Car Registration

[eggers]

Recently purchased a used vehicle through a Honda dealer, got the blue book, Comprehensive insurance & has registration for12 months.

To renew the registration, do you receive advice in mail or do you simply go to Land Transport office.

Do you need to take the vehicle or just the registration certificate & blue book?

Please advise.

Thanks

[KhunBENQ]

No advice in mail. Your task to go in time.

You have the date on the sticker on the windshield (month name in Thai ).

Its not necessary to take the car to the DLT (after 1 year).

If you do a new additional insurance (strictly advised) with an agent he will do the job for you if you don't fancy to stand in the queue yourself.

[OMGImInPattaya]

If the car is more than 7 years old it needs to be smog checked (yes, believe it or not they actually have some sort of regulations on this but you'd never know it by the filthy air). There is usually a check station near the local LTO office (200 baht) and show the "pass" cert. when you renew. This test can also be done at local shops around town.

[kbelyeu]

My advice... let your insurance agent manage it for you.

Kurt

[eggers]

Thank you for all your responses, greatly appreciated, particularly the smog test as car is 10 yrs old, would never have known that.

[KhunBENQ]

Thank you for all your responses, greatly appreciated, particularly the smog test as car is 10 yrs old, would never have known that.

Oops, I overlooked the "used" car part.

So follow the advice of @OMGImInPattaya.

The test has to be done every year for cars of this age.

[eggers]

Thank you for all your responses, greatly appreciated, particularly the smog test as car is 10 yrs old, would never have known that.

Oops, I overlooked the "used" car part.

So follow the advice of @OMGImInPattaya.

The test has to be done every year for cars of this age.

Ok thanks

[KhunBENQ]

There is usually a check station near the local LTO office (200 baht) and show the "pass" cert. when you renew.

The workshops/test stations display this sign, around the DLTs you see them virtually anywhere:

Not quite sure, but for a fee they will also handle the extension/tax payment at the DLT office as shown in the following picture.

The upper part is the sign for the inspection, the lower part is the tax payment (P.R.B.) and book update.

I didn't go this way because my car is not yet up for inspection. So the insurance agent handled the tax part.

Source: http://driving-in-thailand.com/annual-tax-registration-renewal/

[giddyup]

The inspection station where I used to take my old D Max charged me an extra 100 baht to do the road tax as well. I would say that was a standard fee.