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12 hours ago, JAS21 said:

Just bear in mind that there would have been quite some discount on that car and also the five year warranty and service thrown in… I don’t know what the five year insurance plan is.

 

You are loosing one years warranty and the same on the hybrid battery.

 

You should be able to get a really good deal on a new one. You might even get 0% finance if you need it.

 

Have you asked your dealer if they have a demo?

 

Don’t forget the last couple of days of the month is a good time to discuss the price.

 

I wonder what ‘extras’ will come with the face lift.

 

You already are aware that air suspension is a pain… Merc are going away from it and you say Volvo are as well

 

If money is not a problem go new and I wait for the facelift. Read the foreign motor mags and see what you can find out about the facelift

 

I just looked the facelift is already out..Google xc60 facelift.

 

Thanks a lot, this is very useful.

It's a 1st class insurance, so it will cover pretty much anything.

Was concerned about loosing on the battery, but as it has only driven 6,500km, I believe this would be minor. My current car just his 90,000km, and we have almost unnoticeable loss on the hybrid battery.

Financing is not really needed.

I asked for a demo, and they have them. They are about the same milage as the used we saw, but in-between the price of the new and the second hand. From my understanding, the benefit of a demo, is that you get the red plate, and you are the first owner, which will benefit the resell value. But if we plan to drive it 5 years, I am not sure the benefit of that is enough.

Yeah, air suspension could be a pain. From what I have read, XC60 should be a little more durable than our current c350e, as it's an SUV, so it's built for more bumpy roads, where the c350e is built for the German highway. 
Air suspension is very nice for the ride quality, but expensive to repair. I think we have paid close to 250,000 THB in repairs for the c350e in the past 5 years.

Just google the facelift (thanks for the hint). It looks like minor bodywork, I actually prefer the old one, but the main upgrade is the infotainment system, where the 2022 will be running on a Google platform.

This was really useful, thanks a lot!

2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Perhaps the car was bought under finance and some payments are still owed? 

Will check on this, thanks for the advice!

35 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Everything and everyone selling it.

Yeah, which is why I want to know what to check.

If an external mechanic, Volvo Thailand and the insurance company green lights it, what else to check?

6 minutes ago, beachproperty said:

My only thought is ....Has it been in accident? This is Thailand so maybe it has.

That was my thought as well, but nothing reported to the insurance. Is there anywhere to check if it has been involved in an accident?

Logically it would have been reported to insurance, but again, it's not always logic will triumph ???? 

Another thing could be flood, so we are getting a mechanic to check on that.

Sorry if this has been covered, but can't find it on searches.

I am in the process of selling my current car, and buying a new one. Was planning to get the new Volvo XC60 T8 Inscription, and was planning to change next month (June).
But I then came across a pre-owned 2020 XC60 T8 Inscription, which has driven 6,500km, in the exact same trim and color as I was planning. It is sold through a large used car dealer, specializing in Mercedes and BMW. I saw it as my current car is a MB c350e, and I went to the dealer to get an appraisal for my current car.

The Volvo is 25% below new price, and the past owner bought a 5 year warranty, 5 year service, and 5 year 1st class insurance plan, which has 4 years left.
It must have been some very expensive 6,500km for the original owner...

It sounds like a no brainer, but I also know when something is too good to be sure, it often is.

Is there something to be aware of when buying used cars in Thailand? I have only owned new cars before this, so I have no experience buying a used one.

Volvo confirm it is still under warranty and service.
The insurance company has also confirmed it is still under 1st class insurance.

I know the 2020 model has air suspension, which can be a headache (I have had one replacement on my current car), but apart from that, it's pretty much identical to the 2021 model.
A facelift XC60 is out soon, so this might explain the drop in price.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

1 hour ago, Madeline Thompson said:

It really doesn't make sense to allow restaurants to be open, but ban any

alcohol.  I've talked to a number of restaurant owners and they've all

said the same thing, it essentially reduces them to mostly takeaway orders. 

