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three ways to do it

1 - through an agent as you say 2500

2 - in person in bkk name change only

3- in person with the bike on the second visit to Chonburi or Rayong ( can not be done in Pattaya) name and reg change

Takes three days at Rayong name change and plate change to local from down south I did one a month ago.

if your too busy to go yourself then it looks like the 2500 baht route, get the agent to change reg area as well, saves messing around if you sell

Beat me to it.. Good info.. I'd definitely opt for #1 in any case, let alone your case, it's just not worth the trouble and time not to have them handle it that way there is no run around like Thai's like to give foreigners just to show they can but even still to avoid any "lost in translation" moments that so often happen and are so time consuming and frustrating. Did 3 or 4 cars this way including the Crown I sold that went from Bangkok all the way down to Songkhla, he was a Thai, the others were foreigners and no reported issues.

OP don't know if this will work? Not too proficient with map links it's been a while since posting any and Google changed their format just as I started to get the nag of it, b'stids, and it's not in Asoke area either, it's Don Muang airport location on Srong Bra Pa Rd. behind this shop with the blue/yellow gear inspection sign in the alley but associated with this shop is an inspection and tranfers agent, the daughter is both nice to look at and speaks rather good English as well, just don't tell my missus that's why we bought and sold so many cars . I can't make out the number but it's there, maybe you can blow up the pic more with the link. [but] it's easy to get to, just back track towards Don Muang airport with the Google map, and you'll see the route. Hope that helps.

https://www.google.com/maps/@13.925242,100.593009,3a,75y,199.58h,89.48t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sqTVpl89NPawQaYwcGVbWYg!2e0?hl=en

Link seems to work ok from here.

Can be both..

You can do the transfer of region and then a name change..

Or you can do the name change and then (optionally) change region..

The changing of region takes a bit longer, as much as 2 weeks, and you get a new plate of course.

I am lead to understand that bangkok plates are 'special' (a law I assume designed because bangkok people seem to think they are) where a bangkok plate can be registered in the provinces and stay a bangkok plate, but this cant be done with 2 provincial plates. I have no direct experience but I was told this odd rule does apply.

I have personally changed regions on cars and bikes, and also owned cars and bikes in regions I didnt live.. My current chiang mai collection has a phuket car and firebade, an Udon registered super moto, a collection of CNX registered vehicles and a Phnom Penh registered KTM.

EDIT :: Of course if your paying 100% of the item at purchase, get it in your name in the place it is currently registered, that way and problems show up straight away.. This is why my bikes are scattered around, buying them I wanted the name changed ASAP not paying and driving into the sunset.

Thank you, Ideally this was my plan, but both myself and seller are working full time and its really difficult for both of us to spare 3-5 hours on doing this

Take it to an agent and let them handle everything for you for a few thousand baht, maybe a little more, no sweat. They'll handle it all and you've nothing to do but wait for the mail.. I was told in the past though that you couldn't do the transfer until you renew the following year, but I can't be certain that's exactly what I remember but at any rate as I said I learned early on while wasting time at the agency for transfers there was a better way and it was far less hassle and not worth any savings not to just have the agent at the inspection station handle it instead, they do dozens per week and it was hassle free and none of our time or the buyers/sellers time wasted..

Oooops! Nice find.. Got to give the kid credit or watch him very carefully, if that's all unscripted and ad-lib then he's one heck of a practiced liar and/or very imaginative but either way he either has future successful career as a politician or a scam artist....................................... Sorry, poor example, pretty much the same thing....................

Well done! Excellent find! I haven't seen this episode, I wonder though, was that stig in the flesh?

Apology accepted..

I see you apologized with 2 P's that must be sincere!

As least the rest of the World can spell Colour, seems U Yanks cant get it right or say Aluminium properly, As for U lot calling Lobster Pot Markers BOOOIES, then picking Jim up for an extra PEE,shame on Yer.

Ermm says the non native English speaker , we say and spell "color" the English way not the French way but being French influenced Portuguese you wouldn't understand that and we say aluminum exactly how it is supposed to be said like it's spelled. Al-u-min-um.. Not al-you-minum .

I see you apologized with 2 P's that must be sincere!

Come on James get with the program will ya!! Lol is so dated, use one of these or something equally 21st century..

