Thread: Buying a cheap 2nd hand car

If the OP is going down the minefield road of 2nd hand car markets in Thailand, the Thai Visa classifieds might be another angle to look at ThaiVisa Classifieds - Cars & Pickups for SALE where there's always some decent looking runabouts for not much money. Might be a another good place to at least get an idea of what you can get and at what price.

Buying from a Farang would be a better angle than getting a car a local has owned, at least Farangs understand what schedule maintenance is (over crisis management) and are more likely to check things like engine fluids regularly. Or at all.

Anyway, good luck.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

OK, we bought this about 18 months ago.


Don't worry ... the license plate been changed

300k on the clock. Diesel motor replaced with a LPG Gas one.

Paid circa BHT 165,000 ... outer Bangkok.

Bought it sight unseen ... but the FiL went with his 2 mechanic friends and gave it the


Personally, I'm not a 'Truck' fan ... but the approach road to where we live is often flooded and rough as guts and it's the car for the job. 2WD, but high clearance.


But FatOne ... I do have a couple of questions, if that's OK?

They're personal.

Something I don't understand ...

3 years ago ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

Hi All,

I'm finally getting ready to build, after countless hours of reading TD as a guest and picking up ideas my darling wife , Kung has designed a home for us to retire to when I'm able to get the pension - in about 4 years, and use as a holiday home until then. We are building WAAAY up north in Isaan, in a little village called Namjan about 25 mins out of Seka in the Bung Khan province. This is where Kung comes from and should be nice and quiet.

You've been slaving your guts out to retire with a little, and I mean little coin.
You built a place in the sticks in Thailand, then, 3 weeks ago ... this bombshell ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

It's probably all irrelevant now, my wife and I have had a split. She says I can use the house and live there but I can't bring any girls there!!! We are still on good terms but I doubt that I will live there now, I am thinking more about going to live in Udon Thani and finding someone there.

Somehow, in that 3 weeks, and I don't think you've been back to Thailand and now you have ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

Hi All,

I will be going to live in Udon Thani with my GF and 2 young kids.

Have you committed to a lady, you haven't met yet, who has 2 sprogs in tow?

You met on line, haven't met in person, and now there is the feeling of a relationship and commitment?

A couple of weeks ago ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

Thanks for the replies - yeah bummer, but life's like that isn't it. I hope to be getting a pension soon, and that will give me enough income to live comfortably in LOS. Looking at a few blogs on Udon Thani I can rent a nice house for about 8kb a month, I reckon it won't be hard to find a nice bird to live with me and there are lot's of great farang bars and restaurants there. I reckon I'll be ok.

So you married a Thai woman, paid for the house near where she is, just got it finished, and she calls the relationship off. You got no coin to speak of.
No house.
You're still married to Thai woman # 1.
You've met a girl on line, never met her (though I bet you claim you have skyed each other and it's true love) and mentally moved in with her.
Going to be living on a pension.
Want to buy a cheap set of wheels.

WHY ... because she needs them?

FFS ... go buy a Honda Wave and be done with it.


SERIOUSLY ?

Mate, you don't need Car Advice ... you need Relationship Advice.

All, of course, IMHO

Please feel free to correct any of my outrageous assumptions.

Carry on ...

Yup, pretty much all correct, you have been following my comments on different threads haven't you??Actually I'm pretty happy with my assumption that a beautiful young Thai girl doesn't marry a fat old fart like me for love. I have had 7 good years with my ex missus and most of it has been with great sex and companionship.
But my life which has always been good, suddenly went south when I lost my job last year, and with it the missus. I never really kidded myself that she loved me, liked maybe, and we had some fun.

Sooo- onward and upward, find another beautiful young Thai bird who is happy with the contribution I can make to her life on a much lower income. Come in Thai friendly dating website. And there are heaps!! Found a 30 year old beautiful girl with a uni degree and 2 young boys who is working 2 jobs trying to put her boys through private school. Living with her parents. She is happy with the 10kB/week I can provide for us all to live on, more than she gets with 2 jobs. We can rent a house in Udon and she won't need to work. So she says she will look after me, and I say I will look after her. Where's the problem with that. As long as I've got a lovely young girl who I can enjoy my life with, have a good sexual relationship with and travel a bit I'm happy. Far better than sitting around on my own here with barely enough money to live on, or on my own there with the odd bar girl???

Originally Posted by jimbobs

On Facebook mate
Cars and bikes for sale Thailand

Facebook in Oz doesn't want to look up Udon. It says I'm in Bundaberg Oz, and will only let me look at sites here. I might have to wait until I'm in LOS to check it out

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Originally Posted by FatOne

The ones I was looking at in Bangkok were nearly all converted to gas, is that worthwhile? Is it readily available in the country, I hope to do some exploring.

You're more likely to get LPG in the rural areas. In Bangkok it's CNG. CNG garages are few and far between outside of Bangkok.

Thanks, what's the difference?

