TylerBKK

Your welcome. I hope it works out for you too in the future. I also have a Thai car driving license that will expire in the next couple of years and I will aim to get that converted over to align with my Thai ID card number too. The good thing is that your Thai ID number will never change whereas your passport number normally changes every 10 years. So if renewing with a passport, there will be times that you will need to show both your old passport and your new passport to renew. Just more paperwork and things to remember to bring with you. This year, I also did both online courses, the English and the Thai one. Next renewal on the motorcycle license and I'll just do the Thai one though and same for the car license when I renew it in a couple of years. To be honest, when I showed the QR code to the woman at DLT she didn't even scan my QR or look at it on my phone screen for more than a second. I don't think she was even looking to see what language I had done it in. According to the rules, if you are renewing with a passport, then you should be doing the video in English and if you are renewing using your Thai ID card number then you should be doing the video in Thai. They might look at that more closely at a place like Chatuchak, but at the other DLT offices they probably don't worry about it. That was my experience anyway. Also, that additional sample document that I attached above, I'm not sure if the other DLT offices really require that too or not. Again, maybe that's only a Chatuchak thing. At the other offices you may only need to just show your yellow book and your pink card and provide photocopies, then tell them you want to renew using the pink card method. Perhaps that would be enough. When I handed it to the woman at the DLT office where I recently renewed she looked at it for a few seconds and then handed it back to me. I guess that means she didn't really require it. I think it is still good to have it though just in case they want it. And then the second time you renew your license using your pink card it definitely won't be needed.

I am sorry, but that actually isn't correct. You can renew at Chatuchak using pink card and yellow book, but first you must return to your local district office (the one which had issued you the pink card) and request a copy of the attached sample document from them. The district office will provide the document for free and it should be quick to get it from them as long as you bring your yellow book and pink card to the district office with you. Then, with a copy of that document, you can renew with pink card and yellow book at Chatuchak, which will also change your driving license number from your passport number over to the Thai ID card number on your pink card. Then, on future renewals, you should only need to show pink card and yellow book at Chatuchak (or any other office) to renew your driving license and no more passport and residency certificate should ever be required. I also didn't renew at Chatuchak and I used a different office instead. This was because Chatuchak doesn't offer online queue bookings like some of the other area offices in Bangkok do and, if you go to Chatuchak in person, I found that you will get a queue number that is at least 6 weeks out. At some of the other area offices you can reserve a queue date online to renew your license via their DLTSmartQueue app and then you will likely also get a queue date within only about 1-2 weeks out instead. So it will be a shorter wait time to renew at some of the other area offices and it will only require one trip to renew at one of the other DLT offices (if you have an online queue date) rather than two trips to DLT at Chatuchak. Also, some of the other area offices will only require the pink card and yellow book to renew the license the first time using that method and may not require the additional document from your district office of the sample document attached. It depends on the DLT office. Lastly, if you want to renew using pink card and yellow book then you will need to do the online course in Thai as a Thai person and create a login on the site using your Thai ID number to do the course and not do the course in English using your passport number as the login. Not a big deal, but there will be 7 parts to the online Thai course and a multiple choice test question that you must answer in Thai during each of the 7 parts. So 7 test questions will need to be answered in Thai to complete the online training if you want to do it that way.

Here is a sample of what the QR code screen looks like that they provide to you once you have completed the online e-learning. All personal data has been removed.

Yes, one year is the limit.

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If you like your car why not consider getting a custom seat for it that's more comfortable for your back and to your liking? It doesn't make much sense to replace the whole vehicle if the only issue with it is seat comfort. I suspect an SUV will also consume more petrol than your existing vehicle.

If you want to book an online appointment for your renewal you can also download an app called DLTSmartQueue

Exactly. That's what I got thanks. And it worked.

I think they started requiring the medical certificate since Covid. I didn't need one the last time either. I got mine from a small old clinic next to Chatuchak DLT that does them for 150 Baht. They provide the form. It is all in Thai. I didn't bother to try and read it. But they know what is needed. I suggest you ask around in your area. There is probably a similar clinic close to the DLT office where you will be renewing that everyone uses and it will be fast and easy. Also, fee is 505 Baht for car and 255 Baht for motorcycle license renewal of 5 years. Yes, if you renew just after expiry of your existing license then still end up with almost 6 years on the renewal.

You are correct on the documents. You'll also need a medical certificate no older than one month from the date you are renewing. You can do the training (watch the video and answer a few multiple choice questions) online now. After you complete the online training it's valid for up to 180 days to renew your license. Here is the link: https://www.dlt-elearning.com/forignerhome After you complete the online training you will need a QR code issued by the website and then screen capture that QR code onto your phone and show it to them at DLT. You can see my other post below about how to get that QR code out of the site as it was a bit confusing for me.

I understand now where I made the error on obtaining the QR code from the online training. After you get the above screen which I posted showing that m you've completed the training then there is still one more step and you need to click on the yellow button that says "Training Certification". There you will be asked a handful of multiple choice questions and, after you answer those, you will be given a QR code that you can then screen capture and show to the clerk at DLT to prove that you've completed the online training.

Thanks, I bought a bike from them once many years ago. Yes they're good. But I'm in Bangkok. So I need something up here.

Honda. And the Honda dealer service center I took it to is what caused the problems. I don't want to get into details, but I no longer have confidence in the small Honda dealers.

I'm looking for a motorcycle repair shop that can do small repairs on an old bike, things like changing out a turn signal housing or fixing some small wiring issues. Someone mentioned to me that there are a lot of those kind of small repair shops along Suthisan Road in the Saphaw Kwai area, but I wouldn't know which one to pick. If anyone can recommend any good repair shops that do small repairs, charge reasonable prices and are located in the city center then I would greatly appreciate it.