Hundreds of supercars 'missing' - Thai customs

[davidsuphan]

They are hidden in the void spaces that were created in the rice warehouse's

[hawthorne]

The whole customs and import tax system needs to be overhauled with a newly hired staff starting with the top brass who are hired from non government sources. Or create a PPP private public partnership to manage the newly organized group.

[thhMan]

Well, I saw one of the 500 missing cars here in Ubon Ratchathani ( Isaan ) the other day.

I remember thinking: hmmm, that actually looks like a Rolls Royce Phantom.

2 seconds later: holy sh*t, it is!

It was white with red license plates.

Have a look what crosses the border into laos in mukdahan will make that RR look like a volvo

Im really curious....

What would that car be to make a RR look like a volvo?

I think I hear the sound of a clueless twit pretending to know something and making bold statements that smell bad

[retell]

Well, I saw one of the 500 missing cars here in Ubon Ratchathani ( Isaan ) the other day.

I remember thinking: hmmm, that actually looks like a Rolls Royce Phantom.

2 seconds later: holy sh*t, it is!

It was white with red license plates.

Have a look what crosses the border into laos in mukdahan will make that RR look like a volvo

Im really curious....

What would that car be to make a RR look like a volvo?

I think I hear the sound of a clueless twit pretending to know something and making bold statements that smell bad

Don't have to start namecalling ,

If RR happen to be your favorite car sorry ive offended you

Just saying

[Artisi]

Well, I saw one of the 500 missing cars here in Ubon Ratchathani ( Isaan ) the other day.

I remember thinking: hmmm, that actually looks like a Rolls Royce Phantom.

2 seconds later: holy sh*t, it is!

It was white with red license plates.

Have a look what crosses the border into laos in mukdahan will make that RR look like a volvo

Im really curious....

What would that car be to make a RR look like a volvo?

I think I hear the sound of a clueless twit pretending to know something and making bold statements that smell bad

Think you need to re-evaluate who the clueless twit is, considering the one you are running down was making a smart arse comment re the peaking order of exotic and expensive cars.

[retell]

Well, I saw one of the 500 missing cars here in Ubon Ratchathani ( Isaan ) the other day.

I remember thinking: hmmm, that actually looks like a Rolls Royce Phantom.

2 seconds later: holy sh*t, it is!

It was white with red license plates.

Have a look what crosses the border into laos in mukdahan will make that RR look like a volvo

Im really curious....

What would that car be to make a RR look like a volvo?

I think I hear the sound of a clueless twit pretending to know something and making bold statements that smell bad

Ehh not a Rolls

[Graham8888]

Why is everyone so surprised? This has been going on since 1990 that I know of - cars ( right hand drive, with leather interior and air con ) arrive and are then appear on the road - used to be a status symbol to fix the thai number plate on top of the uk one !!

[phanangpete]

Anyone going to jail yet, well if there is no deterrent its going to happen, i will like many others raise my glass when they show justice to these criminals.

In Europe where this could'nt happen, it would be a tremendous scandal, but here ,well its Thainess, 500 fifing luxury cars, common global press you gotta get this story out there !

[retell]

Anyone going to jail yet, well if there is no deterrent its going to happen, i will like many others raise my glass when they show justice to these criminals.

In Europe where this could'nt happen, it would be a tremendous scandal, but here ,well its Thainess, 500 fifing luxury cars, common global press you gotta get this story out there !

Yeah let us all share this story to our fb and post to the ol country news sites

[phanangpete]

Well, I saw one of the 500 missing cars here in Ubon Ratchathani ( Isaan ) the other day.

I remember thinking: hmmm, that actually looks like a Rolls Royce Phantom.

2 seconds later: holy sh*t, it is!

It was white with red license plates.

Have a look what crosses the border into laos in mukdahan will make that RR look like a volvo

Im really curious....

What would that car be to make a RR look like a volvo?

I think I hear the sound of a clueless twit pretending to know something and making bold statements that smell bad

Ehh not a Rolls

Yea i saw one in Loas, two years ago in , could'nt believe my eyes the guy pulled up beside us we were having an afternoon beer, he did'nt look Loas, had a stunning looking model girlfriend, it was a RR or a Bentley completely out of place.

Edited September 6, 2014 by phanangpete

[tomyummer]

Super cars on the worse roads, trashy sois and crappy streets. Thailand will never be chosen as an advertising destination for any car brand. That's for sure.

[retell]

Super cars on the worse roads, trashy sois and crappy streets. Thailand will never be chosen as an advertising destination for any car brand. That's for sure.

All thailand needs is a bombaclass international rap artist

[tifino]

@tomyummer:

they could advertise SeatBelts @& AirBags, what with all those crazy Live Crash Test Dummies hooning around everywhere...

Edited September 6, 2014 by tifino

[pistonbroke]

I saw a Lamborghini towing a plow near nam phong last week.

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[retell]

I saw a Lamborghini towing a plow near nam phong last week.

Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app

Thats different than i see a ford tractor beeing pulled out of a deep ditch by a flock of waterbuffalos

How do you call a large group of waterbuffalos ?.

Edited September 6, 2014 by retell

[oldsailor35]

Any of the missing cars Yellow by any chance ?

[Local Drunk]

Any of the missing cars Yellow by any chance ?

An unwise post is yours.

