Taxi driver buys his "Birthday Cab" - then watches it burn to cinders

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Bangkok area cabby Saksit, 60, knew just the right cab to buy when he went to a second hand dealership three weeks ago.

 

The pink one.

 

Not because it was pink, many Bangkok cabs are that color.

 

But because the registration plate was "suay suay" - very beautiful.

 

This one had his Buddhist era birthday as its registration plate. 

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Things went well until last night when Saksit's new cab exploded while he was taking a female passenger home from Bang Phai station to the Sucha housing estate in Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi.

 

"I quickly told the lady to get out," said Saksit. "And thankfully we were both unhurt.

 

"I only bought the car 20 days ago from a tent in Din Daeng", lamented the cabby as he watched his pink Altis burn to the ground.

 

His passenger had already found alternative means of transport for her journey home, reported Siam Rath

 

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[stoner]

we don't need no water let the mo fo burn.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, stoner said:

we don't need no water let the mo fo burn.

Why?  You begrudge him a living?

[stoner]

8 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Why?  You begrudge him a living?

yes lou i thought that was quite obvious...

 

[RichardColeman]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

"I only bought the car 20 days ago from a tent in Din Daeng", lamented the cabby as he watched his pink Altis burn to the ground.

Nothing speaks quality of a car more than being bought from a 'tent' !

[kidneyw]

Cheer up, there is still the lottery ticket you bought with the same suay number.

[PETERTHEEATER]

NGV strikes again!

[steven100]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

His passenger had already found alternative means of transport for her journey home

That's good news .....   she wasn't stranded after all. 

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

But because the registration plate was "suay suay" - very beautiful.

Like most things Thai, "Suay" on the outside.. black on the inside.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

"I only bought the car 20 days ago from a tent in Din Daeng",

What could possibly go wrong.