Flashermac Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Taxis have a limited life in Bangkok, 9 or 10 years. What happens is that as a taxi nears it end, the owners stop doing all but the most basic repairs and maintenance on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 How about those red and green baht buses, they break a lot and look 50 years old? EXACTLY, those are the worst ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 I can see an exemption on the horizon once the taxi mafia gets geared up! Most likely, most of the breakdowns are the old buses or taxis! No chance that this will ever apply to the buses, IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Figure / Facts? Presently: Tax on new car (for how many years) - about ??? (I believe 4,000 baht) Tax on old cars (story said over 7 years) - about ??? (so tax abut 2,000 baht) So the difference (I believe) is less than THB 2,000 - so no real incentive. But anyone have real figures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage_Kwai Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 They need to shift those 160,000 new cars under the 'new car policy' that were defaulted on. Not going down well with the locals, most say it won't/can't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 The tax on my beater pickup is closer to 1,000 Baht. Will check at lunchtime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Police have back-pedalled on a plan to increase annual registration fees on vehicles more than 10 years old to discourage their use in Bangkok after the idea came under a firestorm of criticism from motorists. Metropolitan... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/373708/adul-u-turns-on-old-car-fee-hike-scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 WTF...your link went here: http://www.article.com/ some Arab.com site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think_too_mut Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Don't know how it messed. They have some protection seems for plain linking or copy/pasting. No cars older than 10 years in Bangkok - revoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Good comment here in the article... "As happens so often in Thailand, we are given a reason which does not quite make sense. This invariably means there is a real reason behind it which has something to do with someone making money. I have been in countless jams in Bangkok and don't recall ever seeing the cause to be an old car. The most common things jamming it up are simply selfish drivers who don't care _ such as parking two abreast at the side of the road or blocking the lane to do a U-turn where they shouldn't. These are [the people] who should be getting tickets," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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