Selling a car without a Bluebook and keys? Need advice.

[PAV123]

I am in the unfortunate situation where my wife unfortunately suffers from gambling, she is not completely out of control, but enough that I no longer trust her when it comes to money for gambling.
Gambling is supposedly as addictive as alcohol, can be cured but will take time. She is on the road to recovery, she has a regular appointment once a week with a reputable psychologist.
 

I recently bought a 2018 Vios in her name, but I have to go home to my home country for about 2 months. For the very last time when I settle permanently in Thailand when I return.
I'm worried that if she's had a relapse with gambling, she's selling the car while I'm gone.
Will she be able to sell the car here in Thailand if I bring the car's Bluebook and the keys to the car to my home country?
Or do you have any other suggestions? I do not get time to transfer the car in my own name when I travel in 3 days.

[Kwasaki]

All you can do is hold on to the blue book while your away and hope your wife keeps up her help visits. 

[jvs]

If the car is in her name she can easily replace the blue book,keys she can also replace.

Maybe you could hide the car some where?Then again if it is in her name she can report it as stolen.

Hard times ahead of you i think.

Many people have lost everything in life because of gambling addiction,while you are gone a lot could happen.

You are worried and rightly so,if she has no money to gamble with she could borrow from the wrong

kind of people also.

I really hope the therapy works.

[Denim]

You could park the car at the airport and take the keys and book with you. Inconvenient for your wife but at least it will be there when you return.

 

I had a friend who's wife also gambled. Complete nightmare for him. She gambled away absolutely everything. He returned from Alaska expecting to find a car , house , fish ponds but instead nothing left and more debt as well plus her in tears. Fortunately he had deep pockets , got her out of debt , abandoned the idea of living in Thailand , and took her to live in Alaska where they lived happily ever after ( as far as I know ) in a small town where there were no gambling opportunities.

[warrima]

Id be more concerned if she went to a loan shark. We had a similar situation years back with an aunt of the mrs. She handed over the house/land deeds to a loan shark as collateral on a loan for gambling.  We essentially had to buy it back. 

[Orinoco]

15 minutes ago, warrima said:

Id be more concerned if she went to a loan shark. We had a similar situation years back with an aunt of the mrs. She handed over the house/land deeds to a loan shark as collateral on a loan for gambling.  We essentially had to buy it back. 

No you did not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And who was to say it was true to start with ?

You may have been scammed by them all.

Good luck

 

 

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by Orinoco

[Kenny202]

As the other guy said she wont go to the trouble of selling it. She'll either go to a loan shark and offer the car as collateral or simply use it and lose it as a gambling stake on a hand of cards. Ex mrs Aunty lost a 600k block of land in an afternoon. She was so bad her Thai husband (teacher) had to put cctv throughout his house. That was after the police caught her and 6 other people in his home and he had to go to the police station and bail her out. Current Mrs aunty gambled away 6 mill plus of other peoples money then luckily for her died of brain cancer just as everyone was waking up. Even took my girls land deeds and borrowed against them, as well as her mother in law and brother in law. She had a very lonely funeral. I know two blokes now, one 70yo and the other close to that back home in Australia returned to work to pay off wife's gambling debts and try and save their home. Would never put my future in any thai womans hands. Easy come easy go

Edited February 15, 2022 by Kenny202

[Orinoco]

16 minutes ago, Kenny202 said:

.Would never put my future in any thai womans hands. Easy come easy go

This is so true. you need to keep both hands on the finances in Thailand if you want to stay here.

You don't need to be nasty but be in control 100% of the time.

For your good and hers plus her kids, that we end up bringing up.

And if people come to you with gambling problems,

sorry get off my land and don't come back.

TIT.

 

 

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by Orinoco

[In Full Agreement]

57 minutes ago, Denim said:

You could park the car at the airport and take the keys and book with you. Inconvenient for your wife but at least it will be there when you return.

 

I had a friend who's wife also gambled. Complete nightmare for him. She gambled away absolutely everything. He returned from Alaska expecting to find a car , house , fish ponds but instead nothing left and more debt as well plus her in tears. Fortunately he had deep pockets , got her out of debt , abandoned the idea of living in Thailand , and took her to live in Alaska where they lived happily ever after ( as far as I know ) in a small town where there were no gambling opportunities.

 

 

I would be cautious about leaving my car at the airport parking for two months.    It might not be there when he returns.

 

As for replacing a Blue Book,  when I mistakenly thought I lost mine years ago,  i was told by those in the know that replacing a Blue Book in Thailand is nearly as hard as solving Beal's conjecture.

 

I wonder how someone recovers a fish pond?

 

Good luck.

 

[1FinickyOne]

yes. I have the same situation w/a Mercedes at Big C - - I have to sell w/o bluebook or keys and quickly too... before the owner returns... 

 

on a serious note, gambling is more exciting than every day life. It is an addiction and tough to kick - - good luck to both of you... 

[Denim]

13 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

I would be cautious about leaving my car at the airport parking for two months.    It might not be there when he returns.

As an alternative , I once went to the UK for a month and rented a cheap condo in Bangkok for that one month. It had a secure underground car park with security cameras and the staff were aware that I would be away for some time. My wife and I used the room for three nights before my departure , the wife an additional night. On my return we again used the room for three nights before checking out and returning home. Worked out cheaper than airport parking plus we saved the cost of 7 nights in a hotel.

 

5000 a month as I remember and near a BTS station and Big C

 

https://www.facebook.com/Baansuayratanatibet/

 

[seedy]

1 hour ago, In Full Agreement said:

As for replacing a Blue Book,  when I mistakenly thought I lost mine years ago,  i was told by those in the know that replacing a Blue Book in Thailand is nearly as hard as solving Beal's conjecture.

#1 - police report

#2 - LTO, sign some papers (affidavit that it is gone if memory serves)

#3 - new book

[In Full Agreement]

2 hours ago, seedy said:

#1 - police report

#2 - LTO, sign some papers (affidavit that it is gone if memory serves)

#3 - new book

 

You left out the insurance company..

[Hoppyone]

6 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

All you can do is hold on to the blue book while your away and hope your wife keeps up her help visits. 

Or let her know you will trade in wife if car is not there on your return lol

[BritManToo]

6 hours ago, PAV123 said:

Will she be able to sell the car here in Thailand if I bring the car's Bluebook and the keys to the car to my home country?
Or do you have any other suggestions? I do not get time to transfer the car in my own name when I travel in 3 days.

1. Yes, she can sell it, she just files a police report (lost book) then gets a new one.

2. I'd suggest if she sells it when you're away, just don't return.

[Kwasaki]

39 minutes ago, Hoppyone said:

Or let her know you will trade in wife if car is not there on your return lol

Well he obviously cares so I didn't want to go there. 

[seedy]

2 hours ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

You left out the insurance company..

DLT does not care about any supplemental insurance.

Only that the tax is paid, and that is the compulsory insurance