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I remember when only Thai flew there with little prop planes that landed in the middle of the army golf course!
Yes!
I remember being weighed on what looked like an old Victorian set of scales under a lean-to with my baggage before getting on the plane at the old army airport!
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When is the launch date in Thailand?
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Consumption when traveling up country for me is about 8-9km per liter... and when stuck in bangkok city traffic or just city driving... consumption is at 5-6 km a liter... engine is a 2j that has only minor mods ...
What car do you have the engine in?
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Anyone had any experience with cars converted to the Toyota 1J - 2J engines, standard ones not high performance Turbo ones?
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Tops at Ocean
Cool. I know Tops at Robinsons, where is Ocean?
Robinson is in Ocean shopping mall. They had a decent Polish sauerkraut last time I looked.
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Tops at Ocean
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Small tank is fine for my needs. But, what about spares availability/cost? Was told before I had my W123 300D that it would be expensive and hard to locate parts but over the past 5years things have been cheap and plentiful. Have yet to have an unreasonable/expensive bill! Think people were scared off by the Mercedes name!
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as far as I know 900 was never manufactored here, but 850/V70 was. So assume in TH 850/V70 parts more easy to source at reasonable price. In addition 2,5 2 valve runs LPG for +500k km without problems.
Doughnut tank in 15" sparewheel room is 30 liter netto as I recall, appox 250km. You cold alos cut out square floor making room for twin cylinders, approx 50-60 liter netto
Friend has a 52 litre tank in a Vios, that has 14" wheels. That fits in without any cutting.
yep, vios/yaris have very deep wells, actually raised trunk floor. so does accord
Ahh! I see.
But does not the Volvo also have a storage compartment above the spare wheel? That would allow more depth.
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as far as I know 900 was never manufactored here, but 850/V70 was. So assume in TH 850/V70 parts more easy to source at reasonable price. In addition 2,5 2 valve runs LPG for +500k km without problems.
Doughnut tank in 15" sparewheel room is 30 liter netto as I recall, appox 250km. You cold alos cut out square floor making room for twin cylinders, approx 50-60 liter netto
Friend has a 52 litre tank in a Vios, that has 14" wheels. That fits in without any cutting.
yep, vios/yaris have very deep wells, actually raised trunk floor. so does accord
Ahh! I see.
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as far as I know 900 was never manufactored here, but 850/V70 was. So assume in TH 850/V70 parts more easy to source at reasonable price. In addition 2,5 2 valve runs LPG for +500k km without problems.
Doughnut tank in 15" sparewheel room is 30 liter netto as I recall, appox 250km. You cold alos cut out square floor making room for twin cylinders, approx 50-60 liter netto
Friend has a 52 litre tank in a Vios, that has 14" wheels. That fits in without any cutting.
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Wheel well isn't very big.
Big enough.
Lots of them running around in Europe with this conversion.
Hmmmm, interesting but it looks small. What is the mileage range of this conversion.?
I miss my old 760
Not sure, probably 50-60 litre tank so would actually hold around 40-50 litres. Never had a Volvo so not to savy as to the consumption. But 95% of my driving is around town, rarely go on longer trips so not to worried about the range, if I only had 200+ km from it that would be fine.
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Wheel well isn't very big.
Big enough.
Lots of them running around in Europe with this conversion.
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Hi
I find myself needing more space than my car has and was thinking of a 940 estate. Does anyone have experience of running one of these over here? Parts servicing costs? Figured I would put a LPG system in using a donut tank in place of the spare wheel.
Cheers
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No one like Merc's then or the vid not open.!!
Brilliant cars! Have a 1977 300D, extremely reliable and cheap parts.
Lucky old you
. . . .a handsome looking car, over thirty years old. Reliable I can believe, but surely parts for such an old car must be very difficult to source, and as for being cheap, why would they be cheap, I thought scarcity would push the price up, not so ?Had it for four years now. Everything that has been needed has arrived within 24 hours from Bangkok at reasonable prices. There seems to be a plentifull supply of original, copy and secondhand parts. Before I obtained the thing it was my fear but no problems so far.
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No one like Merc's then or the vid not open.!!