My point is, that direct injection does not cause carbon build up. The EGR system does. Its just that when fuel is passed through the manifold (aka not directly injected into the cylinders) , it happens to help wash of carbon deposits or prevent them from building up.

The article in my opinion wrongly implies that direct injection is the cause. It isn't, it only connection with the process is that direct injection takes away the cleaning action of a problem that already exists - caused by EGR.

Take two identical direct injection engines and disable the EGR system on one. The one without an EGR system operating will have a significantly cleaner inlet manifold.

Yes, I noted that already, I don't see the article implying that, IMO it is very descript of what causes it and still it's semantics, the injectors are not located in the manifold or anywhere up stream of that, they are directly in the combustion chamber and so yes of course the EGR system is what does the damage in all cases but in other FI or carbureted applications the valves will get cleaned by the air/fuel velocity striking it and the cleansing action that the fuel has against oily deposits that otherwise can/will build up and harden over time like what is happening now, especially when they get heated to such high temps, hardened and bonded to the valves.

I see BMW now has been thinking along lines I had conceived some time ago as well and now here is a tech that might solve not only this problem but similarly be a good app for LP applications as well.

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/bmw-brings-water-injection-system-m4-safety-car-192955600.html

Since 1999, BMW has been the official car of the MotoGP motorcycle race series. This new year is more of the same for the automaker, but it's also more of the new. BMW has employed its M4 for safety car duty, and it's fitted the decked-out coupe with a unique injection system under the hood.

I had water cooled brakes on one of my race cars where it was allowed, I used my former windshield water bottles and pumps for the water and then recycled the condensation from the cool helmet system back into the water tank to help extend the use, as it was activated by my brake applications during long races and if my brakes were not getting hot enough as it was quite effective, I had a shut off which allowed me to bypass the function to better regulate the usage postponing a refill and let the condensation collect a bit, the switch on my dash was aircraft grade and it lit up red when it was operating and white when in off mode so I could keep track of when it was on and not. The windshield wiper switch on the column also operated to provide a manual application if I needed more then a given braking zone provided or if it just wasn't getting enough and I needed to apply more cooling without using the brakes, that seldom ever happened though, but still it was an effective and easily added feature so I figured why not have the added options? If it was a shorter sprint race I didn't worry about it as I had enough most times and mostly used the manual as needed any way but in either case having it was still a massive advantage even if it ran out eventually as the competition had nothing and it made a huge difference in braking and extending my brake life just that extra bit from the race beginning.

That same system only including rain collection could be adapted to recycle the A/C condensation to refill this reservoir which produces far more water then did my cool helmet system and with rain water collection as well I think this could be a more user friendly system but as it stands now it may be a pain in the tail. The other upside is that both of those water sources are pretty much pure for the most part so acting basically like distilled water to prevent other mineral deposits collecting or damaging critical systems, especially the injectors.

Sorry but everyone seems to treat this topic as a joke well it's not I have been driving in Thailand now for 12 years and it's getting worse this is from a mother who's son DIED because of thailand a drivers and I have a friend who's son also died because of thailand drivers I also have a friend who was badly injured because a 15 year old boy in his fathers suv lost controll and crashed into his motor cycle. This morning on my pedal bike I had a motor cycle pull out missing me by inches because I braked and the girl on the back said hello? My hubby at the traffic lights had a suv nearly knock him off his cycle no one seems to look or care

A tad bit touchy, not sure what made you think no one was taking it seriously by answering honestly if not a bit flippant, sorry for your losses[?] I'm certain no one intentionally said anything directed at you or yours.. Hmmm, just noticed that there was none of that in the OP? Kind of thinking maybe opening with that might have garnered a different response, in the OP you seemed to be asking a question based on little Thai driving experience but then it morphed into a rant against those responding and a sudden admittance of 12 years of driving there? What is it you're looking for again? Someone who's been driving there that length of time with so much tragedy certainly doesn't need our input on common driving laws and street etiquette do they?

Driving on the islands is the same as on the mainland, but more drunk tourists instead of only drunk Thais

Alarmingly, many of them newbies on scooters too..

