Transportation in Thailand

As anyone who has already been here knows, public transport consists mainly of
* Tuktuks: have to negotiate - typical cost 50-70 Baht = about 1 Euro to 1 Euro 50
* Songthaews: shared taxi, fixed cost for any trip per adult 15 Baht = about 33 Euro cents
* Metered taxis: typical cost for a short trip is about 50-100 Baht = about 1-2 Euro.

Private transport consists mainly of motorbikes and pickup trucks. Pushbikes are fairly rare. Cars are much less plentiful than pickup trucks, and more often than not driven by women. What you don't see here at all are clapped-out 20 year old cars (like Hungary's Trabants)!

Petrol currently costs 28 Baht (about 60 Euro cents) per litre for 91 Octane and oddly it is cheaper (24 Baht, about 50 Euro cents) for 95 Octane. UPDATE: It turns out the so-called 95 Octane is really a poor quality Ethanol mix; real 95 Octane if available is much more expensive.