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Bruce wrote in
: My annual vehicle tax, for my pickup and my wife's Honda, is in the neighborhood of 2,500 Thai baht, or about US$ 78, a year. The mandatory insurance is about TB 2,000 for the two cars. I bet I could live quite comfortably on my $US928 Social Security pension check in the country in Thailand..... -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |
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On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:04:50 +0000, Larry wrote:
Bruce wrote in : My annual vehicle tax, for my pickup and my wife's Honda, is in the neighborhood of 2,500 Thai baht, or about US$ 78, a year. The mandatory insurance is about TB 2,000 for the two cars. I bet I could live quite comfortably on my $US928 Social Security pension check in the country in Thailand..... You could. It is about 30,000 baht. If you rented the usual one room Thai "apartment" it will cost you about 3,000 baht a month. Food, if you eat Thai food then probably 3 - 5$ a day. For a collage grad starting at the bank, or company, this would be higher then usual wages. However... a Honda Jazz (I think that is a "Fit" in the US) costs about $20,000 and as a foreigner you would not be able to get a loan. A Honda "auto transmission" motorcycle is about $1100, but the bus, subway and "sky train" is cheap. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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Bruce wrote in
: A Honda "auto transmission" motorcycle is about $1100 The 250cc Honda Reflex (I have a 2004 I bought used) sold for $US6,600 in America....just for reference. The same EXACT cycle missing its parking brake but adding an FM stereo into the console made in Shenzhen, China in the SAME factory as my Honda sells at a dealer here for $US2,895. It doesn't say Honda on it, of course. The dealer services my Reflex and we compared them apart during a recent tuneup he did for me at 13000 miles..... I suppose the Tata Nano will show up in Thailand at some point. They'll be in America but by the time they get here the dealers will have them loaded up like a Smart ForTwo and priced at $22,800. We're not allowed to buy a SIMPLE diesel Smart car in the USA. http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/ $US2500, nicely loaded in India.... ....it even passes the rigorous European crash tests! -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry |
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On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:38:01 +0000, Larry wrote:
Bruce wrote in : A Honda "auto transmission" motorcycle is about $1100 The 250cc Honda Reflex (I have a 2004 I bought used) sold for $US6,600 in America....just for reference. A 250 cc motorcycle is a "big bike" in Thailand. I was talking about the little 90 - 125cc step through Hondas. They are called "puying hondas" (translation = girl honda). The same EXACT cycle missing its parking brake but adding an FM stereo into the console made in Shenzhen, China in the SAME factory as my Honda sells at a dealer here for $US2,895. It doesn't say Honda on it, of course. The dealer services my Reflex and we compared them apart during a recent tuneup he did for me at 13000 miles..... The Chinese not only make motorcycles, they make cars too. I saw one the other day. Small three door, four seat, things with about a 950 cc injected engine. A dealer had imported some and was marketing them as a sort of trail balloon to see how the demand would be. I suppose the Tata Nano will show up in Thailand at some point. They'll be in America but by the time they get here the dealers will have them loaded up like a Smart ForTwo and priced at $22,800. We're not allowed to buy a SIMPLE diesel Smart car in the USA. I don't know about Tata but the Malaysians are now building a small, Honda Jaz sized car. I don't remember the cost but it is cheap. http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/ $US2500, nicely loaded in India.... ...it even passes the rigorous European crash tests! US$2500 is quite a lot of money in India. If sold in America you'd probably want to put another zero on the number. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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