10 quid. MP3s are cr@p quality, though that doesn't matter much if you are only listening while driving.

Edited July 23, 2015 by SantiSuk

[DILLIGAD]

I (tried to ) sell all of mine at a boot-fair prior to the big jump. My collection of rare & bootleg albums went to a dealer.

If you want a chat about rare albums pop into Hong Kong Garden, SSK & speak to Peter. Good inexpensive Farang grub there too!

[NiwPix]

All I can think of when reading about cassettes and cassette players....

[IsaanAndy]

Worth shopping around for tyres, particularly if you want a named quality tyre like Pirelli, Michelin, Bridgestone etc - prices can vary widely and the dealer may have a decent deal, although my sole experience with Toyota was not good.

Buying more than one at a time can stimulate some good deals.

Don't fail to include the Bridgestone place on southbound Chayangkuhl roughly opposite the road going into Big C. One large Bridgestone for my Fortuner would have cost 15,000 baht. A set of four would be 10,000 each (in that particular case the manager at that depot phoned his mate in Bangkok (since I said I was going to be there within a week) and secured me one tyre fitted in Bridgestone Bangkok (near Tescos on Rama 4) at 11,000.

The Toyota dealer in Bang-Na Bangkok where I originally bought the car quoted 17,000 baht for one tyre (rip-off).

I've just paid 5100THB for 1 tyre at the Michelin dealer in Yasothon for my Toyota Vigo prerunner.

[SantiSuk]

Fortuner Sportivos don't use standard Vigo tyres - wide boots and possibly bigger wheels, but yes Michelins would have been cheaper for my car (about 8k as I recall). Bridgestones were there as OE and they lasted 80k km (would legally have lasted more), so on went some new ones.

[SantiSuk]

Fortuner Sportivos take wider boots and possibly have bigger wheels, but yes Michelins would have been cheaper for my car (about 8k as I recall). Bridgestones were there as OE and they lasted 80k km (would legally have lasted more), so I stuck with them.