CNG is more expensive to install (but cheaper to buy at the pump)

LPG is less expensive to install (but more expensive at the pump)

Of course, both much less than ordinary petrol.

As to your plan, as long as you protect yourself (financially) in the event she tires of the agreement/relationship, then just do what makes you happy.
Just bear in mind, kids would complicate things (if and when, things went sour).

Yeah, just do what makes you happy - stay in the drivers seat - be good to her kids. Wish you all the best.

Thanks NZDick,

I really don't have much too lose (sanity maybe) but unless I win the lottery or my dad passes away I have nothing, I'll be scraping to get enough money to pass the retirement visa test.

A bought a second hand car from a local dealer. Easy peasy. I paid the money and he transferred it into my name at the local transport department. Done in a day or two if I recall correctly. There were no problems and there was nothing wrong with the car.

Originally Posted by Neverna

bought a second hand car from a local dealer.

Originally Posted by Neverna

there was nothing wrong with the car.

oh yeah, then what happened?

It kept running and running and running. Forrest Gump would have been proud of it.

^
Luck of the draw.

FatOne are you still looking for a lady car.
I have a lady friend in Kanchanaburi who has a honda City 2006 on gas or petrol.
I am waiting more details she would like to get 180,000b

Originally Posted by FatOne

Originally Posted by David48atTD

OK, we bought this about 18 months ago.


Don't worry ... the license plate been changed

300k on the clock. Diesel motor replaced with a LPG Gas one.

Paid circa BHT 165,000 ... outer Bangkok.

Bought it sight unseen ... but the FiL went with his 2 mechanic friends and gave it the


Personally, I'm not a 'Truck' fan ... but the approach road to where we live is often flooded and rough as guts and it's the car for the job. 2WD, but high clearance.


But FatOne ... I do have a couple of questions, if that's OK?

They're personal.

Something I don't understand ...

3 years ago ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

Hi All,

I'm finally getting ready to build, after countless hours of reading TD as a guest and picking up ideas my darling wife , Kung has designed a home for us to retire to when I'm able to get the pension - in about 4 years, and use as a holiday home until then. We are building WAAAY up north in Isaan, in a little village called Namjan about 25 mins out of Seka in the Bung Khan province. This is where Kung comes from and should be nice and quiet.

You've been slaving your guts out to retire with a little, and I mean little coin.
You built a place in the sticks in Thailand, then, 3 weeks ago ... this bombshell ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

It's probably all irrelevant now, my wife and I have had a split. She says I can use the house and live there but I can't bring any girls there!!! We are still on good terms but I doubt that I will live there now, I am thinking more about going to live in Udon Thani and finding someone there.

Somehow, in that 3 weeks, and I don't think you've been back to Thailand and now you have ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

Hi All,

I will be going to live in Udon Thani with my GF and 2 young kids.

Have you committed to a lady, you haven't met yet, who has 2 sprogs in tow?

You met on line, haven't met in person, and now there is the feeling of a relationship and commitment?

A couple of weeks ago ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

Thanks for the replies - yeah bummer, but life's like that isn't it. I hope to be getting a pension soon, and that will give me enough income to live comfortably in LOS. Looking at a few blogs on Udon Thani I can rent a nice house for about 8kb a month, I reckon it won't be hard to find a nice bird to live with me and there are lot's of great farang bars and restaurants there. I reckon I'll be ok.

So you married a Thai woman, paid for the house near where she is, just got it finished, and she calls the relationship off. You got no coin to speak of.
No house.
You're still married to Thai woman # 1.
You've met a girl on line, never met her (though I bet you claim you have skyed each other and it's true love) and mentally moved in with her.
Going to be living on a pension.
Want to buy a cheap set of wheels.

WHY ... because she needs them?

FFS ... go buy a Honda Wave and be done with it.


SERIOUSLY ?

Mate, you don't need Car Advice ... you need Relationship Advice.

All, of course, IMHO

Please feel free to correct any of my outrageous assumptions.

Carry on ...

Yup, pretty much all correct, you have been following my comments on different threads haven't you??Actually I'm pretty happy with my assumption that a beautiful young Thai girl doesn't marry a fat old fart like me for love. I have had 7 good years with my ex missus and most of it has been with great sex and companionship.
But my life which has always been good, suddenly went south when I lost my job last year, and with it the missus. I never really kidded myself that she loved me, liked maybe, and we had some fun.

Sooo- onward and upward, find another beautiful young Thai bird who is happy with the contribution I can make to her life on a much lower income. Come in Thai friendly dating website. And there are heaps!! Found a 30 year old beautiful girl with a uni degree and 2 young boys who is working 2 jobs trying to put her boys through private school. Living with her parents. She is happy with the 10kB/week I can provide for us all to live on, more than she gets with 2 jobs. We can rent a house in Udon and she won't need to work. So she says she will look after me, and I say I will look after her. Where's the problem with that. As long as I've got a lovely young girl who I can enjoy my life with, have a good sexual relationship with and travel a bit I'm happy. Far better than sitting around on my own here with barely enough money to live on, or on my own there with the odd bar girl???

