Go to the big car tents on the number 9 ring road in south west side of Bkk, thousands of cars to choose from,. I found the dealers to be very accommodating, letting you look around and inside plus test drive, they do tend to push you for a deposit if your interested in a particular car, but decline and say you have to look at other cars,. I bought mine off an advertiser on FB marketplace, (most dealers and private sellers are on it) my expierience was brilliant, messaged seller, he gave me gps location and met him there, car was at his house on a massive secure estate, he dealt from home and had about half a dozen cars there, all prepped for sale, price was negotiable, I got
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bht off price and he did all paperwork in my partners name as she has house book,. I got 12 months road tax and 12 months insurance in the deal to,. There was no warranty on car but with a couple of issues I had after a couple of months he pointed me in the right direction to get good cheap repairs, I got the car I wanted at the price I was willing to pay and I’m well happy with it, I only looked at about 4 cars, but did loads of research on the ones I narrowed it down to, I don’t think I would have gone to far wrong on any of the cars I looked at,.it’s easier if you know what you want, Toyota Prius is your choice so concentrate on that model,. I paid cash for my car so no finance headaches,. I would say Bkk is the car dealer capital, easier running around Bkk rather than doing hundreds of kms out in the country,. Plus FB market place and baht & sold plus one2car are decent platforms for browsing,.
As a person with “previous” 1 day overstay expierience, (2019) I guarantee you will be pulled to one side at immigration and put on the naughty boy step and be lectured and have a written note in your passport, probably no 500 bht fine, but have it ready just in case,. say sorry and a wai and alls good,.
I had 3 kittens where I live and also found a large cat dead one morning, then one by one the kittens started getting I took one to the vet and it was feline hiv,. and the nova virus, within days they all died, cost me 6000bht in vets fees !
Lane discipline is another issue,. meandering down the right hand lane for miles, ok I get it with the rough left lane road surface sometimes, but not when it’s like a pool table in both lanes,.
Yes, slow driving is a thing I witnessed allot, but I only got cut up once,. and only saw the aftermath of a truck going off the road,. but I’ve driven all over TH in the last 5 months with no issues really,. I find if I drive at 90kph when not in a hurry, and 100 kph when I need to, and 120 kph occasionally seems like warp speed,. I’ve seen a few new concrete dividers but all they seem to do is move the u turn further down the road, I don’t have an issue with u turns if carried out safely and properly,.