Sorry it's three tests a colour test, where you have a traffic light and have to say the colour, then a depth perception test where you have to push a button to align to white lights. Then a reaction test where you have to hit a brake when you see a red light. Almost no way to fail as you get three goes at each test.
Once you've done that you watch a video then they print the license and pay and that's it.
if you already have a license for a car and/or bike from certain countries (Europe, US, Australia) then you only have to pass a depth perception test and a reaction test, then watch a video about car crashes (that I think was meant to be serious but was a bit comical) it really doesn't take long. If you don't already have a license or have a license from a country that Thailand doesn't recognize then I guess you'd have to take the full driving test, I don't know how long that would take.
I did my driving license (bike and car) last month, apart from the residence cert which was an issue for unrelated reasons it was super easy, I arrived at the transport department at 10:00 and was out with both car and motorcycle license by 12:30. You do have to make an appointment. I did have to book an appointment and at the time it's about 3 weeks wait for one. I guess if they do all the paperwork for you then it might be worth 6,000 THB but if you have to do that yourself then it's better to just do the whole thing yourself.
I think the reason you can't find an answer is that the evisa system is quite new and no one has pushed the limits of it yet (or at least no one is saying) I can think of ways of doing it but you would be risking the visa fee and possibly not be able to get a visa at all.
This is an interesting question, I applied for a non O e visa in the UK in January this year and at no point did I have to go to the embassy/consulate in London. So it did make me think that I didn't really need to be in the UK at all when I applied. Just needed access to all the documents, like bank statements. However don't take this as advice as I don't know if they do random checks or they use your IP address or the IO check your stamps in the passport on arrival.
I believe that used car imports for personal use were banned in December 2019. Before that it was a bad idea anyway, that's why you're getting so many negative comments telling not to do it. The effective cost to import a car pre the ban was around 200% of the vehicles value, I think only 100 vehicles were imported a year at that point, so I doubt you'll find someone that's done it legally. Also generally the more you can avoid Thai bureaucracy the better, that's another reason people are saying importing stuff is just not worth the bother, better to spend time on the beach than in an office filling out paperwork.