That is spot on AO good luck mate
I will buy you a pint when I am up Udon I'm there a couple of times a year

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

FatOne are you still looking for a lady car.
I have a lady friend in Kanchanaburi who has a honda City 2006 on gas or petrol.
I am waiting more details she would like to get 180,000b

Ratchaburi ... forget the car, please send photos of the Lady ...

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FatOne ... here is an image of that years Honda City.

Conservative front end, but it got the ugly stick treatment to it's ass end IMHO

If it's in good nick for that money, certainly sounds a fair price.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

In good nick for that money, certainly sounds a fair price

now exchange that into AUD and realise what a daft statement that was for an 11 year old jalopy

The dealer offered 150,000b she would like a little more so I put it in for the 180,000b.OK

fuck me, it's priced to sell.... well below these on one2car

?????????? ????????????????????? ?????? ?????? HONDA ???? ????? CITY ???? 105 ??? ????????????????????????? Thailand - One2Car.com

It's a deal, it's a steal, it's sale of the fuckin century

EDIT:- Missed your post above while feeding the kids dinner ...

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by David48atTD

In good nick for that money, certainly sounds a fair price

now exchange that into AUD and realise what a daft statement that was for an 11 year old jalopy

Yeh, the prices they get for 2nd stuff in Thailand is ridiculous.

The Honda City wasn't released in OZ till 2009 with the new shape.

Till then, it was the Honda Civic.

An early 2006 Honda Civic (slightly bigger then the City) Auto with an average of 220,000 klms would be around $4,200 as a trade in and about a grand more.
there was an update model released late '06 ... more money on the trade.

In Thai Baht ... about 110,000 for the trade-in and 137,000 for a private sale.

Being on Gas should add a few baht to the price.

So, while expensive by Australian Standards ... if well kept and average klms ... still reckon it's not a silly price in Thailand.

^ agreed for Thailand, but it would grieve me knowing what it's worth in the UK

Originally Posted by FatOne

Thanks NZDick,

I really don't have much too lose (sanity maybe) but unless I win the lottery or my dad passes away I have nothing, I'll be scraping to get enough money to pass the retirement visa test.

If money is that tight mate you may consider renting a car and planning your trips around that.

Car rental is cheap if sourced on line especially if you decide to rent for 1 month.

If ya buy a dud car you will be very very unhappy not to mention the hit to ya wallet.

Consider.

If he has no kids he doesnt need a car, he's already been mugged off.

Guy needs to rent a scooter and his women

^

Well Dill,

Buying and keeping a car is expensive, marrying a bint is more expensive.

Ya right eh, Rent both.

Especially if one is in a financially compromised situation like Fatty.

I wrote this earlier, but to recap.

The FatOne is soon to retire and leave Australia.

He has no significant coin to speak off, if he's been straight with his postings.

His Retirement Plan is to retire to Thailand and live off his Australian OAP pension.

He's married to a Thai Woman and they have just built a house together ... literally the paint is still drying.

She told him it's over. He can visit (live, I'm not sure) but he's not allowed to bring any woman into his ... err, their ... err, her house.

This happened a matter of weeks ago.

So, he's still married, legally, not a village wedding is my understanding.

He's still in Australia, but coming to Thailand, one presumes in the near future.

He's met a lady through Thai Friendly and, even though they obviously haven't physicially met, has alrady pledged his entire OAP Pension to her so that they can rent a house in Udon/Ubon and finance their existence together.
The new lady has 2 kids, currently in a Private School and she's working 2 jobs to keep that situation afloat.

Now he's looking to buy a car ... one assumes so that she can drive as he'd have fook all use for it.

By his own admission ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

Sooo- onward and upward, find another beautiful young Thai bird who is happy with the contribution I can make to her life on a much lower income.
Come in Thai friendly dating website. And there are heaps!!

Found a 30 year old beautiful girl with a uni degree and 2 young boys who is working 2 jobs trying to put her boys through private school. Living with her parents.

She is happy with the 10kB/week I can provide for us all to live on, more than she gets with 2 jobs.

We can rent a house in Udon and she won't need to work. So she says she will look after me, and I say I will look after her.

Then ...

Originally Posted by FatOne

I really don't have much too lose (sanity maybe) but unless I win the lottery or my dad passes away I have nothing, I'll be scraping to get enough money to pass the retirement visa test.

He seems completely ignorant of the legal situation he's in being married to a Thai and that, while they are married, her debts are also his debts.

IMHO ... he doesn't need car advice ... he needs relationship advice !

Terry is the guy for that

^ ^

Seriously mate,

If what Fatty tells us is true and he is gunna come live in this shithouse with no significant wedge and survive on his shitty Australian pension it would not be long at all before he will find himself back in Australia living at the rubbish tip.

Sad but true.