The 2nd hand car market in Thailand isn't great, but I do spend a lot of time looking around at what's out there.
It's a good way to kill time here on the night shift and the more I look the more I change my mind on what will be my next car.
I've always been a bike kinda guy and never had a car license for back home as I've never sat the test. I have owned a few cheap cars back in the day though.
When I settled with my Mrs over here, started our business, got a dog etc and the time came to get a car, I bought a Honda Jazz. That was a smart move. A good wee size for her to learn with, a hatch back with internal space akin to a fucking tardis (Makro runs for the bar/restaurant/bakery) and good for the dog at the time too. 7 years and 85,000kms later this car has billed me for absolutely nothing apart from brake pads, tires and fluids. Anyway, that's her car now.
When my old man passed away last year I helped myself to his pickup. It's an old Chevy Colorado Z71 3.0. The A/C is fucked, stereo fucked... in fact the whole thing has seen better days. This thing has done backflips down the beach road ffs. Mechanically, runs like a dream though. I'll probably keep a hold of it for convenience and run it til the death, as I have no idea how to actually sell it legally.
So anyway, it's coming time for me to get myself my first proper motor. Mine. I've never really had one. Something with guts, something fucking cool. Comfortable. Fun. Probably nearer to the end of the year.
So I ask the question:
If you had a 1,000,000 baht budget (flexible) to buy a car from www.kaidee.com what would you buy?
I can't do 2 seaters, 4 seaters fine. Preferably MT to keep her out of it but not essential. Cool points for RWD.
To get started, I did see this 2009 RX-8 for 589,000bt:
https://rod.kaidee.com/product-362181982
As many will know, this comes with a catch. No mention of the mileage or when the rotary engine was last rebuilt. Probably around 150,000bt every 50,000kms.
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Toyota 86 GT comes in a bit hefty at around 1.3mil
https://rod.kaidee.com/product-361956791
A bit cheaper than the BRZ.
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Subaru Impreza WRX STi for 450k:
https://rod.kaidee.com/product-362141586
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Some Mizu Evos, some tidy mercs, old BMWs with JZ conversions...
I dunno, I've never done this before.