When the Airport was taken over by the yellow shirts, a colleague and I had to go to an important meeting in Doha.
With no flight available from Bangkok, I had to fly out of Changi in Singapore.
So - by road to Phuket, Silk Air to Singapore - then Qatar Airways to Doha. No problem.
Our Office Manager in BKK lent me his new top of the range Fortuner with driver(s) to get me and my buddy down to Phuket
It was quite possibly the worst 9 or so hours I've ever spent in the back seat of a vehicle. My ar5e was almost red raw.
I also experienced them in Hanoi - same problem.
OK - you get seven seats and they're cheap. That's all you can say about them.
But let's be clear -
The Toyota Hi Lux Vigo = Fortuner
The Isuzu MU7 - Now MUX = D Max
The Chevrolet Outlander = Colorado
Mitsubishi Triton = Pajero Sport (BTW the name is an insult to the great Pajero)
I honestly think that the motor manufacturers are conning people by adding a chunk of metal on the back with extra seats inside.
I guess you can say that I don't like them.................
Now Mrs.T wants a(n occasional) seven seater - which we can use as a courtesy vehicle at the Lodge. Needless to say, NONE of the above are on the shopping list.
The Honda Odyssey would be nice - but at THB 2.6m+ it's out of my range for sure.
So it's looking like the Chevrolet 2.4 Captiva that runs on E85 and is underpinned by a car platform - much better ride.
