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IMHO I would walk away. Plenty of vehicles out there. Dealing with finance companies is like swimming in a pool of piranhas. It depends on how hungry they are.

If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

12 hours ago, poanoi said:

they were, i only just became 50, but my experience is

immigration office wont give me visa no matter when i qualify,

so i wont even try. i paid 25k +500 for every 90 day report for this first retirement

The figure of 25K sounds about right for the retirement visa, because it includes the cost of conversion from the O-A visa. Extensions will be about 12,000 baht through an agent.

Your post is confusing - you say you've paid 25K +500 for the 90 day reports, and also say the immigration office won't give you a retirement visa. What visa do you currently have?

10 hours ago, poanoi said:

thailand visa has cost me 40k+ baht per year on an average,

that would eradicate whatever cost of living there is in caribbean,

and once there, or any other place belonging to a EU member,

i can never again be subject to visa extortion, i can plan long term economy etc,

like buying a condo, and most of all, no more fcn visa runs or extortion

 My visa agent costs me 12,000 baht a year, that's retirement visa extension. multiple re-entry permit, and 90 day reports. Would cost me about 6000 baht if I could be bothered to do it all myself. Have never been extorted by any police in Thailand. It sounds to me like your circumstances are different.

4 hours ago, strikingsunset said:

i suggested taipei earlier - i don’t think there’s much difference in living costs overall these days- last year i was at a “Hash” in Taipei - all the girls: women looking for partners were called into the circle - 6 walked in !
Another issue in Taipei is the average salary is quite low - so it is possible to live a “ local style “ life affordable - i love the place - totally safe.


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If one was renting a studio apartment in an average condo there, what would be the monthly rental in US dollars?

1 hour ago, hyku1147 said:

You're all a bunch of fleshy faced celibate hermits!

 

I'm envious.

I wonder how the Thai language handles a murder of crows.

I had CNG removed from a Toyota Vios by my regular mechanic. He did have some experience with LPG installations. Obviously, the first thing to do is empty the tank by driving before you hand it over.

AFAIK the removed stuff can't be sold, dealers make their money on new installations. I think my mechanic simply added the tank etc. to the pile in his backyard.

I'm not aware of any updating requirements in the Blue Book, have renewed the registration for several years after removal with nothing being said.

There are small diesels that rival the hybrids for fuel economy, although I don't know which are available in Thailand.

The elephant in the room seems to be which cryptocurrencies will succeed, and which will disappear. Until stability is reached in this area, I'm staying out, because I can't understand if these electron streams have value.

I don't think mounting an aircon on a tin shed would be practical here. So no.

Every time I leave Thailand for 6-monthly medical checks in Australia, I can't wait to get back here.

14 minutes ago, gaff said:

Thanks to the genius OP, the thread is interesting.

 

Can you tell me what I could do if it happens to me, to screw him as much as possible ?

I am ready to take his house and all his belongings, even if he has to sleep in the street.

 

Could I ask as much money as I want, a lot more than it costs to fix my car ?

This is an expensive car, and I want it back as it was when I bought it.

 

What can do a lawyer to help me screw the guilty self insured idiot ?

 

This is a serious request, if it happens to me, I will have no pity, no mercy.

 

 

An 8 MB car? What are you driving, a Lamborghini?

Good luck with trying to sue an uninsured Thai. There are plenty of them around, and it would cost you more in lawyer's fees than you could possibly recover - assuming you were successful in the Thai legal system.

11 hours ago, PocoLoco said:

My wife is not a mirror of the average Thai population.

My GF can be rightly accused of being poorly educated, superstitious etc. etc. She has more attractive attributes which far outweigh the negatives. She is street-smart, loyal and loving. She is a good driver, very careful. That's because I have trained her.

IMHO it is not the fault of individual Thais they have negative attributes. It's the fault of the system they live in.

17 minutes ago, Wake Up said:

I give him an A for living life the way he chooses and ending his life in style. Really he doesn’t care that grown men post his photo and attempt to make fun of him because he is Sabaay Sabaay probably more than those that criticize him or poke fun at him. ?

I'm not far off that, except his dress sense is really atrocious.

An example of schadenfreude today. Fill up with gasoline, 1000 baht. A free bottle of water. The attendant pulls a bottle from the stack, whereupon the whole stack of bottles collapses all over the driveway. I did have to smile.

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

It is possible to get good fileet steak, but you have to pay for it. 

They also have to know how to cook it, which IMHO they don't.

There are bad bar girls, and there are good bar girls. Look at it from the perspective of bad news sells.

For every gold digger, IMHO there are bar girls who just yearn for a good man ( jai dee ) to give them a chance in life. Rest assured they will be grateful forever. The voice of experience.

The only drawback to living in Thailand I've encountered is not being able to have a decent eye fillet steak ( medium ) with a full-bodied shiraz. I make up for that every time I go back to Australia.

All the whingers on this thread. Get a life.

Of course I do. She's not my slave, and entitled to go out with her friends.

I wouldn't want to be there anyway, she set some kind of record with one of her (female) friends. They met and talked for 6 hours. I don't think any male on the planet can do that.

I've found when I plonk down 200,000 baht in cash to buy a 10 baht ingot, no-one asks for any form of ID. Same with selling it back.

Gold is very widely accepted in Thailand as an alternative form of currency. It's not an investment, as it earns no income.It is a useful currency hedge.

If the OP wanted to find out how many Thai-bashers there are on TV, he's getting a pretty good sample.