DaRoadrunner

Check there is no finance company stamp in the reg book. If there is, you will need to talk to the finance company about clearing off the loan. Check that the name in the book matches the ID card of the seller. Take the car to an authorised dealer and have their workshop check it over. If the seller won't agree to this, walk away. Condition of used cars in Thailand is often appalling. Poor maintenance. Accident damage been covered up hiding a bent chassis.

I think you will find that the service records are on the dealer network computer.

How are BMW going to know if your friend did the job? The only possible problem is if regular servicing must be maintained with their stamp in the service book in order to keep the warranty valid. But this is Thailand, many cars have no service book anyway as they have been clocked.

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.

You dialed 1178 and they actually picked up the phone!

Make sure they use CVT oil, some don't know and put ATF in there

Is the Thai branch related to the original online Zenni USA or did the Thais just copy the name? (Zenni USA manufacture in China by the way).

They even wanted to see my rental contract, they photo copied that and the receipt showing I had paid my rent! All we need now is for the Thai Revenue Dept to link tax with Visa. Roadrunner will do a runner before he pays their tax. I do not see what right Thai Revenue has to tax a foreign pension.

No telling what they will ask for. I have been here since 1981 and this was the first time they asked for a TM30. Welcome to the land of chaos and corruption. On the plus side, when I went back with TM30 the next day, I went direct to the IO as told and she had me in and out in 10 minutes. A new world record for a short time?!

She also gave me a paper which says they further require. 1. Copy of the apartment owners ID, certified as a true copy. 2. Copy of house registration. So I get back to my apartment to find the owner is away. The above papers not available. Now what? I did manage to get a TM30 from the receptionist and a letter of explanation. I have finally had enough of this and other <deleted> from Immigration. Anyone know where I can find the chief of Immigration?

At Chaengwattana today they asked for the TM30. I told them the apartment I stay in already registered me with Immigration online (this has always worked before). The Immigration officer said their computer was down and she wanted TM30 as paper. Then she said it was a new rule (seems like every time I go to Immigration there is some new rule). So be aware, you may need to submit the stupid thing in paper format. Experience has taught me every Immigration officer has a different take on the regulations. This being Thailand, anything is possible. This is why I never leave it till the last day.