digbeth

Thailand already made bike for export to Europe, so making bike that can be restricted to A2-A1, level then unrestricted by removing the restrictor when the rider has earned the appropriate license is possible 

with most things in Thailand, this will probably be done at the dealer when sold to anyone without a license

but to be fair most big bike dealer in Thailand are careful to not sell to unexperienced rider and most big brands has decent riding school you can go to, still doesn't stop clueless parent buying their 16 years old 650cc 

29 minutes ago, pegman said:

Opposite. His father, the Godfather of Chonburi, AKA Kamnan Poh, was  arrested while a fugitive from a murder conviction sentence by the Yingluck gov. It was the ruling Junta that did not charge the boy mayor and instead made him a gov Minister.

They're friends with everybody when it conveniences them

The Chonburi clan has on-again off-again relationship with Taksin's Pheu Tai, during the Junta rule they were alighned with the Junta's party and even had a cabinet seat which they rotated their heir or relatives in, this Pattaya mayor even had a stint as the minister, last election they were with (Thaksin Clan's) Pheu Thai party but lost many seats to the orange party upstart

Anything south of Hua Hin, while nice is too far. I have a place in Ban Krut myself and rarely go there anymore, while the long drive through Prachuap is enjoyable Rama2 has gotten so bad that it's not worth it, I agree with trying to distance yourself from the expat community in these size of town though, it's just the same face all the time

If you really want boring life with no beach or mountain, Nakhon Pathom in the west and Chachoeng Sao in the east is suitably boring and devoid of any expat or tourist oriented service, 

Nakhon Nayok on the other side of 'posh' Khao Yai is cheap with plenty of land but is catered towards working class Thais and can be rowdy during Thai holidays and traffic bad 

27 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

So saying I won't pay before the sign plates are ready will not work.

Actually it does, you can make it condition of delivery that the car be delivered with plate, businesses and government department do this when buying cars,

and you won't accept the car or hand over the final cheque until the car is plated, what will happens is that your brand new car is ready, but sitting in the dealership garage until the day plate arrives,   vs you driving home with the brand new car today with no plate or red plate, knowing that consequence from police trouble is negligible 

I certainly went down the route of getting the registration kit to do it myself after chasing for plates from the dealer for months, 

On 5/12/2024 at 5:09 PM, richard_smith237 said:

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Resolution: 

Go to the DLT and get your own Plates...  This is something I have done with my last two motorcycles and last 3 cars. 

 

Its a fairly simple process and easily done by yourself.

 

Once you have the 'slip' from the DLT you take that back to your dealer who gets 'official' number plates made up and about a week later they should be ready to affix to your car (and you receive the Blue Book).

 

Is the slip for reserving your 'special' number

In my experience getting plate from the DLT is just turning up to the DLT with the paperwork and coming home with plate and blue/green book 

you just had to ask the dealer that you'll be registering yourself and they won't charge you the 3-500 baht registration service 

Getting your own plate at the DLT is simple, if you had the necessary paperwork (Registration Kit) from the dealer, which they don't have as the manufacturer won't release it to the dealer until they've been paid, hence  the delay

Some brands are strange like Kawasaki and Ducati that they never release the 'registration kit' for self registraton ever

5 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

I am about to buy/order a new Toyota. Can arrange my own insurance rather than free insurance for 1 year and have been offered a 20,000bt discount.   Free film, free full tank of petrol, but what about a discount for full cash payment? Anyone been successful?

They actually earn more commission from finance companies, so there's no incentive to cash buyers, at least they don't put the price up for cash buyers like motorcycles. Sure you could argue cash buyers take less of their time filling out forms and back and forth with the finance companies/credit check

Take off the 'free' film and accessories and you might get more discount, the sales person has a 'margin' of discount they can work with getting you freebies thrown in, any more and they're cutting into their commission

54 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

 

I have often wondered why the delay in issuing plates. I suspect that the dealer doesn't want to either send someone to DLT, or pay for a service until they've got a larger number of new registrations needed.

