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As the vehicle is under finance company name in blue book does it make a difference. Maybe finance company need to do.

I am first I am first. Foreigners can not own land. Blah blah blah.

I have build 2 houses and renovated 3 houses. I had a lot of satisfaction renovating and eould not hesitate to do again. (Apart from age). Building a house is a lot more stressful and i would not do again.

18 hours ago, PAWNEESE said:

One of plus points of living in Thailand (or similar) as opposed to UK is there is no local tax here (that applies to me anyway) .. back home its based on the property you live in ( not own ).

 

In the UK I would be paying the equivalent of 13,500 baht a month just in "council tax".  So Im that amount up monthly. My tenent has to pay it not me. £336.09 a month in pounds. 

I know there is "free" health care etc etc. I had just not thought of that plus point till today when I researched the tax sum now for a new tenent. 

 

Gave me a warm glow .. mmmm how many "free" beers does that money give me.????????????

 

Maths not my strong point but 13,500 divided by 0.90 baht is only 15000 beers a month.

 

Jeez. Gonna have to try and make do I suppose. Or find cheaper beer.

 

 

 

You must be living in utopia if you can get beer for 90 satang

If anyone is interested a BKK company is holding a used car auction in the Rayong big C carpark on 23rd January 2019. Thats all the info i have. Dont know time.

These are long stories but I will give shortened versions.

My manager was transferred from Malaysia and he imported his Jaguar MK 2 3.8 liter 1965 in need of total restoration. His bill from customs was 1,000,000 baht.

A good friend of my wife is a customs officer at Laem Chabang. He drives a 4.3 HSE Range Rover vogue with the UK plates still attached under the Thai plates.

Please note the following is between 10 and 20 year old info.

I used yeepoon turf as described. If the ground is well prepared a good lawn is possible. It takes a LOT of water to maintain. I had an automatic sprinkler system and deep well. Seed is very difficult to obtain. Chatachack weekend market has a seller of bermuda seed 100 grams for 400 baht. There is a Bangkok supplier but they deal in golf course grass so not interested in small amounts. The thai agriculture department has a turf research division. Maybe they can supply seed.

All though retired for 5 years i was offered an oilfield job today. Middle managment in Aberdeen. First contact from my ex firm in 5 years. I am 65 years old

The point I was making was why pay 54 dollars for a home made illegal lisence when you can do it yourself.

This is what you want.

If you decide to go with a proper tool do not use the type above as they work by screwing in to the stub and expanding the stub making it even tighter. OK on thick wall but no good on thin wall. Buy a 4 sided taper extractor. I have removed a broken stub with a flat piece of steel with a slight taper ground on and lightly hammered in then turned

How can anybody fall for this International Driving License scam. I went to their website and if you need rush service for $5 dollars extra they will send your license as a PDF file to print out at home. Why not go to photo editor and just make your own. Sure to fool the police.

If you are hesitant to buy a classic due to high running cost you could always buy a classic with modern running gear like this.

This will turn 18 year olds heads as you cruise up Sukhumvit with the window down and your head sticking out.

Another car from Lynx (Jaguar XJS)

Lynx (Jaguar) XJC converible

23 hours ago, tokyoblond said:

Just down the road from me (Hua Hin), there's a small, cheap-as-chips body shop. Tucked away, outside, in the corner, he has a British racing green Jaguar XJ6 convertible. No idea whose car it is and it's been there for a year now. It was open to the elements but it's now covered in blue tarpaulin (I guess to keep the rain out in the rainy season, as the top is down on the car). Breaks my heart that every day it's just sitting there deteriorating, because, after all, it is a J-a-a-g! One day, when I win the Lotto........

Àny chance of a picture? Please.

10 hours ago, a10ams said:

I have an XJS convertible back in the UK. I also spoke with somebody to do with a Thailand Jaguar club. He said, as far as he knew there were no convertibles in Thailand. Jaguar did not make a softop XJ6.

 

I was curious to find out if this was really a Jaguar and really a convertible. When the rumour came that Thailand was to ban import of used cars my then neighbour imported three transporters of classic cars. Thats another story. One of the cars was a xjs drophead BRG with tan roof. It was a 3.4 litre. If it had been the 5.3 i might of been interested.

I think the golf cart on their farcebook page actually serves duty as the ground maintenance tractor.

Was curious so googled Bangkok property web site.

Soi 23 high floor 5.7 million to buy 23000 baht month to rent.

7 hours ago, tokyoblond said:

Just down the road from me (Hua Hin), there's a small, cheap-as-chips body shop. Tucked away, outside, in the corner, he has a British racing green Jaguar XJ6 convertible. No idea whose car it is and it's been there for a year now. It was open to the elements but it's now covered in blue tarpaulin (I guess to keep the rain out in the rainy season, as the top is down on the car). Breaks my heart that every day it's just sitting there deteriorating, because, after all, it is a J-a-a-g! One day, when I win the Lotto........

Are you sure it is an XJ6 as Jaguar never made a XJ convertible. Only the XJS had a convertible model. A few of the 2 door XJ coupes were converted to soft top by a private company. Lynx I think. So if it is one of those it is very rare.

Thai TV featured the Thai classic car club once. The president has a 1957 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing imported by his father from new. When asked what the biggest problems in the club were he replied. It is nearly impossible for the members to import a car. You have to search the country to find an already imported car. Most of the members cars were what I would call modern day classics.

2 hours ago, elgenon said:

I have fond memories of my exploits while drinking Mekong. Was sad when it was no longer available. Sangsom it is.

From the back recess of the memory. In 2000 all Thai spirits were distilled by a goverment monopoly with mollasses. To improve quality, business was to be sold to the free market. Of course this being Thailand one bidder got the lot. The Thai goverment went to court as they said they owned the trade marked names. For sure there was a big case involving the name Mekong as it was exported. Perhaps that was why Sang Thip disappeared

The nearest equivalent to this idea would be the foreign members fight with Phoenix golf over memberships being revoked. Read the entire thread in the golf section on TV.

By the way what ever happened. The topic just died.

3 hours ago, elgenon said:

Sophon- Can you please PM me with your broker info. Could I get the plan in m 70s?

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