As clearly stated in the OP it IS the method of fuel injection that matters as DI carbons up the valves without any way of cleaning them and much of that is directly due to not having the fuel flowing over the valves and cleansing them which is not the case with other forms of fuel injection. The article has more than merit and while the engines have been around some time the point being missed here obviously is that the long term wear and related issues are just now cropping up precisely because the tech has finally been around long enough to show these issues and it is directly due to the location of the fuel injection, the tech is irrefutable.. As I mentioned in the OP I suggested your course of action though it couldn't be anything permanent in application though.

<deleted> are you on about? Got something to add then post it if not? Flog off, this is serious info for some people..

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/direct-injection-engines-improve-performance-save-fuel-price-193000698.html?bcmt=1424210475979-94154479-d470-43aa-aff2-c2dd20572191_00002g000000000000000000000000-93bb025c-0c01-4a4d-b8e9-ec1bfbfd5849&bcmt_s=u#mediacommentsugc_container

It has been touted as the automotive holy grail, the ultimate marriage of better performance and greater fuel economy. It’s the direct-injection (DI) engine, the latest technology designed to squeeze more mpg out of cars. And it has actually been delivering results.

For example, the Mazda3’s combined fuel economy jumped from 28 mpg in 2010 to 32 mpg in 2012 in our testing of the new Skyactiv engine. Other automakers have been using direct injection to add horsepower—the Cadillac CTS, for example, gained 34 hp—without any sacrifice in fuel economy.

So now as I suspected years ago there's definitive proof and good reason not to drive like a nanny. Especially if you have a DI engine, it needs to be blown out and some fuel additives added to cleanse the valves but still it is not going to work directly as the deposits are upstream of the fuel injection, therefore never in the fuel stream like previous FI, or carbureted systems.The only thing I know of that will work is to have your engine run and a cleaner injected while it's running to clean off the carbon deposits that come through the PCV system which normally the fuel system would clean off with regular running, but does not with DI engines. Another option is to install a catch can ala racing systems and then if you need to get service or have an inspection then have it reconnected and the can removed, but definitely some things to give serious consideration to on the new DI engines.

Are American market fords better built ? Do you still just get the big American market ones where we just get the small UK market ones aimed really at the cheaper end of the market. They have been many good handling cars , some known good for tuning, but in the main traditionally they have been expected to only do half the miles of a Japanese, Swedish, German car.

They may have improved in recent years but are traditionally known for failing electrics, rust and also some weak engines like the CVH (Mine threw a con rod through the sump) but also some strong ones.

Americans seem to have a higher opinion of ford than Brits.

Yet by most accounts, the #1 and #2 best selling cars in the UK are... Ford Fiesta... and Ford Focus...

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/full-results/1206903

73rd and 81st out of 116. Many satisfied customers.

I wonder how many of those best selling cars are company or hire cars.

Erm but according to some here JD power is not a credible source because they're biased? Which is it? It can't be both ways..

haha really ? You didn't drop out when I educated you on the Ford balance sheet then after extolling the virtues of a 'prosperous' company that is infact anything but ? Not at that point no ?

However if you had another brain cell you would be able to work out that rambling was saying exactly what I said ! Still you've found a friend - thats a positive!

Should there not be a minimum IQ requirement on here ?

Now then fess up - what Ford you driving ?

You educated me??.. Um right... Because one does not respond to nonsense does not mean they've been "educated" by the poster in question ..

Are American market fords better built ? Do you still just get the big American market ones where we just get the small UK market ones aimed really at the cheaper end of the market. They have been many good handling cars , some known good for tuning, but in the main traditionally they have been expected to only do half the miles of a Japanese, Swedish, German car.

They may have improved in recent years but are traditionally known for failing electrics, rust and also some weak engines like the CVH (Mine threw a con rod through the sump) but also some strong ones.

Americans seem to have a higher opinion of ford than Brits.

Yet by most accounts, the #1 and #2 best selling cars in the UK are... Ford Fiesta... and Ford Focus...

Good grief - AGAIN that is because they are cheap in comparison and they are cheap because they are thrown together for not a lot of outlay. Its also why Vauxhall will always be snapping at their heels. Other manufacturers of cheap cars can not compete on scale so by default the ford cheapos will be the highest sellers !

Do you think if BMW, Audi etc etc sold their cars at the same price Ford would still be the top sellers ?

You are comparing apples with oranges

This is funny. Asking if Ford would be top sellers if BMW and Audi priced their cars differently and then in the next sentence accusing someone of comparing apples and oranges.

