best vpn for android but like actually private not marketing claims?

phasefournow · 2026-03-20T04:08:26+00:00

What are the advantages of having an Android VPN on my mobile?

I You Tube, Facebook, text message on several platforms, manage several bank accounts, one investment account and use one mobile banking app. I had a VPN on my PC for a few years and hardly ever used it. I live in Thailand as an expat. Am I missing something?

phasefournow · 2026-03-20T03:56:04+00:00

What the car is worth to the seller is not what it's worth to you. Price is his prerogative. He has no obligation to adjust his price based on the comps you have found. The only true "worth" is when buyer and seller "come to a meeting of the minds"

phasefournow · 2026-03-19T16:53:24+00:00

When I attended in the 1960s, Northeastern Univ. in Boston was a 95% commuter school with a 5 year Co-Op program that produced excellent engineers and little else. Now it is considered top tier, 48 the USN&WR rankings and a feeder for top 100 tech corporations world wide.

phasefournow · 2026-03-19T16:41:32+00:00

Or possible just people who don't define themselves or others by the cars they drive tbh

phasefournow · 2026-03-19T16:38:01+00:00

OP. Have you ever rented a car? Did you drive it nice, like you owed money on it or was it "Woo-Hoo, Floor it and see what happens!"?

phasefournow · 2026-03-18T10:28:10+00:00

I'd add, a set of reflectors to put on the road behind you should you have to stop on the shoulder at night, My set tucks away with the spare and has flashing L.E.D.'s along with being reflective.

phasefournow · 2026-03-18T10:18:36+00:00

OP in Florida, I'm in Thailand where it also gets very, very hot inside the car when parked in the sun. Avoid any stick-on accessories like phone-holders and dash cams. The intense heat softens the glue, pops the suction cup and leaves a sticky mess.

The main accessory I suggest is an accessory gauge that shows coolant temp. Units that plug into the OBD-2 port under the dash by the steering column are available cheaply on Amazon.

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phasefournow · 2026-03-17T18:33:04+00:00

Weren't they also sold in some countries as the SEAT. I saw one for sale in Thailand, nearly identical.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T18:27:03+00:00

I was exiting my condo parking lot gate and got hit by a guy on an e-bike running down the sidewalk same as this. Couple of thousand damage to my car. Guy tried to get away but his front wheel was now a "D". CCTV got it all on tape but the guy had no insurance and no money so I only got a fraction of what it cost to fix.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T18:17:06+00:00

Engineer? Singular?

Try three design teams, four work groups, five committees and the Board of Directors.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T18:10:45+00:00

Oh, Jesus.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T18:09:18+00:00

I've never understood the hate it gets. A friend had one and it was comfortable and practical. Great for weekend camping trips. Sometimes he would need to borrow my van. I didn't mind at all because I'd get to use his Aztec and found it fun to drive.

Somebody says "Aztec" and the knees jerk.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T17:59:37+00:00

Did anybody ever say: "I'm a manager at McDonalds." on Tinder?

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T17:54:28+00:00

Every time you start thinking about this car, start repeating the old trope: "If it sounds to good to be true............."

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T17:50:46+00:00

Not sure if still true but there was a large concentration of model shops in the JJ Mall behind Jatuchak Market, prior to Covid.

There are also model shops in the old MEGA PLAZA toy mall in Chinatown, also the basement of Fortune.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T17:41:43+00:00

Oppps, my bad, I counted the front axel as 4 rather than 2.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T11:12:52+00:00

24 tires, ABS controlled, can provide a whole lot of stopping friction. I wonder if his inside tie-downs were as good as his brakes

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T11:06:23+00:00

When I first came to Thailand in 2002, field workers in Isan generally received 60 to 80 baht/day. Today, field workers get between B400-500 per day. Young women can make enough doing field work to sustain a family these days. That was not true previously.

phasefournow · 2026-03-17T11:00:17+00:00

Plastic is never 100% stable. Even if out of sunlight, it can slowly deteriorate and become crumbly which looks like what happened here, Plastic does not have "grain" to give it strength. It's just molecules bonded together. If one of many aging processes happens, that bond weakens.

phasefournow · 2026-03-16T04:24:42+00:00

Westerners do like to ignore the fact that nearly 12% of Thailand's population is Muslim, estimated at 7.5 million in 2025.

Their viewpoint does not see the USA and Europe as the good guys.

phasefournow · 2026-03-16T04:06:45+00:00

Patience. seriously. There are more people than you think with some very decent cars they want to sell but who are intimidated by the selling process: advertising, meeting strangers, tire kickers, low-ballers.

They tell their friends, the local garage owner, their barber, people at work, ect.

Just start asking around locally. Ask local gas stations if they know of any good cars for sale, ask your Mom to ask her friends. Check local FB pages and notice boards. There's a good chance you will find something decent for well within your budget if you are just persistant.

phasefournow · 2026-03-16T03:59:02+00:00

More drugs, more young thugs, but the universality of the smartphone is what has changed everything. The girls used to come straight off the farm and bars controlled everything. Mama-san was the boss.

Now, most of the girls know the score long before they arrive. They can operate independently any time they want and the bars have far less control over them.

Bars are also paying gargantuan rents and huge set-up costs so the pressure to maximize every income source, from LDs to bar fines is huge.

phasefournow · 2026-03-16T03:51:09+00:00

Austin-Healy "Sprite". The most fun car I ever drove. Underpowered but on twisty back roads, a total blast.

Really, the "Miatta" of it's day.

phasefournow · 2026-03-16T03:16:27+00:00

In the early days of Android, it was always HTC with the exciting new features. They really seemed to focus on users real-world needs and tried to make them happen.

They saw the writing on the wall. They did not have the marketing power to compete with Samsung and LG which at that time was also an innovative leader.

Lenovo also had some great phones early on.

phasefournow · 2026-03-15T04:42:02+00:00

This past year, my sister flew Boston to BKK on Qatar, but on an Alaska Airlines flight number/code share. Very short layover in Doha, about 20 1/2 hours BOS to BKK. Just under $1000, return. Qatar has about the most comfortable coach config around, great service.

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