Planning on heading down to Penang with the car>

anything new or still get the insurance for Malaysia on the right side before immigration?

also need new stickers as have a different car from last trip.

THanks

Lol, I thought you would be enquiring with regards to the bomb on Friday.

I'm heading to Padang Besar in the next week or so...but I'll be on a bus, ..can't help you, sorry.

bombs dont bother me :-)

only worry if they will force me to take the film off my windows LOL

U busing from PHuket? whats the cost?

not sure you should be using the b-word.

You know how sensitive they are in these southern regions.

not sure you should be using the b-word.

You know how sensitive they are in these southern regions.

bombs dont bother me :-)

only worry if they will force me to take the film off my windows LOL

U busing from PHuket? whats the cost?

No, Hatyai...50 baht on a mini-van. It's only 40 minutes.

ahh ur heading to Sadao NOT Satun

bombs dont bother me :-)

only worry if they will force me to take the film off my windows LOL

U busing from PHuket? whats the cost?

No, Hatyai...50 baht on a mini-van. It's only 40 minutes.

Which company do you use? And where do you (or can you) depart from?

ahh ur heading to Sadao NOT Satun

How far is Satun from Sadao or Padang Besar? Is Satun a land border, or do you need to take a ferry?

Satun is on the west coast of Thailand and where you would go to take the ferry to Langkawit

The actual border is Wang Prajan about 50 kms from Satun its a land border an very small and pleasant, nice weekend market an its located in the national forest.

To get there from Sadao u would need go back to Hat yai an than head west about 140 kms or so total ( Hat yai to Satun is less than 100 )

its actually quicker to go from Wang Prajan to Sadao via Malaysia

Has anyone here used the Padang Besar border with a car?

Can you buy insurance at the Satun crossing ? I know you can at Sadao.

A know a guy that rode through the Satun crossing on a Norwegian registered bike, and he wrote to tell me the immigration guys told him to buy insurance from any bank and waved him on.

Caused him untold grief further down the road.

I ride through Padang all the time, never any problems - no one bats an eyelid.

Edited July 14, 201510 yr by recom273

Lol, I thought you would be enquiring with regards to the bomb on Friday.

I'm heading to Padang Besar in the next week or so...but I'll be on a bus, ..can't help you, sorry.

There was a bomb? Where? I thought Sadao, Padang Besar and Satun were all quite safe. Are you sure you aren't talking about either Yala, Pattani or Narathiwat?

Satun is on the west coast of Thailand and where you would go to take the ferry to Langkawit

The actual border is Wang Prajan about 50 kms from Satun its a land border an very small and pleasant, nice weekend market an its located in the national forest.

To get there from Sadao u would need go back to Hat yai an than head west about 140 kms or so total ( Hat yai to Satun is less than 100 )

its actually quicker to go from Wang Prajan to Sadao via Malaysia

Has anyone here used the Padang Besar border with a car?

I have, but it was years ago. It was my first crossing by car to another country in SEA. I didn't have the white on black number plate stickers, but these were made up for me at the border, took 2 hours though. I gather you would already have them, if not, get them done in Bangkok or anywhere else, not the border otherwise you're wasting serious time.

Insurance was available on the Malaysian side of the border but when I went in, I initially didn't buy a policy thinking my Thai insurance would cover me as far as Penang but the checkpoint about 5km from the border caught me out and the officer, after asking where I was heading and me telling him "Kuala Lumpur", which was my original furthest planned destination even though in the end we didn't have time to drive further than Penang, he advised me to go back to the border to buy a policy and with the help of a helpful Thai immigration official who just happened to be on the Malaysian side in her car, we purchased a local policy and then off we went. That part didn't take long, unlike the number plate sticker fiasco, which took a hell of a long time.

On our return, we crossed back into Thailand via Sadao.

Can you buy insurance at the Satun crossing ? I know you can at Sadao.

A know a guy that rode through the Satun crossing on a Norwegian registered bike, and he wrote to tell me the immigration guys told him to buy insurance from any bank and waved him on.

Caused him untold grief further down the road.

I ride through Padang all the time, never any problems - no one bats an eyelid.

Wang Prajan (Prachun) Border Satun

yes , u buy insurance from a small shop on the right hand side in Thailand as u approach immigration, also can get stickers made there.

Insurance takes maybe 10 minutes, stickers same ( 100 baht each)

You than enter the car line, first stop is passports, next stop they issue the tax disk, next stop open ur trunk

Once u enter Malaysia there is NOTHING , not any shop, no money changers, nada , zip and that was back in March 2014

All the Malays cross to the thai side for the markets

Insurance and the stickers are available in Malaysia at the Sadao border on the right hand side , takes 20 minutes, also there u get ur round tax certificate

Sadao is tough cause they have a small hand held machine that can test the % of ur window film only 40% is allowed.

Before Wang Prajan did not have the tester

Edited July 15, 201510 yr by phuketrichard

bombs dont bother me :-)

only worry if they will force me to take the film off my windows LOL

U busing from PHuket? whats the cost?

No, Hatyai...50 baht on a mini-van. It's only 40 minutes.

Which company do you use? And where do you (or can you) depart from?

ahh ur heading to Sadao NOT Satun

How far is Satun from Sadao or Padang Besar? Is Satun a land border, or do you need to take a ferry?

I depart from the transport station...sort of behind Central Festival.

Lol, I thought you would be enquiring with regards to the bomb on Friday.

I'm heading to Padang Besar in the next week or so...but I'll be on a bus, ..can't help you, sorry.

There was a bomb? Where? I thought Sadao, Padang Besar and Satun were all quite safe. Are you sure you aren't talking about either Yala, Pattani or Narathiwat?

Padang Besar Friday night.. If I recall correctly, it was a police box/hut thingy.

Can you buy insurance at the Satun crossing ? I know you can at Sadao.

A know a guy that rode through the Satun crossing on a Norwegian registered bike, and he wrote to tell me the immigration guys told him to buy insurance from any bank and waved him on.

Caused him untold grief further down the road.

I ride through Padang all the time, never any problems - no one bats an eyelid.

Wang Prajan (Prachun) Border Satun

yes , u buy insurance from a small shop on the right hand side in Thailand as u approach immigration, also can get stickers made there.

Insurance takes maybe 10 minutes, stickers same ( 100 baht each)

You than enter the car line, first stop is passports, next stop they issue the tax disk, next stop open ur trunk

Once u enter Malaysia there is NOTHING , not any shop, no money changers, nada , zip and that was back in March 2014

All the Malays cross to the thai side for the markets

Insurance and the stickers are available in Malaysia at the Sadao border on the right hand side , takes 20 minutes, also there u get ur round tax certificate

Sadao is tough cause they have a small hand held machine that can test the % of ur window film only 40% is allowed.

Before Wang Prajan did not have the tester

Not 40%, it's 70% for the front windscreen, 50% for front side windows and 30% for rear windows (down from 50% according to a recent change in the law).

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/new-car-windscreen-window-tint-regulation-from-nov-1

good luck with that at sadao

i just drove thru at satun, no problems

did u see the date: Monday September 29, 2014

that regulation is for Malay cars and has nothing to do with entering Malaysia for a thai car

Sadao, the lady told me only 40% front side ( Driver/ passenger , ripped tint off, went next door to police station to get my tax disc, didn't even look at the car.