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8 pages of comments in a few hours. Somehow I knew this one would get people riled up! ????

On 1/29/2021 at 2:48 PM, teacherclaire said:

May I remind you that it wasn't mine? That's not a car for Thailand, such cars want a German Autobahn without limits. 300 km/h + and the tunnel view must be awesome. 

Owning a sports car in Thailand can be fun once you get out of Bangkok. Some really great drives in the North and also around the general Phuket area. Also some race tracks like Bira and Kaeng Krachan have open track days.

Not sure about other areas but I bought a couple of Benzes at Rama III and Rama IV. Sales experience for both was similar but the after-sales service at Rama IV was far better. In fact that's what made me buy my next car there- I was given the run-around at Rama III and Rama IV addressed the issues so quickly that I decided if my next car was a Benz I'd get it there. Level of English is good there too. Only downside is their service area can get very busy so it's best to make an appointment.

Isn’t there already a tax per person? I remember years ago one had to pay in cash as you left. And then (long after everyone else did it) it was added into ticket prices. 

Just now, mberbae said:

So why aren't they Deported ?

They’re Thai aren’t they? Article mentions returnees.

2 hours ago, OttoPollmann said:

sorry about my stupid question.
The best of these vaccines will have a effectiveness of 95%. On the other hand, the mortality of sars-cov-2 is 2.3%.
Would that mean, even with a vaccination the mortality will not decrease?
Furthermore,  most of those fatality patients had underlaying conditions of any kind of sickness or age. Will be this vaccine effective with this precondition or are these the 5% causality.

Anyways, for sure I will not take any vaccine from a 3th world country. If I get forced, and that will be the case because I work worldwide, the vaccine must come from Germany.

It means that up to 95% of people receiving the vaccine will become immune. The balance 5% don’t develop immunity. 
 

If enough people get vaccinated then 95% effectiveness is more than enough to stop Covid from spreading. 
 

Poor poor girl.
 

Who would go up to a political demonstration in a foreign country and start arguing with them? 
 

Not to mention smearing blood everywhere and holding it up while the poor girl screams and cries. 
 

Family first. Nothing the Russian could say is going to suddenly change the mind of the protesters. 

Good. Now jail that moronic school owner who backed up the teacher and was saying the parents were overreacting. 

This used to be the case in the 90s and from memory the number was something low like 3m. It still exists as some sort of investment visa but it much more, like 10x or more. 

On 10/5/2020 at 9:36 AM, ExpatOilWorker said:

We have similar taste in cars. Did you get the 4 doors C43?

Did you ever consider the GLC 43?

It dropped a million baht is price when they started to assemble it locally in 2018.

I was looking at the GLC43. Ended up with a Macan as it’s not that much more. Engine not as strong but it’s not slow and in most cases it doesn’t make much of a difference. 

2 hours ago, simon43 said:

"New normal lifestyle"?  I'm intrigued also as to what this is.  My lifestyle is absolutely unchanged.  I can only think it refers to international travel, which certainly has been affected.  Otherwise, no changes here....

New normal means wearing masks. Social distancing. Limited international travel. And in the case of outbreaks, possible lockdowns. 
 

If it’s not affecting you now it’s unlikely to affect you in future.

Two years is not far off what I heard from a Cathay exec. He told me they are planning for another 18 months of very limited travel. 

Announcement #152732735 that tourism is right around the corner. 
 

I had a 3-series a while back. Generally enjoyed owning it. Only issue I had was a strange squealing brake noise that the dealer tried to fix several times but it kept coming back. 
 

Eventually switched to Benz. Between the two I prefer Benz- better image in Thailand and in my opinion better interiors and tech. 

To update, boxes of our personal stuff were detained by Thai customs and rejected due to batteries (small button cells in our daughter’s crocs) and alcohol in perfume and cosmetics. Both were deemed hazardous cargo. We had to repack and ship without that stuff. 
 

Strangest thing was those Crocs were actually bought from Amazon and shipped to Thailand. So coming in it was okay but going out it wasn’t. Thai customs in a nutshell! 

23 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

There doesn't seem to be much evidence that the two young men are guilty, certainly not beyond all doubt. This is Thailand.

I thought it was a frame up too. But when you read the facts of the case (as presented in court by both the prosecution and defense, not random blogs and pseudo-media) it paints a totally different picture. The real story was so different than what was portrayed on some infamous websites that you have to wonder what their agenda was. Seems it was more about publicity than objectivity. 
 

Some examples:

- Unlike other Burmese the two fled. One changed his appearance. This was before they were suspected of the murder. 
 

- In the end the defense refused to retest DNA using a third-party lab when given the chance even though this could have conclusively cleared the defendants. The judge mentioned this as a major factor in the decision as there would be no way for the prosecution to get semen samples from the defense without them knowing. 

- The defense first said they left the beach before the murders took place and the smashed phone was not from the victim. When the father of the victim got IMEI info from the provider in the UK proving the phone was the victim’s then the story changed, that they went back to the beach to pick up wet clothes and found the phone. 
 

- UK independent police investigation results were disclosed only to the families as they could not participate in a court case where the death penalty was involved. The police only said the info would have not helped the defendants. 

- The Thai lawyer for the defendants claimed that they had been beaten into a confession and when he saw them they were horribly bruised. But when challenged why the next morning the two were in front of cameras and no bruises were visible he said the police had given them a special healing medicine. If someone can find out what that special medicine is called I’d love to bottle and sell it!

1 hour ago, CorpusChristie said:

From someone who was there 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/myfavoritemurder/comments/8t192m/the_real_story_of_the_2014_koh_tao_murders/

Reads like a fantasy. The guy claims his friend was with the suspects, a perfect alibi. Yet even the international defense didn’t come up with this mystery woman in court.
 

And his alternative story is various people related to a bar murdering them for such offensive things as complaining about being shortchanged or treating a ladyboy badly. Zero evidence at all there and the Burmese didn’t report anyone else walking past.