The Deerhunter

9 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

His family have private jets. They can go where and whenever they want to.

Boycott Red Bull. Their money pays for all of this.

See Post #10  "Red Bull gives you wings."  Damn! I wish I had thought of that.

7 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Any warrant is not worth the paper it's written on,they need to get an

Interpol Red Notice issued,that's the only way they have any hope of

bringing him back to Thailand to face justice  (just hope it's not VIP justice)

no bail, no suspended sentences.

regards worgeordie

 

Be realistic.  That's several years away ...... again.

10 hours ago, anchadian said:

And so it continues........catch me if you can.

 

Several years later.

Continues?????? No! Just simply start again from scratch.

7 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

The good thing about submarines is that they are supposed to be hidden. Do they really exist?

Good point.  Paint a different number on the first every couple of years and say its a new one. "The others are all on patrol and only come in for service occasionally or just briefly at night."   Multi billions to share around.    Better still, maybe just borrow the same one occasionally and show it as new or in dock.  Memo to Admiralty.  "Check the numbers & painted insignia each time and try to remember to keep a record."

20 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

22.5bill baht = $713m dollars or $357m per submarine.

Quite a deal when you consider a Sea-wolf class submarine cost $2.8 BILLION and a Virginia class $1.8 BILLION

Yeah. If they're that good a deal why aren't the Americans and everyone else buying them? 555. At this stage of the world economy such ideas are Lala land Territory.

The ones with the full lens covering the eyes, nose and mouth and with the attached snorkel seem to offer very good protection but seem a bit excessive for most negotiations with beach vendors. 555?

On 8/21/2020 at 7:49 AM, eppic said:

Whelp, it's something like this:

 

1. Import duties (tax)

2. Excise tax and VAT

3. Lack of scale

 

Auto manufacturers are subject to local content laws in virtually all developing countries.

 

Vehicles can be assembled in a variety of "kits" such as CKD (complete knockdown) or SKD (semi-knockdown).  The amount of local content varies by the type of kit and some other factors, such availability of acceptable quality locally sourced parts.  The more parts sourced outside the country, the lower the local content, the higher the import duties.  Of course, the manufacturers don't want basically all parts to be imported then quickly slapped together with minimal local labor. Then there are excise taxes that vary by type of vehicle and engine size

 

So:

fully imported vehicle (completely built up or "CBU") = VERY VERY expensive, can be 2-3 times US/Europe prices

SKD = VERY expensive due to limited local content

CKD = moderately expensive depending on how man parts can be sourced locally.

 

Cheap labor is not really a big factor in the equation, this is dwarfed by taxes.

 

With local content requirements, local suppliers are typically very inefficient compared to global suppliers, so costs go up.

 

Another reason is because of the capital intensity of the business, plants most have reasonably high volume to produce at a profitable level. 

 

So, US/European/Japanese/Korean cars will almost always be more expensive in developing countries than the OEM home country, although some OEMs are willing to sell at a loss for a period of time to gain market share or far what is often foolishly called "strategic reasons"

 

There you have it

The other thing is that there is high import tax charged on the SKD & CKD kits for the Thai assembler, which is refunded when the completed car is exported.  But not if the car is sold in Thailand. Then there is local tax as well.  So the same car assembled in Thailand costs more in Thailand than when it is exported and sold in Australia, for example

On 8/18/2020 at 4:06 PM, MJKT2014 said:

This has got Mia Noi written all over it.

 

.. and probably will last longer than the Mia Noi.

And will almost be 100% guaranteed to to have less miles on the clock.

On 6/28/2016 at 10:15 PM, White Christmas13 said:

Just eating Nat Chanapa but can't post a pic of that

555 (I think)  P.S. I had Sarah Lee for dessert/afters, last night.

21 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Very true and cynical comment.

I think the only way to guarantee safety is by moving to another country, as others have done in the past.

Yes, but take Hong Kong off the go to list.

15 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

I'm sure glad this kind of thing never happens in Thailand!  ????

Of course not.   It would be illegal here

15 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

 

29 minutes ago, colinneil said:

 

Sadly it is the norm here when someone involved in a road accident their phone gets stolen.

Mine did, plus money from my wallet.

My brother-in-law is still lives in Chon Buri lost his phone, watch and wallet about 6 years ago on Christmas Eve after a Falang firm Christmas break up party.  Both he, and the guy who knocked them off the bike were probably under the affluence of incohol.

