corkscrew Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 (edited) How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. We do 8 times that. Between 2 cars. Cheers Edit to be more accurate Edited November 21, 2007 by percy2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweatySock Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I live way up in the boony, my car is 5 years old and has just passed 100k, most of it driving to and from Khon Kaen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkscrew Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. We do 8 times that. Between 2 cars. Cheers Edit to be more accurate We are almost pedestrians compared to you. We don't live very far from where we shop and dine....so our Kilometers are low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareddiving Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I drive about 40.000 km a year. I live close to Pattaya and like to go on trips by car instead of the airplane. Koh samui, Phuket, Chang mai.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 (edited) Coming up 7000 km in 5 months with some long trips so I guess about 15k per year. Most town driving in and around Pattaya. The flexibility to go to the shops for something rather than doing without and visiting friends / going to work is what it does. Occasional trips to Bangkok and Buriram. Edited November 21, 2007 by torrenova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. We do 8 times that. Between 2 cars. Cheers Edit to be more accurate We are almost pedestrians compared to you. We don't live very far from where we shop and dine....so our Kilometers are low. I normally add many miles going to Pattaya and back, once or twice a week. Last week I drove about 3,000km. BKK > Chom Pare > Mae Sot > Mae Sariang > Mae Hong Son > Pai > Chiang Mai and back. Great drive , great scenery. Would be fantastic in a sports car. If you do though don't take the old road from Pai to CM there were 4okm of very rough dirt track. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 about 16.000 km/year In and around Korat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onnut Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 about 25000-30000 a year. A couple of trips to Phuket and khon khen a year from Bangkok. And a weekly trip to pattaya so it adds up fast. My wife does about 5000 a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonfruit Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 About 16,000km/year in the last two years. The 2 years before that were astronomical as i drove BKK to PKT and back every week. I know Phetchakasem highway quite well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petch01 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? 15,000 km per year with my motorcycle, 15,000 km per year with my car, 1,500 km per year with my boat, 150 km per year with my horse and 15 km per year with my bicycle. Petch01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. Let me know when you want to sell a car Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoH Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Wife is doing about 42000KM\Yr last 4yrs From Ubon to all direction to TH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualtrough Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I might do 1000 a month here just outside of BKK in my old Land Rover. Got tired of forking out so much for petrol so made the switch to LPG last week and am loving it. Our Volvo is used only to take the kids to school and back and some errands, but probably does around the same. That will be getting the conversion within a year too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 About a hundred km a day, around Bangkok. Nearly 30k per year on average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalbanana Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 If you do though don't take the old road from Pai to CM there were 4okm of very rough dirt track. I too made this trip years ago in the reverse direction. Just curious I thought there was only one route from Pai to CM (route 1095 from Pai and onto 107 into CM). You mean there is an older route to avoid or is 1095 the old route and they've built a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I know this is the Motor Forum, but I did a thousand KM per month on the CBR150 during its first two years. I used to do more than twice that many kilometers in Texas with only a bike, for over seven years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkscrew Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. We do 8 times that. Between 2 cars. Cheers Edit to be more accurate We are almost pedestrians compared to you. We don't live very far from where we shop and dine....so our Kilometers are low. I normally add many miles going to Pattaya and back, once or twice a week. Last week I drove about 3,000km. BKK > Chom Pare > Mae Sot > Mae Sariang > Mae Hong Son > Pai > Chiang Mai and back. Great drive , great scenery. Would be fantastic in a sports car. If you do though don't take the old road from Pai to CM there were 4okm of very rough dirt track. Cheers It sounds like a drive that I'd like to take. Is it a series of marked roads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkscrew Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 About a hundred km a day, around Bangkok. Nearly 30k per year on average. That's a lot of 'klicks' for Bangkok! How many hours a day behind the wheel? I may do 20km a day and as often as not that short distance takes up the better part of two hours....especially if I hit the rush on Sathorn at 4PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimbo Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Had my Honda Click motocy for 2 months and it has 1700km on it now. So I think we'll land at 10000 km or more in