If you find an older car you are interested in buying to refurbish etc and it has been kept off the road for a few years, eg 7 or 8 but still has the original plates, proper paperwork, last insurance cert, blue book etc, what is the situation regarding the missing years of yearly tests, unpaid road tax etc

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You pay the tax.

Gave up with someone one over a Escort MK 1 when he kept lying about the amount of years the tax hadn't been paid.

I've bought a motorbike like this before...it was legit,so just paid fee for the delinquent years ...probably the same for the car,but you should ask DOT for details and costs...

Not sure in Thailand, but in Sydney, if you plain to bring it back on the road after many years, it needs to go for a special inspection which we call the a blue slip.

I assume a similar process is done here, you should have to get a special inspection to deem it road worthy on top of getting it registered etc.But I don't know for sure.

Not sure in Thailand, but in Sydney, if you plain to bring it back on the road after many years, it needs to go for a special inspection which we call the a blue slip.

I assume a similar process is done here, you should have to get a special inspection to deem it road worthy on top of getting it registered etc.But I don't know for sure.

You're new here aren't you, we can tell.

You just need to pay the missing tax, the owner book will show how much this is. If the vehicle is over 7 years old it will need an inspection before you can get it insured, and every year thereafter before you get insurance.

Thanks for the answers, better than the usual local answers which have generally been versions of "cannot, need special friend in office to do, cost big money" Always good for a giggle.

Not sure in Thailand, but in Sydney, if you plain to bring it back on the road after many years, it needs to go for a special inspection which we call the a blue slip.

I assume a similar process is done here, you should have to get a special inspection to deem it road worthy on top of getting it registered etc.But I don't know for sure.

You're new here aren't you, we can tell.

Ive been here 3 and a half years.

Actually, I know Thailand loves paperwork, you probably need to fill in 7 forms too.

i am lost on this one? why would you have to pay tax on the time the car was not on the road? is this a thai thing

i am lost on this one? why would you have to pay tax on the time the car was not on the road? is this a thai thing

Plain and simple answer is they won't believe you if you say you haven't been using for the past years.. Easier and quicker for them to take the money than to do background checks on the wherabouts of the car during the missing years.

Way I see it anyway.

Just look in the back of the Blue Book when the road tax is paid it's printed there so eight years ago the last entry will be 2547.

i am lost on this one? why would you have to pay tax on the time the car was not on the road? is this a thai thing

Plain and simple answer is they won't believe you if you say you haven't been using for the past years.. Easier and quicker for them to take the money than to do background checks on the wherabouts of the car during the missing years.

Way I see it anyway.

I would think,that if that was not enforced,most of the drivers here will not pay tax till caught...than pay for 1 year and drive it till the next time they were caught again

You pay the tax.

Gave up with someone one over a Escort MK 1 when he kept lying about the amount of years the tax hadn't been paid.

It would be listed in the blue book the last time tax was paid.

Ive been here 3 and a half years.

Actually, I know Thailand loves paperwork, you probably need to fill in 7 forms too.

You know you are "new" when you are counting half years!

i am lost on this one? why would you have to pay tax on the time the car was not on the road? is this a thai thing

Plain and simple answer is they won't believe you if you say you haven't been using for the past years.. Easier and quicker for them to take the money than to do background checks on the wherabouts of the car during the missing years.

Way I see it anyway.

I would think,that if that was not enforced,most of the drivers here will not pay tax till caught...than pay for 1 year and drive it till the next time they were caught again

Yep, guilty until proven innocent rings a bell

You can inform the DLT that the car is off the road(แจ้งจอด) and you won't have to pay tax, but to do that you need to hand in the license plates first.

I think after a few years of not paying tax, a letter is sent to the registered addres to either pay up or surrender the green book and plate to de-register it.

Happened to me with a bike which ended up with the "extended" family. On which obviously nobody paid the yearly tax as it basically became a "farm" vehicle

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