People by and large don't get wildly drunk in dining establishments of any kind,

hotels or individual restaurants.

It's a way for the government to avoid compensating anyone. If they ban alcohol sales all together, bars can send their staff home (restaurants can send front of house staff home) and the government has to compensate. If they close restaurants all together, then they have to compensate all.
So it's basically a loop-hole for the government to place the financial burden on anyone but them ????

I know a few guys who buy on eBay. There are some good shops in Germany, where they buy totaled cars, cut them up in Eastern Europe, and sell the parts.

one problem might be to get a mechanic change them.

I just had our Airmatic system replaced, found all the parts on eBay, but no one here would change it if the parts were not new, so ended up getting it done at Mercedes Thailand.

At small quantities (LCL), you will probably be best off contacting a freight forwarder, and let them take care of the paperwork. From northern Europe, I can highly recommend DSV, and from southern Europe, I would contact Savino del Bene.

None of them are the cheapest, but they have high service levels, and can take care of everything for you (door to door).

-You will need to make a packing list, the more detailed the better (for your own sake as well!). Anything in the shipment, which is not on a packing list, can easily disappear in customs, and there is not really anything you can do about it.

-You can easily pack it on pallets, but you have to declare volume and weight. You also need to consider if the pallet is stackable. If not, they will bill you the full height anyway.

-Be sure to pack it probably, as it may have to survive unloading and repacking in Singapore.

In terms of customs/import duties, if you are actually moving here, and have your visa in order, they will normally allow you to import one set of household goods, for personal use, without duties. When I moved here (2008), the limit was one 20' container, which is a lot of house hold goods!

The list has to make sense, so bringing in eg. 10 ovens, would probably not be considered 'personal use'.

Please note that anything subject to excise tax, will still have to be declared and taxed eg. cars, alcohol, etc. I would highly recommend NOT having any of these items in the shipment, as you would then have to work with the excise department, which would make the import procedure much more expensive, and could easily delay it by weeks.

IF, the customs end up asking you to pay duty on the shipment, most things will be subject to 10%-30% duty on the value you declared at the packing list. It is then tempting to declare very low values, but please remember, that these values are also what you can insure in case anything goes missing.

In terms of costs, 2-3 pallets would probably equal 5-6 cubic meters. You should be able to get this for around 1,000 EUR - 2,000 EUR, depending on where you live, and how much in-land logistics is involved. You will also have to pay local charges when the ship arrives. Local charges would probably be around 10,000 THB - 15,000 THB, which includes unloading charges, customs clearance, fees to your agent, etc. You still have to clear customs, even if the shipment is not subject to duties.

Please note that some shipping companies will include local charges in the total quotation, while others will add it once the ship arrives. This makes it a bit hard to directly compare prices from different shipping agents. But try to ask a few, and ask for an All-In quotation.

Hopefully someone knows this.

I am a Danish national who have been living here for some years. I recently received a letter from the Danish tax authorities, where they request a signature from the Thai tax authority, to prove that I have paid income tax in Thailand.

I have my tax tax slips from the last few years, but I am not sure where to go to get this signature/stamp so I can verify this towards the Danish tax authorities.

I gave the Danish tax authorities a call, and they said someone who can verify my address and tax liability. Anyone knows where and who that might be?

Great news. I've requested my price list already. Should work really well alongside Beervana's list, the odd bottle of London Pride I find in Makro, Cooper's Ale and Beer Laos. I'm nearly getting to a point where I can feel settled....not really, not until TRUE cask ales hit these shores!

You can get real ales in Thailand

Unpasturized, unfiltered, natural ingredients, refermented on the container, no added CO2... You just have to look for it.

I'm offended by the Swastika and constantly being referred to as a 'farang' even though I live, work and pay taxes here in Thailand. It offends me, but I'm always welcome to leave Thailand. I choose to grin and bear it. I advise the Thai netizens to do the same.

Why is the word falang offending you? It's basically the Thai equivalent to caucasian!

