Hellfire

13 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Have it checked out at a reputable, company,  ask for a complete safety check,  Tyreplus found worn rear hub bearings on a car I had, and that was just on an annual check, the main thing IMO is low mileage, not the year.

Can a car's true mileage be somehow compromised?  Same question about the car's history: can a serious accident be hidden from the car's official history? 

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

Is it the first time in your life that you buy a car?🙏

Yes. But I have a six years driving experience (driving rental cars and also my former gf’s car). 

23 minutes ago, Conno said:

Maybe we are lacking some details from the OP. He did say 'I will be leaving Thailand'.  Will that be for a month, for 5 years, forever?  I got the impression not for a short break. He needs to way up the risk reward of the counterparty risk compared with mismanaging his keys. Personally speaking it is a no brainer, but I get it that not everyone is the same. Crypto for many still isn't seen as super user friendly but self custody is the holy grail for me. 

 

Yes you are correct, you are well and truly stuffed if you forget how to access a cold storage wallet.......so don't. The way I look at that is you can also kill yourself if you drink and drive, so don't. There are ways to safeguard your seed phrases such as a cryptosteel and/or storing the seed in several different secure places etc. Like everything in life there are pros and cons but getting his coins off Bitkub and under his own control is the solution and priority in my view. I'm also not sure if they would still allow you to withdraw your cash and crypto well past a KYC expiry. Knowing how they operate they are a difficult enough company to deal with at the best of times and your account is approved, let alone with expired visas and no longer living here. Same with regards his Thai bank, I hear so many reports that operating them from overseas can also result in access suspension. Why take the risk would be the best safeguards he is looking for. 

What Crypto currency do you keep in your cold storage? Are you a crypto-gambler who is ok with 20-30% monthly swings in value?

7 hours ago, akda said:

 

 

In case my BitKub account gets suspended. Will I be able to withdrawal money in Thai Bank account. Can I still withdrawal my crypto.

 

What happens when your account is suspended.

 

 

If your account gets suspended - it will be up to Bitcub management to decide what to do with your funds. They may confiscate it for some reason or they may decide to send it to your bank account. Nobody can know this for sure.

Best shortcut: become a THAI ladyboy. Become part of the THAI ladyboys's community. After all, they and you have a lot in common: you are people who don't want to be what they were naturally born. It is all about changing into something else. Good luck with your new friends!

They would start producing electrical vehicles at the end of 19 (!!!) century if only they had batteries with proper capacity at the time. This is how "new" and "original" this whole electrical revolution is.

From H.Ford's book (describing the end of 19 century period):

"Practically no one had the remotest notion of the future of the internal combustion engine, while we were just on the edge of the great electrical development. As with every comparatively new idea, electricity was expected to do much more than we even now have any indication that it can do. I did not see the use of experimenting with electricity for my purposes. A road car could not run on a trolley even if trolley wires had been less expensive; no storage battery was in sight of a weight that was practical. An electrical car had of necessity to be limited in radius and to contain a large amount of motive machinery in proportion to the power exerted. That is not to say that I held or now hold electricity cheaply; we have not yet begun to use electricity. But it has its place, and the internal combustion engine has its place".

12 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I think EVs are a fad that will soon pass.

I think the truth is in the middle: not a fad but, also, there is nothing truly revolutionary about it. Does it matter if one gets fast and almost effortlessly from point A to point B using petrol or electricity? The result is the same (it is something that was introduced to a wide public well over 100 years ago).

5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

which brand ??

 

i.e. BMW premium selection.

 

https://promotion-bmw.com/bmw-used-cars/

The prices seem to be 10-20% higher than on one2car website. Is it worth it?

23 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I've fettled the topic title for a bit more clarity.

 

It's worth noting that used cars tend to hold their value here.

So, if you intend keeping it a long time, it may actually pay to buy new.

I plan to buy a used car for around 50 k usd. A new one will cost at least 100 k and that is amount I don’t wish to pay for a car. I would definitely go for a new one if I wanted to buy a less luxurious brand.

 I want to buy a used car in Thailand. But, since I am completely incompetent when it comes to car motors and other parts, I am quite worried about being cheated and ending up buying some junk. What can I do to avoid this scenario? Can I hire somebody to help me with the process of choosing the right vehicle? Any other ways? Thank you!

