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2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

A 160 Click does around 45-50km per litre, that equates to very little baht a week

A Wave 125 can do 70km/litre both has similar sized tank around 5.5litre, the Wave would have range of around 385km, while the click is at 275km, at the current price of 40baht per litre, it's .50 baht per km for the Wave and 1 Baht per Km  for the Click, realistically the 220baht to fill up the tank will last most commuter around month easily, the savings only makes sense for delivery driver if  you only look at fuel consumption 

There are still difference, semi-auto can do up to 70-80km/litre while 125-160cc autos are  around 50km/litre 

bigger autos like 300+cc would be lucky to get around 20km/litre 

but if you ride fast a lot more than slow, it might be more economical to go with autos, modern ones with 4 valve and water cooling can happily do 90-120km/hr. speed while semi autos would struggle beyond 90

Always good to remind ourselves that life is cheap in Thailand, especially for those earning the minimum wages, if they snapped and maims or murders you for slighting them, prison or whatever consequence there is not a deterrent to them

2 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

I was only told the sale of the A380's was blocked by the courts. Wasn't told much more than that. 

 

Unfortunately no source that I can link to or post here, so take it with a pinch of salt. 

The concern was that whoever approved the sale would be burdened with causing a 'loss' and taken to court due to the price to get rid of them compared to what was paid for them

40 minutes ago, Robert Paulson said:

Not to disrail your question but that’s part of my issue. My last ticket was “pay us 500 baht cash now and we won’t give you a 1000 baht car tax (written ticket)”. To me it’s clear extortion and should never be paid. 
 

Even if they do inquire about it when I pay my tax I will bring up they tried to extort me for cash on the side of the road. Not that this would help my case I’m just making a point. 

The fine for driving an expired/untaxed vehicle is 400-1000 baht so you can look at it a shakedown for a bribe, or convenience discount for paying on the spot

If they had been legit, after giving you the 1000 baht ticket it must be entered into the 'system' if you paid at the post office you'd have been given an official receipt.

The people at LTO office doing your tax will have no power to do about your situation, you want to make a point go yell in front of the police station, or continue to drive untaxed  

1 minute ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

renewed 2  pick ups  this year no problem both had speeding tickets, no mention of them when renewing, one in BKK the other at Pranburi, both tickets were not  in the same locationsd/province as the tickets

Was it a roadside speed gun where they flag you down and hand you a ticket or a photo mailed to your address later? 

3 minutes ago, Robert Paulson said:

That’s according to some horrible “news” articles. Do you have any experience with the systems actually being linked. Supposedly people are reporting you can simply go to another province and pay the tax anyway, even with the linked system. Sounds about right for Thailand tbh 

I don't have outstanding ticket, but when I taxed mine online there are now a screen that checks for unpaid tickets, and I did check on the government app using my 13 digit ID number and all my previous tickets and all cars and bikes under my name came up, even manual handwritten one that's parking related, not  just speed camera ones

don't exterior walls count as jointly own by both the unit and under the condo common area? ie any modification to the exterior walls must be approved by the condo management

4 minutes ago, tuktuktuk said:

Your card numbers are never revealed to the merchant. They only see a google transaction number. Same with Apple Pay. 

That's also why it doesn't work with Bangkok underground trains while physical cards are ok, when you tap in, it could present a unique number and not match when you tap out 

Same with shops that link their POS till with the EDC terminal, if you tap with physical cards they send out credit card number to the shop's own POS terminal to store, but tapping with phones don't, or the number sent out is not what the POS accepts as credit card number 

2 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

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I just don't see the point of all these electronic wallets etc. Surely all it does is complicate things and make it more difficult to keep track of things?  Surely you have to have a bank account in order to load money on to those wallets?  I'm struggling to see the benefits.

