DaRoadrunner

14 hours ago, Kerryd said:

 

It was just a line in one of the articles.
"Meanwhile, the import of used vehicles for uses other than personal, such as diplomatic vehicles, prototype vehicles for research and testing, vehicles to be modified for export, vehicles for museum display, and military vehicles will be under supervision of related agencies and not affected by the ban imposed by the Foreign Trade Department."
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378880

I guess it would depend on the interpretation of "museum display" (and I suspect if they think you are going to ride it everyday then it wouldn't qualify). 

Also, in the thread from 2016 I linked in my previous post is one post by Richard-BKK where he notes:
 

If you want to try to import a "classic" bike, you might want to check with a certified Customs Broker, especially as you need to have all your ducks in a row before you try to ship the bike here.

Keep in mind, if you ship something here and it gets stuck in customs, you'll be charged a daily storage fee and it won't be cheap. DHL screwed up a shipment to me one time and 1 of the 2 boxes ended up stuck in Customs at the airport. I had to use a Broker to get the paperwork done and paid over 10,000 baht to get a box of "personal effects" (used clothes, linen, work boots and so on) that I'd shipped when my last job ended. (The *iss-off was, if I'd carried the exact same stuff with me when I flew in, Customs would have waved me through without any hassles even if they did look inside the boxes. The only reason I shipped them was because the company was paying the costs and I didn't have to deal with extra baggage fees at the airport which, as it turns out, would have been the cheaper and quicker way to do it.)

I was charged 200 baht/day in storage fees for the 4 days my box was held (DHL actually paid the fee as it was their screw up that resulted in the box being held). I don't know if the fee is based on size/quantity or is a "one fee fits all" type (where it could be a suitcase or a car and still gets charged the same amount for storage fees).

 

In my experience couriers are the worst way to get anything in. Post Office often gets through without problem, though this appears to vary depending on your local office (TiT).

If you want to get anything through customs at the port, then you are best to find a Thai broker who knows them (which usually means Somchai has a friend or relative in the customs dept). Brown envelopes are much loved by these people.

As for the OP and his motorcycle. Not worth the hassle.

2 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

But with that we would have the issues of government tracking or mind control which we hear even with this system.  

 

I can see this leading to a chip being implanted in all of us. As if it is not enough that the Govt would know where I am, it's more the problem of Lady Roadrunner being able to track me with an App!

Meanwhile they are talking about inviting Chinese tourists back. Will they get 14 days quarantine?

Make your mind up Thailand, what the F do you want? Can't have it both ways.

Would the TAT care to show us the real Thailand?

1 hour ago, ronaldo0 said:

So how much was her fine?

Here lies the problem, the fines are too low to be effective. Probably 500 B and a wai.

Should anyone need, here is the PAWS Rescue website....

https://rescuepawsthailand.org/

4 hours ago, Helmet Grunter said:

Move to one of these countries, if you are not happy with your pension not increasing. As far as the amount you get, you pay to play. In Germany, they contribute about 20 percent of their pay towards their pension. In the UK, you do not ????????????

Countries the UK has a social security agreement with

The UK has agreements with some other countries to protect the social security rights of workers moving between the 2 countries.

These are sometimes known as ‘bilateral agreements’ or ‘reciprocal agreements’.

If you live in one of the following countries and receive a UK State Pension, you will usually get an increase in your pension every year:

• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Gibraltar
• Guernsey
• the Isle of Man
• Israel
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Kosovo
• Mauritius
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• the Philippines
• Serbia
• Turkey
• USA

Could you post a link to where you got that list from? Thanks.

You do not appear to have solid proof. Which leaves you with the Thai solution. Either a debt collection agency might take it on for a percentage. Or Thai gangsters would be used to persuade him it was in the interests of his health, again for a percentage.

1 hour ago, alien365 said:

So does anyone use the premium fuels? 

I use Benzine 95 exclusively as my car does not run well on Gasohol. Had the expensive experience of Gasohol corroding the fuel system. Does anyone know if Benzine 95 will continue to be available? It is getting hard to find.

15 hours ago, Kerryd said:

It seems that "collectible" vehicles may still be allowed

Where did you see this? Anyone got more info?

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

are you Caucasian?

you will be shot on sight by the Chinese soldiers.

Idaho, Montana.

