DaRoadrunner

If one hand goes for your nuts while the other hand goes for your wallet, it's a Ladyboy.

How can they crack down on something that they already stated does not exist? Ah, only in amazing Thailand! Well, the police have to make money somewhere. For years they have been makinga show of arresting girls, fining them and then releasing them back onto the streets. Next day they arrest the same girls again. Amazing thing is that the girls were 'working' opposite the police station!

I guess BA saw the ridiculous regs for entry in to Thailand and realised the tourists won't come. Question is, how long will it take the Thais to come to the same conclusion and do away with the stupid regs? Past experience of Thai logic would suggest we may have a long wait.

Could it be because the Thais think back packers are filthy and diseased?

Go see Kevin. https://www.carkolor.com/ It will cost more than Thai shops but you get what you pay for. Thais are actually quite good at paint spraying, it's the important surface preparation they mess up. Colour matching is easy if you have the original formula. The problem comes when trying to match faded paint on an older car.

Fear not gentlemen, for this is Thailand and so it is normal to find unworkable regulations that were not planned or well thought out (they do think don't they?). All will be resolved with the usual application paper, copies of which are found in your wallet.

True, but a Thai is usually happy if you use the right kind of paper, that folding stuff you keep in your wallet works wonders. Another example was on a visit to Tesco. A Thai girl looked most serious, with clipboard in hand. You had to fill in her Covid form or she would not let you into the shop. It required a name...... "Roadrunner" and a signature...... "Beep Beep!"....... She was perfectly happy with that.

Cheaper property than Thailand, and you can own the land your house is on. Plus more civilized.

He could be right........ if we were allowed to buy not only a house, but also the land it sits on! Apart from which, Thai property prices are way too high. One can buy in Europe or the USA for less! I'll wait until the Covid induced crash comes and prices fall off a cliff.

This being Thailand, expect different reactions at different registration offices. Patience of Jesus may be required. When I bought my car, it was already registered up country, 10 hours drive away. Initially I was told I would have to go there first, then return to Bangkok and register again. I had visions of driving all the way to Nakhon Nowhere only to be sent back empty handed. I refused to go! I just sat there at Nonthaburi reg' office till they gave in. In the end a nice Thai lady came out to help. She said it was her last day at the reg' office and she had always hated the stupid rules. It made her day to break the rule. It all took a few hours, but Roadrunner left clutching a new blue book and new reg plates. They will want your passport and proof of address, plus the car and its papers.

How did you manage to import a used car into Thailand? I thought this had been banned?