Taxing My Electric Scooter in Thailand Was a NIGHTMARE!

In this video I try to renew the Por Ror Bor / compulsory insurance and road tax for my two motorcycles here in Thailand — my Honda ADV and my electric scooter. I need to add that because the e-scooter wasn't registered in Surin and no one else has one, the office we ended up visiting was the 'new model' registration office so they could add it to the system. Next year, it will be the normal process. The Honda ADV should have been simple enough, but the electric scooter turned into a proper Thai paperwork adventure. We went from the licence and tax centre, to another tax place, to Lotus, to a random motorcycle dealer, to a Deco electric scooter dealer, then phone calls to Bangkok, then finally a hidden electric vehicle registration office that nobody seemed to know about. By the end of it, we had visited around seven different places just to renew the yearly tax and compulsory insurance on an electric scooter. This isn’t meant to be an official guide. It’s just my real experience trying to get Por Ror Bor and road tax sorted in Thailand as a foreigner — with Bud doing most of the translating and me getting more confused by the minute. If you are thinking about buying an electric motorcycle or electric scooter in Thailand, this video might be worth watching first. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Another fantastic day on planet earth 00:08 Renewing Por Ror Bor and road tax 00:26 The electric scooter has expired 00:48 Why this feels stressful in Thailand 01:25 Arriving at the first place 02:13 The electric scooter is not in the system 02:38 Off to Lotus… apparently 03:23 Confusing Thai roads and nearly getting it wrong 04:17 A random motorcycle dealer 04:49 Searching for the electric vehicle office 05:19 At the local Deco dealer 05:56 Even the dealer doesn’t know 06:20 Phone call to Bangkok 06:50 Food stop and more paperwork 07:36 Someone finally knows where to go 08:39 Six places later 09:11 Finally done… sort of 10:00 Warning if you buy an EV in Thailand 10:39 British or English? 11:10 What it cost for the scooter and ADV 11:35 Seven places in total 12:02 Why having a Thai partner helps 12:39 Tomorrow, tomorrow, always tomorrow 13:08 Final thoughts Also, if you want to see more content, more updates and unfiltered videos which show my current life, I have a Patreon account -   / vortecks