DaRoadrunner

Typical sloppy Thai Police work

You know you are past it when young girls you would have chased after, merely take pity on Poppa and stand up to give me their seat on the train. Sigh.....

I presume you mean machine the discs, not the calipers. Discs only need machining if heavily scored or warped. Cost about 400 Bats at B Quik where they have the machine for doing the job on the car without removing the disc. If they are too far gone you will need new discs. It may be on the schedule to check them, but they rarely need attention. Sign of warped disc is a pulsing brake pedal.

There are fields in China full of unwanted first generation electric cars. Nobody wants em, worthless. Battery technology keeps progressing at such a rate the cars become obsolete. Am I going to buy a new Chinese electric car?

If they let us own land they would not have this problem of nominees. Seems like the racist Thais want our money but they don't want us.

Did some Thai car dealer tell you that? And you believed him?

So what happens on year 9? It is nearly 10000 US$ for new batteries.

Being ex uk motor trade, Da Roadrunner is appalled at what he finds on examining a used Thai car. Let the buyer beware. If you don't know about cars, take an expert with you (and I don't mean the idiots talking rubbish on a bar stool). Or have the car inspected at a main dealer for that model. The main dealer should also be able to use the VIN to check if there is a service history. If the seller will not allow such inspection, walk away.

Chinese cars depreciate alarmingly. Up to 50% in the first year. Saw a BYD Seal advertised on Facebook Marketplace for 995K, don't know which version it was. I would guess the trade in value of one to be around 800K. It looks a bargain until you have to buy a new battery at around 7 years old. Check cost of battery!

This is Thailand! Image vs substance. Thais like to wash the engine, its all about image. But water gets into the electrics and its hard to dry them out so it will start. More important is that the INSIDE of the engine is clean with new filter and quality oil. Meanwhile, the Dynamo shops (Alternator to us) are doing a roaring trade replacing Alternators that got wet inside.

I think it dates from prehistoric times, when the girl went for the roughest cave man she could find to defend her from Dinosaurs, Saber Toothed Tigers and other cave men. ...... Nothing much has changed. Today's girl though, tends to go for credit cards, a condo and a car.

And how is it you would know this?

Judging by the comments from Lady Roadrunner, my middle leg is the problem. Can't stand at all.

I guess that answers your question

And it costs nothing. Some banks will want proof of address, most want just a passport. If you visit three branches of the same bank you will get three different answers. Some will not give a farang an account, just try another one. Amazing Thailand. SCB is the best bank.