These manufacturers aren't competing for the same market segment, people don't walk out from the BMW dealership saying alright now let's go check out Ford/Toyota/Honda/Kia/Hyundai and compare their offering. In the "mass produced cheap" segment as you call it there's fierce competition, and those 2 Fords aren't cheaper than similar cars from other manufacturers targeting the same buyers and market who also happens to be the largest.

You were right to challenge the nonsense award given to your earlier post today, the day was still young and you definitely outdid it now :-)

P.S. I owned both a BMW and a Ford, in addition to other brands. I have no special loyalty to either, I prefer my Alfa to both actually.

Well stated, his argument began going down hill fast and it continues and I'm not even bothering with it anymore it is so senseless.

Don't know how you came to that conclusion like your first post, it's incorrect, I'm reading a lot of positive testimonials for Ford.

You will do because they're a mass produced cheap car for the masses - but to suggest Ford could hold its own in a car QUALITY debate is just ridiculous - why do you think they depreciate by 50% as soon as you drive them off the forecourt ? In the UK a 12 month old Ford is half the list price. Does that happen to BMW ? Mercedes ? Nissan ? Toyota ? Nope

Ford and Vauxhall crash in value from new ...........Because they're poor cars ! No-one with half a brain would buy a Ford because they WANTED one, they buy them because they're cheap!

Hmm more nonsense, how many decades has Ford in business now and without ever even changing ownership or claiming bankruptcy? They not only compete they've been at the top for decades. I was wondering what company is it that has quality cars by the way that doesn't "mass produce" them? It certainly isn't any companies I know of? BTW you're referring to the UK which is a really poor attempt at making your point as if it was the center of the world when in reality it's hardly a blip on most manufacturers radar, in comparison to say Russia, Europe as a whole, the US, China. So you were saying? Anyway keep on trolling as we say..

Wow you need to get that target off your chest this is too easy! Again for the hard of thinking BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAP !!!

Who would want to buy Ford as a company ? sitting with $33,000,000,000 of debt ? plus along with Vauxhall they have exclusive rights to the mass produced cheap market which wouldn't fit into any other manufacturers business plan - however Ford are NOT a financial success story. They STILL hold the record for the BIGGEST ever corporate loss, regularly are required to insure their debts through credit default swaps and their bonds were only recently upgraded from JUNK status. Would you buy them ? No and nor would anyone else ! Stack em high sell em cheap, but that strategy is always risky!

What company has quality cars that doesn't mass produce them ? Really ? errrrr Bentley, Ferrari, Bugati, Lamborghini, Aston Martin or Maserati - heard of them ?, unless of course they don't match up to FORD's build quality haha

If the UK is a 'blip' why does virtually every car manufacturer build their cars there in huge numbers ? Ford pulled out as a cost saving exercise demanded by their lenders.

There you go this education, sorry 'trolling' should help

So back to the point - you really DO own a FORD right ?

Yep, you really took the wind out of my sails can't argue with such witty repartee..

So, the concensus, of those responding, seems to be that 148,000 km on a Ford and it is ready for the scrap heap. That is good to consider.

You all seem to prefer Toyotas, and new ones, at that.

I could not consider new car as the dealers do not carry stock, as is done in the U.S. I would not trust someone to "hold" my money for a year while a car is being assembled. And, why does it take a year to assemble a car, anyway?

So, I will take your suggestions under consideration. Thank you.

Don't know how you came to that conclusion like your first post, it's incorrect, I'm reading a lot of positive testimonials for Ford.

You will do because they're a mass produced cheap car for the masses - but to suggest Ford could hold its own in a car QUALITY debate is just ridiculous - why do you think they depreciate by 50% as soon as you drive them off the forecourt ? In the UK a 12 month old Ford is half the list price. Does that happen to BMW ? Mercedes ? Nissan ? Toyota ? Nope

Ford and Vauxhall crash in value from new ...........Because they're poor cars ! No-one with half a brain would buy a Ford because they WANTED one, they buy them because they're cheap!

Hmm more nonsense, how many decades has Ford been in business now and without ever even changing ownership or claiming bankruptcy? They not only compete, they've been at the top for decades. I was wondering? In your mind what company is it that has quality cars that aren't "mass produce" them? None of the ones you mentioned, they're all mass produced. It certainly isn't any companies I know of? BTW you're referring to the UK which is a really poor attempt at making your point as if it was the center of the world (we know it is the minds of Britain's though) when in reality it's hardly a blip on most manufacturers radar, in comparison to say Russia, Europe as a whole, the US, China. So you were saying? Anyway keep on trolling as we say..