 

Google Pay/Wallet and Apple Pay is just a way to have your phone act as credit card, it's easier for people that has their phones about them can tap their phone to pay instead of pulling out cards from a wallet, some even leave their cards at home

You'd need a passcode or biometric like fingerprint to unlock the phone in order to use, unlike physical cards where if you tap the contactless below certain value it just approves without need for PIN

Google Pay/Wallet also shows the detail of what you spent and where in the app which might be easier to keep track of than going through paper statements or via the Bank's App

You're correct in that there is no benefits to load money into other electronic wallet if you already has bank accounts and credit/debit cards

 wallets like Truemoney is more for people without access to Banking like kids, they can receive money from friends online and top up their wallet in cash at 7-11s to buy things or pay for games and stuff online service without needing bank accounts or credit cards

With the advent of Promptpay you can already use Thai bank accounts to send and receive money to other people with no fee, but this wasn't always the case, TrueMoney wallet has been around for decade now and was at one time popular with certain audience.

if it's a ticket for not having the car tax, keep that up for three years and you officially don't have to pay anymore as the car will be 'off the road' essentially unregistered

for those that say they're able to renew their tax with outstanding tickets in the past, the linking system were fully operational at the start of this year, what you experienced before is no longer true, try taxing your car this year 

13 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

you tapped the contactless with your phone?

Yes, to save the cashier's confusion just say you're paying by credit card

Google wallet even works with my Thai Bangkok Bank's card

10 hours ago, george said:

 

I doubt 7-eleven accept Google Wallet.

 

And vendors who accept Mastercard also accept VISA cards, as it's included in their banks merchant account.

They don't have to, it works just like most emv cards, just ask to pay by credit card, and tap the phone to the edc

in 7-11s with multiple cashier, there are 'normal' credit card edc machine usually silver ones, but in bigger 7-11 I noticed there are like 2 'normal' one and one black one that says mastercard only for that particular till, maybe they're trialing cheaper merchant rate to be mastercard only. In big place like homepro you can see multiple edcs from multiple banks as they try to juggle to get the best deal 

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Google wallet? where?

In Bangkok, many times, but note in some branch only a few machine/till are mastercard only, whereas regular machine are visa/mastercard+others  even before they put the minimum back up to 300 baht back in the middle of last year

only time I find it didn't work is with some supermarket edc where it must be linked to the cash register and the underground trains 

I've used in 7-11s, Tops, McDonalds

looks like same mold as baht coin from the 60s

21 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How does that work? 

as you press the gear lever down between gears, the clutch is engaged, if you pull out your foot halfway, you can vary the amount of clutch that's engaged, the gear lever on these 'honda wave-type underbones' are both ways as they're designed to be able to be pressed down with sandal  

I used to hate small scooters, small unstable wheels, the belt drive needs cleaning and adjusting as much as chains, had a few from Honda Clicks to Yamaha Fino, always prefer my proper big bike (Kawasaki Ninja) over them any time of the day.... but then I discovered Honda Waves... the bigger wheels are perfect for Thai roads, handle bars narrow enough to squeeze through Bangkok traffic engine and drivetrain takes abuses fine, any shop can fix easily, even for hilly riding you can feather the clutch with your heels to engine brake

37 minutes ago, it is what it is said:

Every April in Thailand young men take part in a lottery to determine whether they will be forced to do military service. Pull out a red card and you are drafted for up to two years. A black card means you are exempt.

 

only those who haven't had the foresight to do the boy scout/cadet training thing while at school. very easy to avoid military service, no need to get involved in the lottery.

You think temple school in Nakhon Nowhere has access to the cadet program? or the parents can afford the uniforms?

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Brave young man... aged 27 with a business being forced to take a lottery dip and lose everything if he picks a red card... ludicrous Thailand. 

not the lottery red/black card pick for him, he's refusing to enlist which is straight to jail rather than serving out time in barracks

some of my powerbank double as usb hub, useful for when your computer only has usb-c and you need to plug regular usb-a things in

the only way to be sure is to charge the powerbank, and use the charged powerbank on the phone later

On 4/20/2024 at 10:36 AM, Stevey said:

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“I don't think they go this far with foreigners yet, ...

 

Imagine what they could do if they got a hold of immigration data, say after lodging your annual extension you got a call

Going back to Australia, in cities you notice horns for what we who are accustomed to in Thailand, to be inane reason to reach for the horn, like the light turn green half a second ago? honk, cars making a u-turn in front, horn, like we both can reach for the brakes, dinging each other and spending 20 minutes exchanging insurance information is not worth it even if you're in the right.