Doesn't it originally mean French? (Farang-set = France)...

And even if it means caucasian, I find it a little offensive/discriminating to group people according to their race, same with black people, etc...

Depends on the brand you buy. I've found Zilk is about the best, the other brands you have to fold 10 times otherwise you get finger penetration.

I can highly recommend Scott 'Extra Care'! The only 3-ply toilet paper I have been able to find in Thailand.

I'm currently renovating a house and was going to install a bum gun, until I thought about the temperature of cold water in Scotland in winter.

Oh well, back to the barbaric bogroll.

I installed a bum gun i Denmark... worst mistake ever! as the tap water is rarely more than 5C where i lived. But I love the bum gun in Thailand!

I studied for four years, and never did a 90 day report. renewed the visa annually, never any issues or problems... I'm now on a different visa.

On tap or bottle, I would go for Mikkeller. They make some of the best and most interesting beers in the world.

Found BrewDog the other day... also pretty good stuff!

Where in BKK???

Mikkeller is coming in Feb/Mar, along with a little Three Floyds

BrewDog is currently available at BREW (Thong Lor), Beerology (CDC) and Beeropsophy (Mega Bang Na).

On tap or bottle, I would go for Mikkeller. They make some of the best and most interesting beers in the world.

Found BrewDog the other day... also pretty good stuff!

You can also go for BrewDog from Scotland... Pretty good stuff.

And Mikkeller (Denmark) and Three Floyds (USA) have announced their arrival in 2013

A lot of good stuff is coming...

We have recently set up a small Limited Partnership, but as more investors have shown interest in our business, we now want to convert it into a Private Thai Limited Company.

What is the process of doing this and is it difficult? We want to maintain the company name one objective.

Of course they can make good cheese in Thailand, but they face the same problem as they do with sausages, wine and many other western food products. Temperature control! So their products will most likely cost much more to produce then when produced in colder countries. and when you have a government trying to protect the local industries by taxing imports... Well... Then everything just becomes expensive

I work for a beer company and we sell to most of the big supermarkets in Thailand. When we ask why they are out of stock of our products we get the following answer: "we have a state of the art inventory system and we CANNOT run out of anything!".

Then we can ask to guys sitting upstairs to go down and check their own shelves, but they don't seem to bother because they are so sure that they are not out...

So my answer would be a mix of poor software and bad personnel.

We bought a smaller model from ispa and have been very happy with it so far. We paid around 60,000 THB for it at boontavorn and they had working show models of most of their models.

Regarding the heater, we are using a 6KW instant heater from Siemens and after 8 meter of insulated copper pipes, the water can still get so hot that we can hardly get in.

Seen Space at Thong Lor 13 is a nice 'hang-out' place. For clubbing, check out DEMO (next to Funky Villa at Thong Lor Soi 10). For late night clubbing, check out Safe House next to DEMO.

Real unemployment in the US is close to 20% and it is 0% in Thailand.

You have me curious, If unemployment in Thailand is 0%, would those dozen or so beggars I pass every day on my 100 meter walk to lunch be categorized as service workers, manufacturing workers or agricultural workers? And those hundreds of nice ladies I pass on Soi Cowboy, I guess they would be categorized as "service workers?"

And those sturdy looking local guys I always see in the pictures taken during those jet ski scams, they'd be categorized as employed in the tourist industry?

If you're going to make an argument, start with a reasonable statement. Thailand doesn't have 0% unemployment.

Oh, and everyone who is willing to work for the dollar equivalent of 300 baht or less a day in the USA probably has a job, too. Heck, I can cut 6 lawns a day and if I offered to cut lawns for $2 each x 6 a day, I'd have all the work I could handle, and make over 300 baht.

The unemployment rate in Thailand is actually very near 0%.

Remember that to be unemployed you need to:

1. Be without a job.

2. Be able to work.

3. Be actively looking for work.

The labor-force participation rate for Thailand is, however, quite low (64% for females and 80% for males, if I remember correct).

Thank god for usenet!