I guess that depends on which reliability table you're looking at.

Here's a well known one: http://autos.jdpower.com/ratings/dependability/cars.htm

For 2014

Top rated compacts: Chevrolet Volt (winner), Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic.

Top rated midsize: Toyota Camry (winner), Buick Lacrosse, Honda Accord

Top rated large: Buick Lucerne (winner), Toyota Avalon, Ford Taurus.

Toyota being the most consistent, no showing for Nissan in these 3 main categories, and one feature for Ford.

Never heard of it but can see its an american website rating itself - INDEPENDENT websites might be a little more accurate. Admittedly for Nissan I was pertaining to the high end powerful cars GTR's, Nismo, etc

Since when does "independent" mean out of country? It is an independent website IN the states and a top one with well known credibility, but don let that stop your trollish conspiracy theories .. And because you've never heard of it means you've even less credibility yourself..

and on its home page was advertising 2 of the three cars it put at the top of its survey - with people like you around I wish I was a car salesman !!

But 'trollish (is that a even a word?) conspiracy theories ?!!! Is having an opinion on a car being a troll now ? Can you even have a 'conspiracist' or 'theory' about a car ? haha thanks anyway chap that REALLY made me laugh! Own a Ford do we ?

More rubbish, they seldom have control of the web ads you see, those are put there by the SEO's and automated systems like Google ads in most cases, since it's a car related website what do you think is going to be advertising on it? Anyway too much nonsense in one post to even consider responding, it speaks volumes for itself.

Better a old car, but it's paid for.

Agreed, unless you're using financing to shelter it from a missus or wife.

Well this thread and the many answers remind me of one thing. There are a 101 reasons here why I would not want to own a vehicle in Thailand. Then there is the high price of gas, insurance, repairs, poor road conditions and poor drivers on the road here that make driving like Russian Roulette I also noted that the repair quotes are close to what you would pay in North America. I guess if you can afford to buy and drive one you can afford to fix it to. Ah prestige has its price. Besides I get more excersize riding my push bike.

Where in the Western world can you get service at US$10 per hour? Added to that good resale, it's more viable to own a car here than back home.

Agreed unless you're willing and capable of doing them yourself. Here in Florida now and so many Puerto Ricans doing repairs it reminds me too much of Thailand The repair quality has dropped incredibly, it's followed me across the Pacific .

Fords are just mass produced crap !! Poor builds and poor parts.

Surely if you are going to buy a car you research it first right ? Go to any reliability table and Ford aren't going to feature - all the top slots will be taken by the Japanese manufacturers. Honda and Nissan have regularly led these tables for as long as I can remember

I guess that depends on which reliability table you're looking at.

Here's a well known one: http://autos.jdpower.com/ratings/dependability/cars.htm

For 2014

Top rated compacts: Chevrolet Volt (winner), Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic.

Top rated midsize: Toyota Camry (winner), Buick Lacrosse, Honda Accord

Top rated large: Buick Lucerne (winner), Toyota Avalon, Ford Taurus.

Toyota being the most consistent, no showing for Nissan in these 3 main categories, and one feature for Ford.

Never heard of it but can see its an american website rating itself - INDEPENDENT websites might be a little more accurate. Admittedly for Nissan I was pertaining to the high end powerful cars GTR's, Nismo, etc

Since when does "independent" mean out of country? It is an independent website IN the states and a top one with well known credibility, but don let that stop your trollish conspiracy theories .. And because you've never heard of it means you've even less credibility yourself..

So, the concensus, of those responding, seems to be that 148,000 km on a Ford and it is ready for the scrap heap. That is good to consider.

You all seem to prefer Toyotas, and new ones, at that.

I could not consider new car as the dealers do not carry stock, as is done in the U.S. I would not trust someone to "hold" my money for a year while a car is being assembled. And, why does it take a year to assemble a car, anyway?

So, I will take your suggestions under consideration. Thank you.

Don't know how you came to that conclusion like your first post, it's incorrect, I'm reading a lot of positive testimonials for Ford.