FriendlyFarang

That's not correct. Here Rojai's policy regarding having a named driver policy, but somebody else driving the car. They state "in accordance with OIC regulation...", so I would assume that this is the same with all Thai insurers.

Get an IDP, then you are good to go. These policies do still pay if somebody else drives the car though, but the policy holder has to pay a penalty because somebody else drove the car. How much the penalty is might of course vary from company to company, but from what I've seen it's about 5000 baht, so not a big deal.

If you do the report in the name of the owner (owner's name on page 1), then they want a power of attorney, to see that the owner actually gave you permission to do the report in his name.

Looking at it objectively, you are probably right. This thread doesn't have to be about if this car makes sense, looking at it this way I know already that it probably doesn't. Buying this model of the City probably means blowing some money, compared to the regular version, but it's not only about money. Buying this model is more a subjective thing, and there is no right or wrong in this regard. I think it feels similar to an electric car, the test drive will show it... I will of course report back how my impression was.

I'm currently thinking about getting a new car and am considering the Honda City H:EV. I did of course watch/read some reviews etc. about the car, but I'm interested to hear real life experiences with it. Does anybody here own one? Are you happy with it and would you buy it again? Are there any negative points that you weren't aware of before you bought it? Anything else? I will of course make a test drive in the next few days to get a real impression in it, but on a short test drive I can obviously not notice everything. Maybe somebody here can also confirm if I got the hybrid thing correctly: 0-40 km/h it will run by using the electric motor and power from the battery (if the battery is charged enough, in case it should run low on battery the engine will start) 40-100 (some reviews say 80, some 90, whatever), still using only the electric motor to power the wheels but the engine is running a generator to provide power for the motor. 100+ the engine directly powers the wheels with a fixed gear, the electric motor is used to provide boost in case of overtaking. The battery is charged by the engine/braking, it can't be charged externally.

Yes, no problem.

No experience with this specific shop, but generally speaking, these second hand shops all operate similar: For you as buyer it doesn't matter if the dealer sells the bike directly or if he is working on consignment. You pay the dealer, and you get the bike and the paperwork. Depending on what you negotiate, they might do the transfer for you, or you do it by yourself. If you sell a bike to them, they will require signed paperwork from you as seller, the "buyer" field is left open. If somebody buys the bike that you sold to them it's up to the buyer if he transfers it in his name, or if he leaves it in yours. The shop doesn't care about this. If you want to make sure that the bike is transferred in the buyer's name you have to sell it privately (ask the person who contacts you if they plan to transfer the bike in their name, maybe the buyer plans to sell it on, then he doesn't want to transfer it in his name), go with the buyer to the DLT and do the transfer there together.

Maybe your car is, but considering the vast number of cars I see that are not roadworthy, proper independent tests would make sense. I'm sure all of those other drivers would say that their vehicle is roadworthy too. The problem with these testing stations here in Thailand is that there are no consequences if they issue a certificate for a car that's not road worthy. Unless the DLT would test these places, and if they wrongfully issue a certificate, revoke their business license, this won't change. Regarding OP, if this would have been in for example Germany, the first testing station would have immobilized his car, and he wouldn't be allowed to drive it until he changed the tires back to legal ones.

Probably an old phone line.

I think you need to change your app store region to Thailand

You can apply for a 30 day extension with your visa exempt entry, so for 90 days total you have to leave/re-enter only once. So you can choose if you do it after 30 or 60 days. This info is wrong, by land you also get 30 days.

Is the special tourist visa still available? This would give you 9 months without leaving, then at the end do a border run to get started with the retirement visa. If not, then get a METV, if you apply shortly before you fly you can get nearly 9 months from it, will require 3 border runs in total though. Or you could get an education visa/extension, learning some Thai might even be a good idea if you plan to spend your remaining years here.

How do you know that he had no insurance? The compulsory insurance covers only medical costs, so it doesn't cover the property damage to your friend's car.

Same rules everywhere, either yellow house book or certificate of residence from immigration or embassy. (Afaik only exception is Chonburi where the yellow house book is not accepted for DLT matters)

Not required as foreign wife with a Thai husband.

Bolt and Indriver also have motorbike taxis.

The yellow book is unrelated to any immigration matters

They aren't legal on public roads, so that you don't have a license isn't your main problem.

There is a Superrich (and others) in the basement at Suvarnabhumi, exchange rate is maybe 50 Satang less than in their main branch in the city, so unless you change millions of baht the trip to their main branch is probably not worth it.

Some things you want to consider, besides of just image quality: Do you plan to record audio? How do you record it? If you attach a microphone to such a camera they are no longer waterproof. The cheapest alternative would be to connect a lavalier microphone mounted inside your helmet to your smartphone and record the audio there, you will then of course have to combine video and sound in post production. While buying a 256GB+ SD card to record a full day in one go is easy, take into consideration that the batteries don't last very long, and if you plan to record a full day you need quite a few of them. Alternatively you would have to use a power bank, or run a cord to a charging port on your bike, this does of course mean that the camera is no longer water proof. Does the camera offer an easy way to see your battery percentage without having to take off you helmet every time, so you know when to swap them? If you plan to start/stop recording throughout the day, is it easy to start/stop recording with helmet on and gloves, also is the recording indicator easy to see/hear?

What you say is correct. the Sony was released 6 years ago and did cost 400 USD, the GoPro Hero 10 is a current model and costs 500 USD. Back then the Sony was actually impressive, it took GoPro a few years to beat it. A second hand Sony might still be an option, depending on the budget. If budget doesn't matter one can of course just go with the current gen GoPro. I think the current major alternatives to a GoPro come from Insta360 (Their 360 camera is basically the standard, but they also have a "regular" action camera) and DJI, so these are the cameras you want to compare if you are looking for a current generation camera.

Not according to various dictionaries. Just one as example: "cash money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks or credit cards" https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/cash

So you paid with a cheque, not in cash.

Interesting that they ask for a printout if they have the data on their computer.

If flying to a neighboring country for a day, before flying back to Thailand to get a new visa exempt, why would you carry 20k baht in cash? The only reason would be to show to Thai immigration, but if you didn't know that they might ask you for it... Some of them might even have money in a Thai bank account, but that's not accepted by immigration if they look for a reason to deny entry.