Well it looks like that we may buy that suzuki vitara that I posted about. Is in very good nick having been maintained by an embassy here. Was primarily in diplomatic hands, and serviced well given who the owners were, so I am happy. Past the 7 year mark, so it can be sold on to plebs like me.

anyhoo, was just wondering, are there any transfer fees that needed to be paid when transfering ownership of a car? If so, how much do they amount to, and like when buying a house, who pays?

Cheers in advance.

Well it looks like that we may buy that suzuki vitara that I posted about. Is in very good nick having been maintained by an embassy here. Was primarily in diplomatic hands, and serviced well given who the owners were, so I am happy. Past the 7 year mark , so it can be sold on to plebs like me.

anyhoo, was just wondering, are there any transfer fees that needed to be paid when transfering ownership of a car? If so, how much do they amount to, and like when buying a house, who pays?

Cheers in advance.

Samran

Are you implying there is some obscure law preventing farangs from buying secondhand cars younger than 7 years old, or just that no Thai will buy a car that is 7 years old

Nah,

Diplomatic plated cars are imported duty free, so get them very very cheap. The trade off is they aren't allowed to sell them to the general public for 7 years, otherwise the full import duty has to be paid.

I'm can't justify a new car at the moment, (or even one under 7 years of age ). I just need a run about. I used to have one and it spent most of the time in the garage, so I figured a good second hand one would do. And with a new bubs in tow, I can't trust taxi drivers any more. If I started driving once a day rather than once a week, then an new one would be in order, but that ain't the case for now. Plus, I've got better black holes to throw my money, like a weeks skiing in Switzerland!

Transfer costs on a 7 year old Vitara should be 3K or so.