[ALFREDO]

WORTH Every Satang

1 - keeps the traffic jams lighter

2 - adds to resale price

3 - status symbol that people can easily recognize

4 - the rest of us drive 2500 cc or less, so we are easy to pass

5 - Fastest way out of here

6 - still drive like you are on the old honda dream. No matter how rich you are.

7 - police would never pull you over. FEAR of promotions lost

Not enough time to list the benefits today

As for customs, every time I have to deal with them the extortion is blatant.

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7. You are right, I followed once, a sporty JAGUAR, a "JAG" and a sporty AUDI,

in a fast pursuit on a main road from Chayaphum to Nakhon Ratchasima.

"Fast" possibly only for me, as my aging old, heavy Ford Ranger, could not do much more than 155 ? km/h

But I tried my best.

In the middle of now where, I was stopped for speeding at a kind of roadblock, the two European car models, did not even slow down.

Only I was stopped, the last slowest in the group, with the old car!

I let the police officer know my displeasure about that fact, in a "tirade" of Thai English.

The officer, listened a bit and without further questioning, waved me threw.

[belg]

what about paying directly the importax on the cars and then store them the hell they want to ...

what about , in 2014, ending a 307% luxery tax on imported cars so we all don't have to buy & drive the same shitzus

[retell]

what about paying directly the importax on the cars and then store them the hell they want to ...

what about , in 2014, ending a 307% luxery tax on imported cars so we all don't have to buy & drive the same shitzus

Who get the extra money in that , the gov,?

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Super cars on the worse roads, trashy sois and crappy streets. Thailand will never be chosen as an advertising destination for any car brand. That's for sure.

My old 4x4 Toyota Vigo is OK for the local shitty roads, only an idiot buy a low super car in Thailand.

[arunsakda]

I'm all for supercars. Real babe magnets. You can park right outside the club. Last time in Bangkok I saw a convoy of them escorted by a motorcycle cop. Impractical and dangerous though. These vehicles should be banned from public motorways anyways unless equipped with a speed limiting device. If you want to speed trailer it to a race track.

[kevin2852]

The issue isn't quite as serious as we are being told. 500 cars that cannot be accounted for in terms of tax over a 6 or 7 year period is hardly devastating. Sure, the cars have a huge value, but no-one is claiming that they have been stolen. Don't forget that now, a house is worth 4 mill, the total volume of funds missing over an extended period is actually only the cost of 20 houses and this, nationally is trivial.
These cars have all been imported properly and paid for, the only loophole seems to be that Thai duty is not payable until the goods become Thai property = sold. The only real issue is that while the importer has the right to show the vehicles to interested parties and to display them in showrooms, it is his responsibility to pay the duties and typically, this is the agent's scam. The definitional question being " is this actually a Thai property, before a loan from a foreign bank, taken out to pay for it has been repaid ". I think that, at worst, this is a typical Thai rule flexibility and that the New government / Junta will adjust the rules to suit the newly perceived and identified situation. It Jess ain't serius....

[Cake Monster]

It will not be the poor that have the missing cars now, unless they took a cheap Government Loan to buy a Ferrari for using in the paddy fields

[Spoonman]

The issue isn't quite as serious as we are being told. 500 cars that cannot be accounted for in terms of tax over a 6 or 7 year period is hardly devastating. Sure, the cars have a huge value, but no-one is claiming that they have been stolen. Don't forget that now, a house is worth 4 mill, the total volume of funds missing over an extended period is actually only the cost of 20 houses and this, nationally is trivial.

Were do I buy me a supercar for Bt.160,000 ?

[retell]

The issue isn't quite as serious as we are being told. 500 cars that cannot be accounted for in terms of tax over a 6 or 7 year period is hardly devastating. Sure, the cars have a huge value, but no-one is claiming that they have been stolen. Don't forget that now, a house is worth 4 mill, the total volume of funds missing over an extended period is actually only the cost of 20 houses and this, nationally is trivial.

Were do I buy me a supercar for Bt.160,000 ?

Matchbox online

[BSJ]

I saw a Lamborghini towing a plow near nam phong last week.

Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app

Thats different than i see a ford tractor beeing pulled out of a deep ditch by a flock of waterbuffalos

How do you call a large group of waterbuffalos ?.

Try looking it up on the internet. No one will think your stupid doing that. But right now.........

[DrDave]

The issue isn't quite as serious as we are being told. 500 cars that cannot be accounted for in terms of tax over a 6 or 7 year period is hardly devastating. Sure, the cars have a huge value, but no-one is claiming that they have been stolen. Don't forget that now, a house is worth 4 mill, the total volume of funds missing over an extended period is actually only the cost of 20 houses and this, nationally is trivial.

Were do I buy me a supercar for Bt.160,000 ?

Correct! That would be Bt 53,333 + tax!

Value of 20 houses @ Bt 4million each = Bt 80million.

80million / 500 cars = Bt 160,000 per car, of which Bt 106,667 is tax at the 200% rate.

Missing revenue is the 200% tax due on the value of the 500 cars. Assume (conservatively) each car is valued at only Bt 3million, then the tax due is 200% * Bt 3 million/car * 500 cars = Bt 3 billion

Edited September 7, 2014 by DrDave

[MikeOwen]

How's the Red Bull case coming along ......This is way down the list

[balo]

"But the source said luxury cars would continue to disappear from warehouses because some business owners had good relations with officials who take bribes and let the cars out so they can be displayed at showrooms."

That explains it all really. Welcome to LOC. