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Whats your ideal car to own for home and Thailand

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Twonk

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If you had the choice of car under 80k$£, what would you choose to to own at home and Thailand

 

Home i'd have the VW Toran R

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For Thailand I'd have the Ford ranger raptor

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dickslapp Supreme Pattaya Addict

dickslapp

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No Thai car is my favorite, I guess a Camry v6 if I needed to pick. 

 

In the USA, it will always be the Toyota Avalon.  I am on my 3rd.

 

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HowieD Supreme Pattaya Warrior

HowieD

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FORD stands for Fucked On Race Day Here in Kangaroo country.

 

FIAT Fix It Again Tony 

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norton Platinum Pattaya Warrior

norton

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Toyota Tacoma crew cab 4x4

F.O.R.D stands for Found On Road Dead

Tacoma is excellent. Ford truck is intially good but parts maybe an issue and they decline in quality faster than the Toyota.

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Lok Jit Extreme Pattaya Master

Lok Jit

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Home---Yugo or Pinto

 

LOS--Nothing but a Proton

No place on the Planet like Pattaya..Don't let your meat loaf

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Magic040 Pattaya Warrior

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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 10 (left) or 9 (right) for both home and in Thailand but i don't know which one i would pick, need to have a test drive first.

 

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What do you guys think is better? Did anyone here have driven these cars? I know the 10 is a lot newer but new is not always better.

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zenzen11 Platinum Pattaya Warrior

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Home is my 64 GTO ... In Thailand I fly ... No way I would drive a car her

 

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Mr Wombat Pattaya Guru

Mr Wombat

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If you are in pattaya anything bigger than a honda click 125 is a complete waste of time (forget any sort of car). Easy to park, no traffic jams..... perfect.

12 Pints in Know it all

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biggles Extreme Pattaya Guru

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Yes, I can never understand why people drive these huge 4wd around narrow pattaya streets. Maybe small penis syndrome ?

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regyai Supreme Pattaya Warrior

regyai

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Yes, I can never understand why people drive these huge 4wd around narrow pattaya streets. Maybe small penis syndrome ?

 

 

Cos you cant brush three + hand holding Indians off a soi with a scooter ;)

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g3mini Pattaya Warrior

g3mini

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This is what I drive here in Oz, the Prado my daily commute to work and back. The CLK my weekend cruiser. Would love to have these in LOS, I'd use the CLK in Pattaya and the Prado up country for driving around in the TGF's village.

"Growing old is inevitable, but growing up is optional"

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Encora Supreme Pattaya Guru

Encora

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I got a Honda Jazz nine years ago new, still going fine. Perfect for Pattaya and BKK.

For long trips including Laos, recently got an old Mitsubishi Strada, 4WD, 4 door pickup truck.....

Good combination.

The truck is a bit of a nuisance in Pattaya, being manual, but great for open road long distance, and can handle very bad Laos roads, the Jazz is reallly easyin small streets and parking lots, and holds a lot more then it seems from the outside.

http://www.pattaya-addicts.com/forum/topic/251132-nams-taxi-service/

http://www.namstaxipattaya.com/

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regyai Supreme Pattaya Warrior

regyai

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This basically  ^^

 

Thailand one size does not fit all

 

You need a choice

 

Personally:

 

Juke

Ranger

Twist n go

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The Viking Extreme Pattaya Guru

The Viking

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Quite happy with my Civic, not too big and not too small. 

I pillaged, I plundered, I came in a dark hole, I lost my shirt, my dignity and my virginity again - can I have another diet Coke? May 2012 TR

A Collection of Ramblings - Three Mental Patient Candidates Jan/Feb 2012 TR with Thumbscrew and Dondyhr

Viking goes to Patty Jan/Feb 2011 TR

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mbamber Supreme Pattaya Warrior

mbamber

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Ebay uk has a T54 for sale for £30000 ideal for Thailand.5555

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CuppaTea Platinum Pattaya Warrior

CuppaTea

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Perfect for poor to almost non-existent roads and with 900mm wading depth its got to besc-ms2_293-191269_450x259.jpg?v=1

 

The only problem is the 6,000,000 baht price.

Its not good for narrow Soi,s and weaving through traffic or small parking spaces but so what.

If it breaks down and you have trouble getting it fixed then just buy another one because if you've got 6m for a car money isn't tight.

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mbamber Supreme Pattaya Warrior

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Perfect for poor to almost non-existent roads and with 900mm wading depth its got to besc-ms2_293-191269_450x259.jpg?v=1

 

The only problem is the 6,000,000 baht price.

Its not good for narrow Soi,s and weaving through traffic or small parking spaces but so what.

If it breaks down and you have trouble getting it fixed then just buy another one because if you've got 6m for a car money isn't tight.

Skoda gave me tickets for Goodwood Festival of Speed a few years ago went round an obstacle course with a test driver in one very nice.

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KingMidas Platinum Pattaya Warrior

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Tacoma is excellent. Ford truck is intially good but parts maybe an issue and they decline in quality faster than the Toyota.

 

Why? Ford Rangers are built here in Thailand.

 

In fact, the Rangers sold in Australia and much of SE Asia come from Thailand. 

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Moza Extreme Pattaya Warrior

Moza

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Yes, I can never understand why people drive these huge 4wd around narrow pattaya streets. Maybe small penis syndrome ?

Have you never seen the floods in pattaya?

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bbbz Platinum Pattaya Warrior

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Tacoma is excellent. Ford truck is intially good but parts maybe an issue and they decline in quality faster than the Toyota.

Agreed.  I like ford sheet metal and bodies but their parts choices do not last like a Toy.  Fit and finish, tolerances or build quality... no comparison.

Here, we see many of the old Tacoma's and Hi lux pickups still on the road and the old square Rangers are in the parts yards or F.O.R. Dead.

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td5855 Supreme Pattaya Guru

td5855

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Last car in the UK were a very reliable, high mileage BMW 735, sold to a mate. 2014 bought an Isuzu and it is a great workhorse.  Drives from my home in Chaiyaphum to Pattaya and back 900+ km's and still a 1/3 diesel left in the tank. 

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So you want to live in Isaan?   Tale of a journey started 1973 with a stepfather, arrive 2004, "Wife in Issan" 2017.......    ..            An unplanned, unknown and unforeseen  journey spanning 51 years ending well  !!

I've .... seen things ..... you people would never believe...............

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likeaking Extreme Pattaya Guru

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At home I have a 2007 Mazda MX-5 2.0L (It's more fun driving a slow car fast than driving a fast car slow) as a daily driver, a 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe for carrying stuff and a rotissoried 1957 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe with an 8.2 liter V8 for Sunday drives. I can afford pretty much any car I want and the above does it for me. It's a Honda Click in Patters. 

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Every hole a goal.

Condoms kill boners. Save the boners.

Stop the Vagilantes.

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Wolf Cat Pattaya Master

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Living in Pattaya and having  TG with her own home and family in Issan,  I have 2 of the 3 vehicles I need, 1st is a good size motorbike; 135 Yamaha Nouvo, gets me around town most days no problem, 2nd is a truck with a nice back end capable of hauling construction material or farm supplies, etc (Mitsubishi Triton with a CNG tank), the only vehicle missing is a Toyota Camry 2.0, decked out with high end stereo system, tint windows and killer rims.

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