 

We bought a new Hilux Vigo in 2005 and the dealer gave no plates. We drove it all the way from Nakhon Si Thammarat to Loei and back even through central Bangkok with no issue at all. I did get stopped for speeding (legit) and not having any plates was no issue at all. When I bought my motorcycle in 2020, I categorically told the dealer I would not purchase unless he registered it immediately - he had never done a registration for a foreigner before - and he was able to get it registered in 2 days before I collected it. So, it can be done.

 

The settling of cost to the Manufacturer (Hondas, Toyotas...) to get necessary papers are probably bigger than calling the courier

your best bet is probably go to your bank that you sent the original funds from and ask that they reverse the transfer, say your daughter doesn't have access to the account or whatever

To date I don't see any distinction between the retail shops that operate as a medical dispensary with thai traditional medicine licence vs just shops that sell recreationally, are they even being policed? 

6 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

For the record it is NOT an ELECTION, it is a SELECTION.

 

And it will be about as democratic as the sham "vote" on the most recent Constitution.

With a poll tax of 2,500 baht that makes it out of reach of most commoners, but cheap enough to stuff with cronies that'll vote for whoever you want

17 minutes ago, Grusa said:

Please enlighten us?

Prachanban means battle, fight

getting back on topic, to be fair, if you know what the name Prachanban means in thai, the restaurant is almost asking for it

Samsung seem to have phone specific interpreter called live translate, is it better than standard google translate? 

Even google own phone the pixel has live translate, the difference seem to be that it doesn't need data connection to work as it stays on the phone

I'd say I've seen professionalism and enthusiasm more in Australia from retail workers - looking at the minimum wage they're paying it's understandable 

restaurants- in Thailand if it's not big chain owned and the owners are hands on in training and on-site the service is usually good, if they have incentives for the waiter to sell wines and such they learn to become knowledgeable 

Crowd's different, lots of girls with cameras taking photos of everything, whereas before it was more 'grown up' 

While elephants are in their natural habitat, humans happens to build into their land, and now with elephant numbers on the rise due to either various conservation effort or lack of food forcing them into human occupied area, it's only a matter of time before it become big problem like monkeys in Lopburi, elephant attack/encroachment on built areas were unhearad of but are now daily occurrence in Chantaburi and areas around Khao Yai, it's cute tourists can come see elephants until it is not, Lopburi was like that too a decade a go with a few monkeys in isolated area

7 minutes ago, impulse said:

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If the AC has a wall plug (like most split units do), I'd suggest a power monitor like this to see what it's actually using.  Run all the traps like cleaning the filters, make sure it's properly charged, etc. ...

Most split unit installation in Thailand don't use plug and sockerts, but instead wired in often with separate breaker from the consumer unit, so smart plug/power monitor that can go between will be difficult, getting smart breaker to replace the existing one is probably easier

Most Thai restaurants in walking distance of Sukhumvit especially around the BTS stations are probably catering more to tourists like Soi 4 or corner of 11/1, or really upscale, cusine specific like Southern restaurant in Soi8, Plenty more around Soi 11 and 23, but all are on the upscale side

Yong Lee on the corner of soi 15, the cuisine is more Chinese Thai, especially 'Cook Shop' style from Chinese cooks that used to work in western hotels and embassy, some dish looks like they are from the 70s  probably on its last legs now, but a piece of history with original decor, 

used to be popular hanging out spot for GIs back in the day, some chairs and bars even have metal plaque of the regular patron etched on them 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJiz5CfTxQ

6 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

48hr work week.

Max 8hr per day.

Equals 6 days a week.

We operate 24/7/365, 500+ staff at my work.... work 7 days.

 

Sadly though, we only get the labor law stipulated min 13 public holidays :-(.... paid as triple time to those that are working.

 

Triple? law says 1.5 times, triple is only when you do overtime during the 'day off' 

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

So if she decide to not live with her parents and she decides to live with a guy. And she can walk out any time she wants, how is that abduction? 

to be fair, happens to thais to, teenage boys hook up with the daughter, next day the parents come after the boy's family, pay up or we go to the police