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3 hours ago, Caveat Emptor said:

It was also stated the majority of the fines would never be paid because drivers paid no heed to the demand notices sent out and it was difficult to chase them up

I thought they already could ( already do ) refuse to issue a new tax disc for vehicles with unpaid fines,  also cant sell the vehicle with unpaid fines

if they don't already do this it should be quite simple to implement  with one of those new fangled super duper database thingies !

1 minute ago, sanukjim said:

Large "cracks" are found on most bottoms.

LOL   

3 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

Old plates were not removed.

That's unusual they normally  make a big thing about having to turn in the old number plates at the desk before they will give out new  plates.

3 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

First she had to go to Rayong to get permission to change the plate to Chonburi

There was no need for her to go to Rayong first  could have all been done in Chonburi

3 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

Transport dept. told us that a farang now can only have a car registration in the province they are resident in.

hmmmmmm intersting

A lot of the shops that where in Tukcom have moved to the Harbor Mall on  Central road next to Foodland

I saw at least 2  places that specialised in networking  equipment when I went there.

10 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

However, you shouldn't see a roundabout as a junction, but as a one-way main road that is curved

ok  now   I'm reminded of this for some reason !

8 minutes ago, villagefarang said:

far to sexy for these pages

I thought the song went  "I'm to sexy for my shirt..so sexy it hurts"    Right Said Fred

9 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

As as for the other rules. Here is a little video showing them.

@Gulfsailor Thanks for that video   now I know why they can't use roundabouts, because  roundabout rules are totally  ass backwards to what the "special rules" say  ( think of the 4 way junction with a circle in the midle )

17 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

A few rules in Thailand are different from most other countries, these being

well then no wonder the death toll is so high.... my head is spinning round and round trying to understand those "different" rules    

haha new emicon  quite fitting

Songkrans long gone in April,  next big Pattaya events are Loy Krathong and fireworks festival followed by Christmas and New year.

7/11 also have an online store. You can pay and pickup goods at your local branch

In the Pantip post user HS4CJR  reaffirms that the  ZTE-F660 from TOT can be bridged by yourself

he suggests that when doing the reconfiguration  you must remove the fibre cable from the modem or it will reconfigure itself !!

The Hi vis reflective ( grey bits ) on my Scoyco jacket have lasted well,   I got the JK28  in red  to match my bike

have only washed it twice  ( left out in the sun to air after use )   I don't ride 40Kms per day much less than that

its a cheap jacket made in China  giving some skin protection at lower speeds

bought the show room display  jacket ( the only one they had in my size ) on  28/6/14 

for 2700 baht  200 baht discount

The GS battery in my car  lasted about 3 years,which for Thailand seems about average.....  6 years exceptional !

14/10/12  to 7/1/16  R.I.P

@wpcoe  is correct  my apologies for mistaking the developer of this failed project..it was not Matrix

read the whole saga here

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=456522

unfortunately Google street view only has one image from 2012

satellite view shows nothing there in Jan 2008

by Dec  2009  they had started and finished

still the same today

I've had ants in my computer monitor/TV, External Hard drives, fluorescent lights,light switches , main breaker/fuse box and extension leads.
When they get caught between contact breakers in switches etc and are fried they make a very effective insulation material rendering the switch almost useless,until you can take it apart and clean the contacts.

In TV'S and hard drives the results are much worse.

Was going to be condos by Matrix

once

@Gibbs2  what brand of battery do you use that lasts 6 years in Thailand ?

I converted my ZTE blade ( Orange Sanfransico ) to Cyanogenmod   years ago  so long I forgot how I did it

but  must have used the sideload from SD card method as I only recently got ADB working

( I believe mine was a Gen 1 phone so could get custom recovery and root  without ADB )

once you have ClockworkMod  ( or TWRP) Recovery  installed  make a full backup and keep that  backup in a safe place ( not the sd card )

then you should be able to recover from most mistakes.

His wife's blue book ( or Tabien bahn )  not to be confused with the blue book used for car registration.

19 minutes ago, Bob58 said:

So her ID copy and Blue book copy that's about it right?

( blue book might not be necessary but take copy anyway )

yes get her to sign them   and state in Thai of course

  "only for purpose of registering  honda click reg number xxxxxxx"

over a conspicuous part  of the copy

being careful not to actually obscure anything..this is to try and prevent fraudsters stealing identity, "purpose of" can be omitted if not worried

but copies need her signature.

The shop will let you know if they need to see the bike or not   but I suspect they will need to see it because they normally take "rubbing's" of the chassis and engine number and need to confirm these agree with the green book.

further note updated

The drive was really slow and flaky,would not mount in windows took a long time to mount on Debian

 S.M.A.R.T   said it was ok  but   Crystaldiskinfo reported  that  it had 156 uncorrectable sectors...tried to write zeros to the whole disk to reset sector count  but PC spontaneously rebooted after about an hour

it is a deceased drive..not resting, pining for the fjords or simply stunned..its dead  R.I.P

Left towards Big C  for both places

Pattaya plates already will make it easier and faster   sometimes the shop will wait until they get a few  to do before going to the DLT

they may also have to take the bike to DLT to check engine and chassis numbers... but they may have "special contacts" that mean they can bypass certain things I'm sure they'll let you know what's necessary.

The media reports about it certainly seem to have stopped.

Your friend just needs to goto Jomtien immigration  and ask for a "certificate of residence"  for the purpose of  selling a motorbike

they will except a receipt showing he/she is staying in a condo or hotel  no need to actually be on permanent residency.

If the bike has Bangkok plates it will make it a bit more complicated and take longer but the shop will be able to do it for you

Tax 3 weeks overdue  no problem about a 2 baht fine

shop on South Pattaya road is new... somewhere around the area ( from memory ) shown on this google streetview

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.9195614,100.8910955,3a,75y,56.42h,73.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7cZISD_00V8t1XlJiAZd0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

shop on Sukumvit

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.9242953,100.8981994,3a,75y,259.97h,75.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scpHC32CO46fmiO42yhWHIw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656