tonboy Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 9 hours ago, mike324 said: bmw 2002, toyota ke25, ford escort, alfa romeo 1600 No special rules, hmmm. What about safety belts ? they are not installed in my car, do I need to install them, my Ms64 Crown is from 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 10 hours ago, tonboy said: No special rules, hmmm. What about safety belts ? they are not installed in my car, do I need to install them, my Ms64 Crown is from 1972. Take it for a inspection and find out, my guess would be no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 16 hours ago, tonboy said: No special rules, hmmm. What about safety belts ? they are not installed in my car, do I need to install them, my Ms64 Crown is from 1972. is having safety belts in cars even consider as a special rule nowadays? just have it for your own safety sake buddy. Yes its a basic thing they would check, but depending on where you get your car inspected, somchai might not care much, as long as your lights and brakes are working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, mike324 said: is having safety belts in cars even consider as a special rule nowadays? just have it for your own safety sake buddy. Yes its a basic thing they would check, but depending on where you get your car inspected, somchai might not care much, as long as your lights and brakes are working. As they don't check any important stuff on rides l doubt seat belts even enter their minds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 On 10/2/2017 at 2:43 PM, johng said: There has been suggestions on this forum that if tax hasn't been paid for more than 3 years then the blue/green book is voided....getting the book reissued could be a challenge. However I personally dont think the 3 year rules exists...I think they will just ask for all the years of unpaid tax to be paid then update the book....please let us all know if your 7 years off road car runs into this problem. Yes the book won't be voided, just need to pay the unpaid taxes for the book to be renewed. Depending on how many years that tax has been unpaid, authorities may ask you to bring the car in for them to do an inspection before they will renew the book. There are certain makes where authorities are more vigilante, cars such as mini coopers, vw beetles/buses, bmw are high on their watch list due to people switching vin numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I've read and re-read many of the posts on this topic, but it merely 'confuses' me at times Sorry - it's probably age!. Anyway, my car is a 1999 Toyota and is due to be re-taxed on Dec 8. I read of people taking the car to a garage and getting an MOT type certificate and then getting the tax. As I do not know a garage near me that does that, can I simply take the car to the centre on Highway 36 and they will test it and tax it all in one go?. Also, can I do it before the expiry date or does it have to be on the day?. Will one of those shacks opposite do the paperwork for me? No Thai wife/gf etc. Sorry for such a simple question but it's the first time I have had to do this, as before I've always had the private insurance shop do it for me - as my previous cars were all fairly new and didn't need the 'test' Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay1980 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 40 minutes ago, emilymat said: I've read and re-read many of the posts on this topic, but it merely 'confuses' me at times Sorry - it's probably age!. Anyway, my car is a 1999 Toyota and is due to be re-taxed on Dec 8. I read of people taking the car to a garage and getting an MOT type certificate and then getting the tax. As I do not know a garage near me that does that, can I simply take the car to the centre on Highway 36 and they will test it and tax it all in one go?. Also, can I do it before the expiry date or does it have to be on the day?. Will one of those shacks opposite do the paperwork for me? No Thai wife/gf etc. Sorry for such a simple question but it's the first time I have had to do this, as before I've always had the private insurance shop do it for me - as my previous cars were all fairly new and didn't need the 'test' Many thanks You need to take the car to a testing centre and get the paper from there, you can indentify a testing centre by having a sign like this outside: As you mentioned highway 36 I assume you are in the pattaya area? If so there are several testing centres about but I have used one located here before: https://www.google.co.th/maps/@12.9240595,100.8982413,3a,37.5y,0.03h,97.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soMI36_HGshax_hooMWvucA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 The testing centre can also sell you the compulsory government insurance. You then take the test certificate and the government insurance certificate to the land transport office (pattaya its the one on highway 36 near regents school) and get the tax sticker. Alternatively I think you can buy the tax sticker in Big C South Pattaya on Saturday mornings but I am not sure if this is still possible. Just to note this is not a new requirement, this has been the case for cars over 7 years old and motorbikes over 5 years old for some time. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 41 minutes ago, emilymat said: I've read and re-read many of the posts on this topic, but it merely 'confuses' me at times Sorry - it's probably age!. Anyway, my car is a 1999 Toyota and is due to be re-taxed on Dec 8. I read of people taking the car to a garage and getting an MOT type certificate and then getting the tax. As I do not know a garage near me that does that, can I simply take the car to the centre on Highway 36 and they will test it and tax it all in one go?. Also, can I do it before the expiry date or does it have to be on the day?. Will one of those shacks opposite do the paperwork for me? No Thai wife/gf etc. https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/thailand/transport/vehicle-ownership/vehicle-roadworthiness You can do before expiry obviously best to do, if you said where you are located someone may be able to help or ask in your local forum. Many test centres about and they will renew your compulsory CTPL insurance then you go your local DLT office and get your road disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutoie2 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Look for test centre with this sign, they will do the test, The one I use will sell you the compulsory insurance and tax the vehicle for you. Our local PLTO sell the insurance at desk just before the tax renewal counter, alternatively, 7/11's sell it too, used to be a funny advert on Thai TV about how to do it. My truck, two mo-cys are over seven yo, do it myself, no real issues unless the test place find fault with the inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Thank you for those replies. Most helpful. I should have said I live near the lake outside Pattaya and I'll now check out some of the garages for the sign you have kindly posted. I've been here 11 years and have had two new cars, but two years ago I decided to re-locate to Spain and sold my 4 year old Toyota. Brexit ruined everything in respect to the fall in the pound against the euro, so I came back to Thailand last December and picked up this 17 y,o. Toyota, as I needed a car. It's done 240.000 km but purrs along and is in good shape. I only mention this because for all those previous years (as I said earlier) my private insurance co-incided with my tax renewal and I simply asked my broker to tax the car at the time of insurance renewal. (Didn't want to give the impression I was some helpless wimp!!) Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 5 hours ago, jay1980 said: You need to take the car to a testing centre and get the paper from there, you can indentify a testing centre by having a sign like this outside: As you mentioned highway 36 I assume you are in the pattaya area? If so there are several testing centres about but I have used one located here before: https://www.google.co.th/maps/@12.9240595,100.8982413,3a,37.5y,0.03h,97.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soMI36_HGshax_hooMWvucA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 The testing centre can also sell you the compulsory government insurance. You then take the test certificate and the government insurance certificate to the land transport office (pattaya its the one on highway 36 near regents school) and get the tax sticker. Alternatively I think you can buy the tax sticker in Big C South Pattaya on Saturday mornings but I am not sure if this is still possible. Just to note this is not a new requirement, this has been the case for cars over 7 years old and motorbikes over 5 years old for some time. Hope that helps Thanks for that. I will give that one a recce. I'm sure I know where it is, thanks to your map. Between Pattaya Thai and Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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