30 minutes ago, colinneil said:

 

Sadly it is the norm here when someone involved in a road accident their phone gets stolen.

Mine did, plus money from my wallet.

We should all feel sorry for the guy who caused the latest accident.  It will be too dangerous to pay him now so they can offer him a valid reason for not paying him.  555

7 hours ago, gunderhill said:

There's   the problem, an accident waiting to  happen.

Or two?  A right couple of selfish irresponsible children.

1 hour ago, DoctorG said:

To my mind they are looking to find a couple of low-grade charges that they can convict him on. He can then return and be sentenced to (say) 6 months of home detention, and, poof, everybody is happy and normal operations can continue.

I suspect that there are two groups of those. One group trying to get them off with minimum charges and another group trying to hang him. Guess which group I belong to! Unfortunately my opinion won't count because I'm not one of the groups of experts vying for this particular interesting situation.

12 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

 

170k's is a 105 mph .. as badly damaged as the car was with the bike embedded in the front it's hard not to believe that if he'd been doing the 170k's the bike would've been totally destroyed and the car even more badly damaged .. 

The 76 km figure equates to 47 mph .. even though that was still over the speed limit it's probably more consistent with the damage to the car and bike .. there are or were a number of components within the car that might have provided a guide to the speed at impact one being the airbag ECU that registers the speed at time of the bag activation .. it's got all the hallmarks of him howling the car then seeing the bike looming up in front at a vast rate of knots with not enough time or distance to stop .. 

Yes.  Sounds very reasonable actually.  

On 8/8/2020 at 9:01 PM, Enoon said:

 

"Yossakorn said this was safer than riding on a flat."

 

Or removing the wheel from the motorcycle and just transporting that?

 

Thai "Engineering" student?

 

No.

 

Student of "Thai Engineering"

 

 

Hub of genius Engineering Students.

On 8/8/2020 at 8:06 PM, dunroaming said:

Well at least the driver stopped and didn't try to do a runner as most do.  

And nobody has said he was doing 170 km per hour yet.

12 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Slight miss pronunciation , quickly corrected , quite funny really , no doubt the Anti Trumpers will make a big issue out of it 

Closely followed by "Thailand and Vietnam two countries whose leaders I really like."  I want to know if he could name I either of them, (the leaders.)

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

They really do not understand when enough is enough, PLEASE stop all of the BS and man up, it is clearly obvious to anyone with a modicum of intelligence that this whole thing is a complete and utter charade and a travesty of justice - any more need to be said ...???

I actually agree with you but my cynical side says that there is still lots more money to be made out of this BS and the  payers have very deep pockets. More of the same still to come, I think. Pull up a chair and get another cold one.

12 hours ago, Susco said:

 

Looks like LAN made the wrong decision

Perhaps not so wrong. There is a remote possibility that he could have been paid a considerable amount amount of money to get up to various acts of mischief. The price will have gone up now, if it means that he might have to put his heels up in a prison for a few weeks.  And even worse, he might need compensation for the possible loss of his planned run for a public office career. What a pity. How sad that the Thai electorate missed out on the opportunity of having this Sterling character as a public office holder. But I'm sure it will all work out for him one way or another. Money or another accident.

9 hours ago, thequietman said:

Believe it or not, but you can be arrested for that here. The Thai flag must always fly above the flag of your country in Thailand. True!

Sensibly, the top flag would always be the flag of the country you are in. Surely that is what most people would do.

45 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

There is a problem here with the way that the word Thai is used.

This is not the Thai way. Most Thais are opposed to this but they have no choice.

This is the military way to help them to retain power.

I do not believe that anyone 'hates Thailand'. However, they are concerned about the enforced control that they are under.

 

Hate Thailand?  I still love Thailand and have a Thai flag at my gate (underneath my own national flag)  However my current gate is no longer the one still owned by my family in Thailand, whom we still help support in several ways.  I have chosen to leave LOS for a variety of reasons and currently I feel very sorry for my second home in LOS.   It has just lost its way (again) at the moment.

B.T.W., I also still love my late natural father too, but I do recognise some of things he did, that I don't agree with!  I am sure most Thai people would understand and empathize my situation.   As should the General!!!!!!!

54 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Of course it was faulty, if you check Ferrari service bookings, you would find it was due in the following day to rectify the fault in the onboard comp. system. 

Where is the car?  Crushed and gone???????  Go on, surprise me!!!  (I hope I'm not being too cynical here, am I?)