Just Weird Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Mattd said: Incorrect, they assemble in Rayong. Even with the discount, the same result could have been achieved by purchasing far less expensive cars, with cheaper running costs etc. So what was the price to the government for a fleet of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 They could have used Honda Civic RS Turbo now that can shift if needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracas Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 5 hours ago, rkidlad said: But why does it have to be a BMW? Why not a basic Toyota with all the technology attached to it. Also, when these cars need maintenance and repairs, it costs a lot more compared to a locally made Toyota, etc. This is a huge waste of tax payers' money. You cannot have 'TM30 Busters' riding around in a Toyota, that would just look silly. What if they needed to engage in a high speed pursuit. Steve McQueen had a Mustang in Bullitt. This should at least be the benchmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: Lots of money spent, lots of hard work and for what? A series of very minor infringements. Given the crime rate across the country, you have to ask if the money and effort wouldn't be better spent policing the local population perhaps? Absolutely, But the problem is that would be the sensible thing to do. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricky Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Gracas said: You cannot have 'TM30 Busters' riding around in a Toyota, that would just look silly. What if they needed to engage in a high speed pursuit. Steve McQueen had a Mustang in Bullitt. This should at least be the benchmark. These BMW's are not M5's. Just your average underperforming overpriced 5 series. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kfchugo Posted January 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2020 More and more expats are "voting with their feet" and going to countries that actually welcome foreigners - Vietnam, Laos, Philippines etc. I feel sorry for the expats with family/ assets here who are stuck with Thailand. Nobody wants to live in a police state where the innocent are still treated like criminals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 The saddest part of all is they don't see how silly they all actually look to anybody who walks upright! Talk about being sent out on a fools errand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Creasy said: Each car is fitted with high tech wizardry - namely a tablet, a notebook and an internet connection. ???????????????? But can it compensate for the low tech IQ ? ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, kfchugo said: More and more expats are "voting with their feet" and going to countries that actually welcome foreigners - Vietnam, Laos, Philippines etc. I feel sorry for the expats with family/ assets here who are stuck with Thailand. Nobody wants to live in a police state where the innocent are still treated like criminals. You can add UK to that list. I can afford to stay here without a problem, but a business opportunity is taking shape that will take me to the UK for at least nine months of the year. I am simply full up with the stupidity, xenophobia and Thais still believing the government bile that this country is the best thing since sliced bread when they are driving the country into the ground with their knee jerk reactions and stupid policies that are never thought through. Never proactive, always reactive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Paul Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said: Seriously though, what a horrible place this is becoming to live. Encouraging people to call up and 'report' foreigners, cars creeping about surveilling foreigners, people that have foreigners living with them being investigated, fingerprints being taken on entry to the country, etc. Thailand has adopted an authoritarian style which is universally despised. It looks as though it's role model is North Korea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, VYCM said: These BMW's are not M5's. Just your average underperforming overpriced 5 series. Last year in UK I took an M6 out on the track - 560 bhp! It was so fast it reversed time enabling me to get back inside the 24 hours to submit my TM 30. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 All this will escallate even more, just the beginning. Thailand will virtually have eyes on ALL foreigners 24/7 so nobody can hide here. It's a great idea. THailand will be one of the safest countries in the world. Now, what to do about the road fatality, that's another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, rkidlad said: But why does it have to be a BMW? Why not a basic Toyota with all the technology attached to it. Also, when these cars need maintenance and repairs, it costs a lot more compared to a locally made Toyota, etc. This is a huge waste of tax payers' money. C,mon,you’re asking him questions that the IQ of the average Thai simply isn’t sufficient to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, mike787 said: All this will escallate even more, just the beginning. Thailand will virtually have eyes on ALL foreigners 24/7 so nobody can hide here. It's a great idea. THailand will be one of the safest countries in the world. Now, what to do about the road fatality, that's another story. And what will they do about the epidemic levels of drug use and violent crime by their own citizens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinChin67 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, rkidlad said: But why does it have to be a BMW? Why not a basic Toyota with all the technology attached to it. Also, when these cars need maintenance and repairs, it costs a lot more compared to a locally made Toyota, etc. This is a huge waste of tax payers' money. Why? 1. The huge face value it gives to these corrupt cops chasing foreigners 2. Brown envelope weight when buying BMW's vs. Toyota Yes, surely a waste of tax payers' money but when did they care? Top three priorities are filling own pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: you have to ask if the money and effort wouldn't be better spent policing