I had to think long and hard before selling all my survival property and supplies in Montana.

I had that place while I was living in Los Angeles.

but in the end Thailand won out. I still have enough cash to get back to the USA and buy a small cabin. on maybe 10 acres.

assuming there will be enough warning and flights before the war begins. 

actually the pandemic has me thinking about something i swore i would never do and that is go back to the USA and buy a house.  

 

Sounds like you are panicking. Cabin fever, or is the toilet paper about to run out?

If the Monkeys survive we will try it out on Farangs, make it a condition of their visa. If they survive we may use it on Thais.

Feel sorry for the Monkeys.

Silicone Wax Rubbing Compound is a two in one abrasive polish. Use gently with lambskin polishing mop on the end of a power drill. Lightly, do not apply pressure.

Then finish off with ordinary polish alone.

Can be bought in shops that sell automotive paint.

9 minutes ago, 0xslyx0 said:

I assume my moving company is alright.

Tomorrows News:- Former delivery driver, Somchai, last seen on a motorcycle.......

On 4/23/2020 at 10:32 AM, cranki said:

From the iPhone 7 onwards I think they were made water resistant...iPhone 7 could be submerged in up to a meter of water for up to 30 minutes

How long can you submerge a wife under water?

On 5/18/2020 at 3:48 PM, Vigilante said:

They can't wrap their minds around the fact that other races/nationalities exist

You might as well be an alien

Thais have never been colonised. You are dealing with the frog that lives in a well, they have no concept of foreigners or the world outside. As for the inlaws, best to live as far away as possible. You are never going to be accepted as a member of the tribe. I would not want to live like a Thai anyway.

On 5/18/2020 at 4:34 PM, darrendsd said:

So you have pretty much paid for it all your life?

As they are parasites, a woman will always cost you money. Often, slapping the money down on the bar works out far cheaper than marrying one of em and is a lot less hassle.

8 hours ago, Phil McCaverty said:

What tourist would come here if they faced a 14 day quarantine on arrival?

 

One thing I've learned about the pandemic is that things change very quickly. What's true today, might not be true tomorrow. Best not planning anything until the borders do open and you can assess the situation then.

Looks like you copied that straight out of the minutes of a TAT planning committee meeting.

31 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

A classic example of a feel good story being overtaken by speculation and condemnation with only marginal access to the facts of the matter.

And why is it we only have marginal access to the facts?

2 hours ago, Mister Fixit said:

Yet another one who hasn’t the faintest idea what he’s blithering on about.

Love that comment.

On 5/20/2020 at 9:09 PM, Sheryl said:

 

Quinolones typicall ycause tendinopathy. Doesn't sound like what you are describing. Overall muscle rigidity is more often down to inadequate exercise and sometimes also poor mattress.

They cause a long list of other serious side effects and conditions, far more than that listed on the inadequate drug information leaflet. There was a cover up by big Pharma and the FDA. Go Google Fluoroquinolone Toxicity. There are also Facebook groups with a long list of sufferers. Many lives ruined by these evil drugs.

Welcome to the good Buddhist culture.

2 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

Quite peculiar that this culture are raised as kid to show respect to elders or grown-ups through al the 'Wai' that they are forced to do when elders show up.

Then when they become 'grown-ups' themselves, they have so little respect for other grown ups.

Park anywhere, stop anywhere, endanger others on the roads, throw their thrash anywhere, let their dogs bark all night, makes as much noise as possible with motorbikes,  loud music, with no care in the world about how it might affect others.

They have grown-ups here?

11 hours ago, FruitPudding said:

Wonder what the penalty is for driving without a license these days? 

I used to have a Thai licence, but found it cheaper NOT to have one! Just pay the BiB on the spot rather than waste time going to the police station, which will cost more. I will never forget the expression on the Thai policeman’s face when I told him he could keep the licence. Amazing Thailand.

Thai Airways has been bled to death. Most of the people that work there are into corruption, milking the company for everything they can.

Not quite Roadrunner fast, but it proves the virus is airborne, as I always said it was. (Like all posters here, I am always right!)

What gets me is that someone went to the trouble of doing a graph, even displaying different wind speeds. No doubt another sad case of lockdown cabin fever with nothing better to do.

https://www.studyfinds.org/study-social-distancing-guidelines-insufficient-coronavirus-can-travel-18-feet/