Thread: Taxis at the airport

hahahaha.... no it's obviously not......

Thank Christ I don't have a job that requires any brains.....

Now I'll have to take the conservative parts out of my equation and rewrite it to make it work.....

Lets try this

180 to Nana is easily achievable if the traffic conditions are correct.....

It's 159THB to my house in Thong Lor, no tollways necessary.....

Highway, drop down to rama 9, left on Ekkamai, up Ekkamai 20 down Thong Lor. And that is on a normalish day maybe hitting two lights, unstopped It could at a push be 153, lowest I've had is 157.

Now take that 157 and take off 4 for the turn into Thong Lor putting you back on Rama 9 or Petchburi (could have come down Ramkhamhaeng past NASA VEGAS).

Now my house to Nana on an average day is less than 60 so for this lets say 55 which is what I paid on a Saturday afternoon last week on the way to footy training.

Take off the 35 Baht on the meter makes it 20 B

Add that to the 153 and you have 173. Now the 35 B removed has 1km in it which is another 8 Baht 173 + 8 = 181....

QED

That said he is lying because taxi fares are only ever an odd number..... so it could not have been 180, but easily conceivable as 179 or 181.

Bangkok is really easy, quick and cheap to get around when there is no traffic.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

That said he is lying because taxi fares are only ever an odd number..... so it could not have been 180, but easily conceivable as 179 or 181.

Bangkok is really easy, quick and cheap to get around when there is no traffic.

As you say lying but when is it easy to get around bkk? there is always traffic. NO WAY is it possible for a fare to be, lets say, 181 baht from swampy to nana, impossible.

Originally Posted by xanax

As you say lying but when is it easy to get around bkk? there is always traffic. NO WAY is it possible for a fare to be, lets say, 181 baht from swampy to nana, impossible.

You are wrong.

Well I stand corrected. Kudos to bob and Pickel
Bobcock is correct to the nearest satang if the lights are all green.
It's pretty much a straight line when you look on the map

do you do the budgeting in your house Bob ?

Originally Posted by xanax

As you say lying but when is it easy to get around bkk? there is always traffic. NO WAY is it possible for a fare to be, lets say, 181 baht from swampy to nana, impossible.

I think a more reasonable question would be to ask Bobby boy and Pickle how many times since they have been living and traveled in Thailand have they actually achieved a Taxi fare of 180 baht from Swampy to Nana. ?

In other words what do they normally pay. ? I'll bet 180 is no where near the normal fare.

The only time one could possibly get a clear run into Nana would be in the very early hours of the morning, I mean how many fukers actually arrive at that time from OS ?

The vast majority arrive and travel in normal conditions for road travel in Bangkok which is usually a cluster fuk unless one is on the Toll way and once off that its back to a mad house again.

Originally Posted by xanax

NO WAY is it possible for a fare to be, lets say, 181 baht from swampy to nana, impossible.

Not. Wally. Proven. Not claimed to be easy, but certainly 100% possible.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

do you do the budgeting in your house Bob ?

No my maths is not good enough.

Here's the link for that converter, for you cheap bastards

Taxi Fare in Bangkok, Thailand. Taxi Prices Calculator for Bangkok

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Tel, the expert will be along to tell you, you're wrong.

You love it when you get the chance to come in for a crack EH Willy.

Any Willy, its a fair Question and here is my reply.

Basically its a unrealistic fare calculated and achieved under prime conditions and only obtainable to the very few who just happen to land at Swampy at 3.00 AM in the friggin morning and get every green foking light into Nana.

I believe Bobby boy and Pickle have done it but very few times unless they meet the above criteria every time they arrive in country.

I always tip the driver and never go to Nana so It wont happen for me not that I give a fuk.

$6 for a 30 KLM Taxi ride. Fuk me EH.

Originally Posted by terry57

I'll bet 180 is no where near the normal fare.

The fair is 180 baht Terry and even if you sat in a traffic jam for half an hour the price would be only 230 baht

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Not. Wally. Proven. Not claimed to be easy, but certainly 100% possible.

So how many times have you actually achieved the sub 180 fare ?

Once, twice, ten, twenty, thirty ???????

The point of the matter is Terry, the OP has every right to feel aggrieved by being charged more than treble what he would have paid had he gone upstairs, walked outside departures, ignored the hawkers, waited a split second for a taxi to drop someone off and jumped in.

That's a 520 baht saving.... which equates to around 7 beers in Nana, or 8/10 of a BJ

Originally Posted by terry57

I think a more reasonable question would be to ask Bobby boy and Pickle how many times since they have been living and traveled in Thailand have they actually achieved a Taxi fare of 180 baht from Swampy to Nana. ? In other words what do they normally pay. ? I'll bet 180 is no where near the normal fare.