Brilliant cars! Have a 1977 300D, extremely reliable and cheap parts.
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Does anyone know what time and channel the opening ceremony will be shown? True HD? Nothing in the guides that I can find!
Cheers
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Excellent car, have had mine (1977) for almost four years. Been very reliable and has huge mileage on it. Servicing and spares have been no problem and very cheap. The thing just keeps going.
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I've had a Wave 125i for almost four years now and have been using 95 gasahol. Seems to run slightly better on it than on 91 gasahol.
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They did use American V8 engines in long tail boats many years ago. Remember seeing them in the late 70s early 80s. But petrol was much cheaper then!
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Anyone have an idea what the subscription fees are for True Visions in a small restaurant (about 50 covers)?
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hi to everybody
I will coming to nakhon si tammarat airport
i just want know the shortest and quick way to ko samui
how much its should cost, and how much time its take
thanks
mishka
Mini bus to the Donsak ferry, about 1 1/2 hours then 1 1/2 hours on the ferry. About 200 Baht in total.
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The bankruptcy proceedings are merely a way to restructure the company. GM is far to large and important a company to allow to fail and disapear. They and Isuzu will be around for many more years to come!
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Had a similar problem with my old Mercedes. Was just a dirty fuel filter. Changed it and runs fine now.
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HI,
Still in the process of buying a new car with no luck yet.....
What's better in the long run.... desiel...... or petrol..............
Thinking about economy,reliability, etc. And about the future of fuel prices..... even with LPG or NGV
Mostly driving in BKK though some long distance trips throughout the year.
Thinking of D-Max, Mu-7, Wish, or any other spacious car for family and transporting some equipment
Really lost as to find the best car; they're all about the same price......
Any comments welcome and cheers in advance
My 2 baht:
I know many will disagree, but the truth is that diesel engines are not suited for idling long periods of time. "Blowback": unburnt diesel fuel seeping and/or clogging the engine is a typical symptom of a diesel engine that has had to idle too much . Diesels like to run at 80-90% of available power. If you were living up-country with lots of highway miles to run, a diesel is THE choice. They are brilliant engines when you need alot of torque and/or can run them at their 80-90% potential for most of the time.
See following link:
http://busbuilding.com/bus-conversion/dies...detroit-diesel/
For Bangkok driving, I would recommend a petrol engine. Much, much more forgiving when you must idle - BKK traffic. Not only on the engine but on you and your passengers in terms of noise and vibration.
By the way, I chose the petrol Fortuner over the Diesel Fortuner simply because my driving profile closely matches yours. If I were living up-country, I would of chosen the diesel model. And yes, I have driven both models (about a week a piece in city and up-country driving) before making my choice.
A further piece of, unasked, advice, if you want reliability over the long-term stick with Toyota or Honda. Let Izuzu/Mitsubishi/Nissan sell to those who have not done their homework.
Better let all the European taxi drivers know! Sure they will want to switch to petrol when they find out!
My old Mercedes diesel has done almost 800,000 km, mostly in city traffic over the last 32 years and seems none the worse for it. Engine has never been rebuilt and is still going strong! Have a good friend in Amsterdam who drives a taxi. He normally drives his Mercedes taxis until the hit 1 million km. Says the trick is not to switch them off, keep them idling. When he finishes a shift he hires the car out to another driver. Basically his car is running 24 hours!
I think I would disagree on this advice. Diesels, in general, are much nicer to drive in traffic than petrol engined cars, far less cog swapping and much more relaxed. Also significantly more economical. The latest diesels are a world apart from the old bangers and are very refined and gutsy. Been driving a friends Ford Ranger around. The engine and gearbox are brilliant, by far the best of all the pickups. Seriously powerful, smooth and quiet.
Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport ready for international flights
in Southern Thailand
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The plan, apparently, is to make it a cheaper and less restricted alternative to Samui airport. They already have a transfer service to Samui through Sichon which is being expanded. Surat airport, being a military airport, has to many restrictions hence the expansion of Nakhon Si airport. The planned/proposed airport for Donsak has been dropped. Now some of the budget and charter airlines are planning a Samui service through Nakhon. Extending the runway is going to allow much larger planes.