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Using an overseas Debit Card to minimise paying tax for those of us staying over 180 days
Are you suggesting that if the funds, e.g. savings were earned before 2024, Mr Farang has no issue them if he remits his money to Thailand after 2024 ? Trying to work that one out ? -
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How reliable are public transportation options compared to owning a car in Thailand?
It's really depending of where you live and your lifestyle; i.e., what you need of transportation. Some places, like Bangkok, public transportation might be better than having your own car. Second hand car are relative expensive to buy as maintenance labour is cheap. It's of course a question of economy, but as a new smaller car can be bought from around 500,000 baht including warranty, it's worth considering that, instead of paying 300,000 baht or more for a 10-year old vehicle. It's relative easy to get a car serviced; relative easy, as it's again a question of where you live. In a village near Nakhon Nowhere a brand name repair shop, like for example at Toyota shop, might be some distance away. My first owned car in Thailand was an 11-year old second hand and cheap to keep running, using a local repair shop for service. At a point the age of the car made some more major service soon necessary, so I decide to shift to a brand new car. I got one third of my initial second hand price back for a car that I've used for eight years. If you live somewhere, where it's essential with a car for, for example shopping, it might be cheaper to own one than paying taxi or song thaew every time, if those are available at all. It's quite simple math to calculate the costs of public transportation and taxis compared to buying a car; fuel use with for example 10 kilometres per litre; insurance and tax, with can be everything between mandatory insurance and road tax for around 1,500 baht per year, to a first class insurance that might end up close to 20,000 baht per year; service for around 5,000 baht average per year, but more for an old car. Furthermore, it a question of comfort, and how much one is willing to pay for that. Traffic – and if you are not used to left side driving, chose a car with automatic gear – is also depending of where you drive. However, a car is manyfold more safe than motorbike; more than 70% of fatal accidents are people on motorbike and around 8% are pedestrians. Despite of the chaotic traffic, Bangkok is actually one of the safest places in fatal accidents, while Rayong are among the top of fatal accidents. However, fatal numbers might be calculated different – dead on the spot only, or dead after 30 days later included – placing other destinations high on fatal the list, for example Koh Samui. I've been driving in Thailand since 2001 – both up rural north and on fatal Koh Samui – and so far survived. Personally I would find it uncomfortable to live here without a car. -
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The Tim Walz thread.
He is the most fundamentally honest of all the candidates out there. He said from the very beginning that there was a lot of baggage in his background. He didn't shy away from it or try to hide it. Just an honest man, who has several positions I disagree with, yet too many others I support him on. In addition, he is not some raging, nasty person like Trump and Walz. -
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Philippines any good?
i prefer the stimulating conversations that one can only find with a thai BG.....hello dah-ling..where u come from??..bai nai? -
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Tim Walz Speaks
Did I say he was gay? It was a reference to him wearing eye liner. -
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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
Actually I did, via savings ... Petrol ฿54k a year Solar -0- PEA/MEA ... 'savings ฿42k a year' = PEA/MEA cost ฿12k a year (54-42=12) Safety issue ... imaginary. Especially now, as LFP safer & last longer Here's a chart for life span of battery, and many consider these numbers very conservative. Some have quoted up to 10k cycles, but we'll stick with 2500, and go even more negative, just 50% of that, is knocking on 500k kms for our MG ZS. Read the not so small fine print, the battery isn't DEAD, just @ 80% capacity. -
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Electric Vehicles in Thailand
that would be very disappointing, only 3.6 kw from the free 11 kw ABB wallbox. can any other byd seal owners confirm this poor performance? i've never heard of this issue before! -
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Wise Transfer change problem
I thought Dee was for THB to GBP transfers. And Revolut transfers do not show as International if you need that for Immigration Extension purposes. As I said in another post, I did Bht 35k on Monday, arrived, as usual, at 14.05pm Tuesday as International -
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Mystery Deepens: Missing British Man Boarded Flight from Thailand
I know this is a bit obvious but Finnair do cheap flights to London from Bangkok via Finland. Could he have changed his flight for some reason which would explain why he was on a flight to Finland. Of course that doesn't explain where he is now, but may be part of the puzzle. -
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Which Policies do you support?
And then there is this SAP obama : Looks like treason to me https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-administration-acknowledges-1-7-billion-transfer-to-iran-was-all-cash/by -
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Quality Inner Tubes?
No, Mag wheels. As for using tubeless tyers, you cannot use tubeless tyers on a tubed rim, and can you get 2.75x17 tubeless tyers. -
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EV Charging Stations (CS)
Stands to reason that this BYD goodwill action is on track to just aggravating a situation they tried to ameliorate with this freebee. It took me 3 attempts to finally get a full charge and I did it around 21:00. I reasoned with myself that if I cant get free charging, over the next 5 month, this means I forgo between 5 and 10,000 THB, that is a couple dinners at best......so why get all stressed out? Moreover - as we get into October, I have more than enough solar output to cover the electricity consumption of this car, so my savings calculated above are even less optimistic. Just relax and chill out - the stress is not worth it! -
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The Tim Walz thread.
https://www.newsweek.com/clinton-kkk-byrd-trump-652176 Hillary's hero -
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Thailand's Constitutional Court to Decide on Move Forward Party's Dissolution on August 7
Absolutely disgraceful Thailand in the dark ages, They think this is democracy Fools !!!!! so it Judges against 14 million people
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