the local population perhaps? Well that apparently is what Big Joke did and look where that got him or maybe he questioned whose snout should be allowed into the TROUGH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, Scouse123 said: And what will they do about the epidemic levels of drug use and violent crime by their own citizens? Doesn't matter, if it did they would have acted by now. How old is the drug issue??? Think! The coronavirus is on fire, and the world is taking it seriously. Action speaks louder than words. But drugs and road fatalities in Thailand, who cares, doesn't matter. Overstays and coronavirus will always trump drugs, therefore, action will be aggressive. Don't believe me, just look, read the news! But sure, i agree with you. All of this <deleted> needs to be stopped - NOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujayujay Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 What a BS. So my 600k Baht Car is also smart.....l have a Smartphone. The whole thing seems to be pure justification for this ridiculous expensive Cars to the pleasure of some Immigration Blokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visarunner Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I looked on my calendar and 1st April is still months away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter14 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 A reason why foreigner dont want stay in Thailand.. thailand is headache for everyone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzupnow Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 do i love this smart car, the car is smarter than the driver i am sure but why this had to be a BMW is a riddle to me toyota is smart too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlylekan Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, webfact said: Thaivisa notes that sacked former immigration chief Lt-Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakpan was known to have raised criticism of the BMW car scheme that he viewed as a waste of taxpayer's money I'm in full agreement with him. I think he was a smart guy that would've helped bring down government waste and that is why the government got rid of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, darksidedog said: Lots of money spent, lots of hard work and for what? A series of very minor infringements. Given the crime rate across the country, you have to ask if the money and effort wouldn't be better spent policing the local population perhaps? Yes, the masterminds of the criminal underworld must be really shaking in their shoes at this latest news that the BMW Smart cars are out all over Thailand! ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Quote:- "fitted with high tech wizardry" An Elder Wand??? (Harry Potter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Creasy said: Each car is fitted with high tech wizardry - namely a tablet, a notebook and an internet connection. ???????????????? Be fair... Thailand is challenged with keeping up with the rest of the world, and my dear departed father taught me never to "mock the afflicted" !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Barry Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said: Seriously though, what a horrible place this is becoming to live. Encouraging people to call up and 'report' foreigners, cars creeping about surveilling foreigners, people that have foreigners living with them being investigated, fingerprints being taken on entry to the country, etc. Then there was the 'alien', as the government calls us, simply waiting to pick up his kid outside a school who was escorted home by the immigration police and his passport and permission to be in the country demanded. Nice, hmm? Guilty until proved innocent. We just need to remember that the people in charge are working under orders given by a group that took control by dismissing a freely elected government, and then wrote a new constitution to ensure that even in a 'free and fair' election they could never lose power. But the people of Thailand, the real people and not those who make the rules, hate the situation as much as us aliens. That's what my wife tells me anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkside Gray Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 The nonsence goes on and on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattd Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Just Weird said: So what was the price to the government for a fleet of them? They would have got a fleet discount regardless of who they purchased them from, making the cost still expensive compared to Toyota etc. As for those saying they are manufactured here, no they are not, they are assembled here from imported parts and they do attract a higher tax due to this. I can almost guarantee that each base car cost at least 1m THB more per unit than the equivalent Toyota or Honda, insurance costs are higher, tyres cost lots more due to runflats, they MAY have managed to get them with BSI, so servicing included for the first 3 years, depending of course on the KMs not exceeding the allowance. To cap it all, having previously owned 3 BMW, they are not very reliable, lots of small issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkles Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Creasy said: (No BMW was evident in the picture commemorating the bust - it seemed to be a pick-up, perhaps a smart pick-up, notes Thaivisa) ???????????? Well at least 3 Immigration ,well marked,BMW 's seen in the Chiang Mai immigration parking area recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ttrd Posted January 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2020 7 hours ago, darksidedog said: Lots of money spent, lots of hard work and for what? A series of very minor infringements. Given the crime rate across the country, you have to ask if the money and effort wouldn't be better spent policing the local population perhaps? RE - you have to ask if the money and effort wouldn't be better spent policing the local population perhaps? * Someone did, but is on his way to be ordained as a monk in India .... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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