a year. Not bad on a little 110cc two wheeler :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raybkk Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 45000 sofar this year, just work. No trips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. We do 8 times that. Between 2 cars. Cheers Edit to be more accurate We are almost pedestrians compared to you. We don't live very far from where we shop and dine....so our Kilometers are low. I normally add many miles going to Pattaya and back, once or twice a week. Last week I drove about 3,000km. BKK > Chom Pare > Mae Sot > Mae Sariang > Mae Hong Son > Pai > Chiang Mai and back. Great drive , great scenery. Would be fantastic in a sports car. If you do though don't take the old road from Pai to CM there were 4okm of very rough dirt track. Cheers It sounds like a drive that I'd like to take. Is it a series of marked roads? We have GPS. We have the technology Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 If you do though don't take the old road from Pai to CM there were 4okm of very rough dirt track. I too made this trip years ago in the reverse direction. Just curious I thought there was only one route from Pai to CM (route 1095 from Pai and onto 107 into CM). You mean there is an older route to avoid or is 1095 the old route and they've built a new one? Will check GPS and get back to you. I think the 1095 is the new road. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkscrew Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 How many kilometers per year do you drive in Thailand? What percent is city driving and what percent is in the country? Between my wife and I we drive only about 6000km per year (between two cars)....most of it is in Bangkok. We do 8 times that. Between 2 cars. Cheers Edit to be more accurate We are almost pedestrians compared to you. We don't live very far from where we shop and dine....so our Kilometers are low. I normally add many miles going to Pattaya and back, once or twice a week. Last week I drove about 3,000km. BKK > Chom Pare > Mae Sot > Mae Sariang > Mae Hong Son > Pai > Chiang Mai and back. Great drive , great scenery. Would be fantastic in a sports car. If you do though don't take the old road from Pai to CM there were 4okm of very rough dirt track. Cheers It sounds like a drive that I'd like to take. Is it a series of marked roads? We have GPS. We have the technology Cheers I have the Garmin 2720 Streetpilot in our SLK. Do you think that will guide us the whole way...avoiding the "very rough dirt track" between PAI and CM? The Garmin is great in and around BKK but I have not used it way up country...only as far north as Ayutthaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I normally add many miles going to Pattaya and back, once or twice a week. Last week I drove about 3,000km. BKK > Chom Pare > Mae Sot > Mae Sariang > Mae Hong Son > Pai > Chiang Mai and back. Great drive , great scenery. Would be fantastic in a sports car. If you do though don't take the old road from Pai to CM there were 4okm of very rough dirt track. Cheers It sounds like a drive that I'd like to take. Is it a series of marked roads? We have GPS. We have the technology Cheers I have the Garmin 2720 Streetpilot in our SLK. Do you think that will guide us the whole way...avoiding the "very rough dirt track" between PAI and CM? The Garmin is great in and around BKK but I have not used it way up country...only as far north as Ayutthaya. If you have it set for fatest time it will avoid the rough track. It was spot on for me the whole journey. Now is a fantastic time to do it, take some warm clothes. Loy Krathong in Mae Hong Son would be fantastic. I'd avoid the Chom Pere part. Go from BKK straight to Mae Sot or possibly over night in Sukothai. If either you or your wife gets seasick it maybe worth taking some Dramamine with you as the roads really are that windy. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 About a hundred km a day, around Bangkok. Nearly 30k per year on average. That's a lot of 'klicks' for Bangkok! How many hours a day behind the wheel? I may do 20km a day and as often as not that short distance takes up the better part of two hours....especially if I hit the rush on Sathorn at 4PM. I live in suburbs, about 30k to work in the morning - one hour and twenty minutes, then 20k, half an hour, to kids' school, then 50k, about an hour, drive home. I don't see it as a waste of time, it's similar to sleep - helps to relax and reset my mind - think, plan, dream, freshen up - whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiboxer Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Since moving to the suburbs last year, I would guess I'm doing about 20,000kms/year. With our old tub, that takes A LOT of gas. The traffic jams (which I frequently encounter) are terrible here in BKK but I'm used to bad traffic coming from South Florida, USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I spend over 1,500 per week. Actually it's eight days between refills. If I drive economically I can stretch it to nine. Not worth the effort of constraining myself, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nokia Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 45000 sofar this year, just work. No trips Can i assume that you spend about 100K baht on petrol/diesel so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkscrew Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 Since moving to the suburbs last year, I would guess I'm doing about 20,000kms/year. With our old tub, that takes A LOT of gas. The traffic jams (which I frequently encounter) are terrible here in BKK but I'm used to bad traffic coming from South Florida, USA. Thaiboxer, where in S. Florida? We also have a place in Fort Lauderdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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