Read my previous posts Terry. I said it was rare and I was surprised. Usually pay between 200-300. Every time I've flown into swampy from OS it's late at night.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

The point of the matter is Terry, the OP has every right to feel aggrieved by being charged more than treble what he would have paid had he gone upstairs, walked outside departures, ignored the hawkers, waited a split second for a taxi to drop someone off and jumped in.

No not true, the OP could not of got all his shit in one Taxi so he was pissing in the wind trying to do so.

He needed two taxis or one Mini bus to get all his shit to Nana.

False saving innit, don't work unless one considers saving 50 baht a massive windfall.

Jesus, the dude has just spend six million quid flying to Thailand and he is having a massive cry over a Few bucks.

I reckon he just had his rag on and was a bit jet lagged after a long flight.

Anyway the few bucks he saved he can rejoice as he revels in the joys of Nana.

Why would one stay there if one had a wife anyway ? Its for mongers, Germans, Indians, Pakis and rag heads innit.

Of Fuk, there's an in for a whole new thread.

Good fun this thread innit.

Originally Posted by pickel

Read my previous posts Terry. I said it was rare and I was surprised. Usually pay between 200-300. Every time I've flown into swampy from OS it's late at night.

Nice, so there we have it, the 180 is a rare event indeed.

It would be much more common for you to pay over 300 especially on the toll way than to crack a 180 fare going under.

Is that a fair equation.?

Originally Posted by terry57

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Not. Wally. Proven. Not claimed to be easy, but certainly 100% possible.

So how many times have you actually achieved the sub 180 fare ?

Once, twice, ten, twenty, thirty ???????

Why would I take a taxi to Nana?

Never claimed to have done it, just defending the delicate Koh Chang flower from the venom of those incorrect enough to say it is impossible.

It is possible, that's all that has been said.

If a friend arrived and said how much is a taxi to nana I would say 250-300......

see?

Originally Posted by terry57

Originally Posted by pickel

Read my previous posts Terry. I said it was rare and I was surprised. Usually pay between 200-300. Every time I've flown into swampy from OS it's late at night.

Nice, so there we have it, the 180 is a rare event indeed.

It would be much more common for you to pay over 300 especially on the toll way than to crack a 180 fare going under.

Is that a fair equation.?

The 180 baht meter fee to Nana would indeed be a rare event, in normal circumstances it would be around 230 baht. Of course that is still a long way from the claim by you that the normal fare would be 450 baht + tolls. If that would be the fee, you've encountered a seriously rigged meter.

Oh God...... here we go again..... calm Tezza calm.....

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Na, I figured in the drivers tip in that calculation.

Where come from I pay $ 100 bucks for that journey. If the driver is a nice fella and does not try and fuk me over I'll tip him 150 baht no probs at all.

Horses for courses really and called spreading the love around.

Would never expect to get that trip for 180 and if I did I'd give him a nice tip for getting me into Nana for fuk all.

Originally Posted by terry57

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Na, I figured in the drivers tip in that calculation.

Where come from I pay $ 100 bucks for that journey. If the driver is a nice fella and does not try and fuk me over I'll tip him 150 baht no probs at all.

Horses for courses really and called spreading the love around.

Would never expect to get that trip for 180 and if I did I'd give him a nice tip for getting me into Nana for fuk all.

Fair enough, I agree Taxis are dirt cheap in Krung Thep. A 700 baht flat fee remains unacceptable though, that's like getting a big fat tip without the passenger being able to have any say in the matter, no way I would ever agree to a fixed fee, regardless of how much.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Oh God...... here we go again..... calm Tezza calm.....

Don't worry Bobby, I'm just on someones case for being a tight arse that's all.

All in the spirit of debate and a fun time on Teak Door.

I mean look at you Americans, if you don't tip the fuking taxi driver 15 % minimum of the total meter fare he would friggin stab you.

That's just a comparison of what the tight arses expect in Thailand for Fuk all.

$6 for a 30 minute, 30 KLM Taxi ride ???

Bolliks innit.

Originally Posted by sjaak327

A 700 baht flat fee remains unacceptable though.

Of course it is so the fuker should of just walked away negotiated a good fare and jumped in another Taxi.

Not very hard is it.

Originally Posted by terry57

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Not. Wally. Proven. Not claimed to be easy, but certainly 100% possible.

So how many times have you actually achieved the sub 180 fare ?

Once, twice, ten, twenty, thirty ???????

i live at the foot of sukhumvit soi 11 and fare is usually sub 300.

250 thb is not unusual when i fly to samui, as i try to book a flight for around noon, so i leave home around 10:30.

it can run over 300, but more often than not it doesn't.

tolls are another matter.

if i travel international, i always take the 950 baht AOT limo.

after a 40k thb flight, it just seems silly to try and save money on the home stretch