DaRoadrunner

They want to raise the "immobile" rate.... One can certainly spend a lot of time immobile.

How about coming down heavily on the Phuket and Pattaya Taxi Mafia and enforcing the use of meters?

Hospitals and their greed again. The hospital can't force you to buy drugs from them. The Dept of Trade has instructed them to allow patients to buy from a drug store. They are also supposed to post the prices of their drugs. Lots of luck enforcing it though as the penalty fines are too small.

Is it worth the hassle and expense? You might do better to simply buy all new when you arrive.

Sounds like par for the course for anything to do with the Govt.

I would be more concerned that I heard you will not get annual pension increases if they know you are abroad.

34 minutes ago, wisperone said:

Never heard of "street smart"?????

They are genius at corruption

16 minutes ago, gamesgplayemail said:

So even people who work for TAT and do not have any real opinion can have problems ? 555+

under the radar and having never declared my address anywhere I still do not have any problem ❤️

Enjoy your "official" life guys... 555+

It's so funny that only people who want to do the correct things have problems !

And what will ever happen to me if I had to meet any rat official ? I would just pay 2000 thb and then still be under the radar for the next years !

Funny that people are making their own problems and then complain...

Is your Visa handled by an agent?

40 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

15 hours ago, DaRoadrunner said:

Racism. Farangs are being persecuted. It has become a Police state. Do they think I'm gonna waste my time filing a TM 30 while on a weekend break?

 

Why is the Thai Govt doing this? Are they afraid we might take over the country?

 

Maybe they might take notice if we all refused to comply? Though I can't see the Farang community having the balls to stand together.

 

In what province are you staying?

Bangkok, so I have to put up with CW Immigration where I feel like a convict reporting to his parole officer.

3 minutes ago, Issannative said:

Why do ppl keep making the excuse of online available that's not the point. Why should we be doing it at all is the point stop making this online available an excuse to make it legitimate

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I admire your attitude there but exactly what do you propose we are going to do about it?

There appear to be a lot of "nuts loose" at the wheel here.

It's all about greed. Overcharging the sick is.... pretty sick.

Money and medicine are a bad mix. At least the Dept of Trade is trying to do something about it, but hospitals make so much money they will just laugh at the small fines and carry on as before.

"rubber production would drop by at least 30 per cent" .... does that mean condoms will be 30% smaller?

A Malay rubber plantation owner once told me Thai rubber was comparatively poor quality as the greedy Thais over milked the trees. He explained that you have to allow the tree to live if you want more rubber next year.... Sounds typical of how Thais milk everything to death.

Purchasing and shipping the engine are not the problem. Getting Thai Customs sticky fingers off it is! They have a nasty habit of impounding things and demanding ridiculous sums to release the goods.

Anyone know someone who does Thai Customs clearance?

10 hours ago, Davehappen said:

Hi runner, yes, it’s 30 days.

Do you have to file a TM30 for your car when you return?

I wonder what happens if you exceed the 30 days? Do they fine the car for overstay?

Actually, some cars go to Cambodia and are never seen again!

Is there a time limit on how long you can take the car out of the country for?

There is a guy runs a small shop in Cholburi repairing wheels. Near the CP factory. His Tel 086 112 6882, 080 644 2330, 087 096 3849. He does not speak English so you will need a Thai to talk with him. I have seen him repair worse than yours. Question is, how safe are they once he's finished?

I can't read the make of wheel on your photo but you might try tracking down the manufacturer, in which case they would sell you one wheel for +4000 Bats.

Even if the tyre looks ok, its core will have been damaged. Needs to be replaced.

6 hours ago, Pattayabeerbacon said:

even then when i approach women around sukhumvit it  feels like they either want money or know they can do better so they reject the approach.

In what manner do you approach them?

" Me and my better half have a 3 month stay in our condo every winter and try to bring stuff from the UK that is worth the hassle..... Any other suggestions ?"

Yeah, ... don't bring the better half.

6 hours ago, moonseeker said:

Ridiculous this obsession with tourism news and daily changing numbers and statements. MS>

They are not obsessed with numbers of Chinese tourist taking a crap on their streets.

The Thais are obsessed with GREED.

There are 1.5 billion Chinese, lets hope they all show up at once and the Thais get buried in crap.

As for those of us who live here, supporting Thai families and sick buffalo, .... keep filing your TM30.

Cleaning injectors... proper way is to remove them for cleaning. Avoid fuel additives as some are corrosive and cause engine wear.

Rubbing compounds... there are abrasive grades of these. Try T Cut which removes the film of grime without being too abrasive. Then polish.

Another good product is silicone wax rubbing compound which does 2 in one.

Avoid the highly abrasive types and ladyboys who only want to polish your knob.