This is why expensive watches are not a symbol of status anymore. You never know what the REAL price of those is.

Statistical gambling

16 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

 

Just because you don't get a pass for doing wrong when someone else does? It's just whining. Don't break the laws, and never a problem you will have. Very straight forward, and simple, and not hard to abide. Really.

I bet you would write the same non-sense if this Swiss man was beheaded on the central square in Bangkok. If he broke a law - it does not mean he deserves ANY punishment possible (up to a choice of an angry mob, for example). After all - this is why the laws exist in the first place - to get to each fact of “law breaking” an adequate punishment. There is no such a crime as just “breaking a law”.

6 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

Why all the whining? Don't do anything wrong, and you don't have to worry. No one is getting deported for no reason. 

But people can make mistakes. All people, not only “dirty farangs”. And then ones do a “wai” move and they are free to go and others get their whole life turned upside down. If this is what they call “justice” - then I do not want nothing to do with it. 
P?S. And the witch hunting has logically followed this blown out of any proportion scandal.

11 minutes ago, n00dle said:

 

What appalls me is how many foreigners are unable to see the bigger picture and understand how this could possibly impact their land titles, business, and overall stability in the country. Already the witch hunt has begun, and businesses that have operated unhindered for decades are under scrutiny. A daycare (of all things) was raided on koh Phangan as a follow-up on this bull<deleted>. 

Hundreds of nominee companies have received communications asking for information about their company structure.

 

Say what you want about legality, but these folks, generally speaking, were following convention, but now someone has upset the apple cart 

These people cannot see further than their noses.

20 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

"Also arrested were Russian nationals Tatiana Zaichkina and Timur Tuktalov who have been on overstay since February 1.

In Karon, Australian Carl Ken Haddad was arrested for illegal possession of diazepam, a Category 4 narcotic, while Russian Andrei Alexandrov was arrested at Nai Yang Beach after it was discovered he had overstayed by just one day."

 

Organised crime most evidently. 

That “Valium gang” members trying to control the world!

Witch hunting has started. Those who helped to blow out that Swiss guy story out of any proportion should be happy now. 

7 minutes ago, n00dle said:

oh FFS, quit being ridiculous, you cannot deport a citizen. 

Those are the laws written by other humans (and just several decades ago). Not the laws of Physics. So, in fact, any human being can be deported.

11 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

The article was about the 2 swiss guys. Sure, any foreigners behaving above the law deserve to suffer consequences when caught - including, but not limited to jail, deportation and blacklisting (as does anyone caught breaking the laws of civil society).

As does anyone? How often do they deport and blacklist the locals? Even the serial child killers? Then you have foreigners who can be kicked out of the country for one bad move. So we have 2 sets of laws here: one for the Thais and one for the “dirty foreigners”. What is especially appalling to me is how many other foreigners get orgasmic when they see their “fellow” farangs punished this way. Stockholm syndrome?

18 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

The swiss guy who broke the old ladies nose deserves jail time following by deportation and blacklisted. 

Why only him? All foreigners should be punished. We are all responsible for what he has done and deep inside we are all the same (given an opportunity, each of us would kick an old Thai lady and some would even eat her alive). And we all have Covid too.
P.S. what happens when a Thai man kicks a Thai lady? Where do they deport him? Ouh, I forgot, something like this can never happen in reality.

P.S. 2 : be very careful supporting double standards: you never know on which side of these standards you may find yourself one day.

Check those elephants too. They don’t look genuinely Thai to me. Probably, illegal Burmese or Cambodian.

4 hours ago, S Mart said:

Good Riddance guys like this ruin it for the rest of us trying to build a peaceful life here in Thailand.

If the locals will judge you not the way you are but according to some stereotypes prevalent in their society at the moment - I promise and guarantee you will never have a peaceful life here. 

Upon arrival, officers instructed the two foreigners to wait in the room and then deployed an undercover officer to pose as a customer. The undercover officer paid 14,000 baht in cash to each of the foreign women. At this point, the hidden officers revealed themselves and proceeded to arrest the women.

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I have a little bit different information. There was at least 30 minutes interval between money changing hands and the Thai officers revealing themselves.

There is a hidden Thai-Swiss war raging at the moment. Not a day passes without some new victims from both sides.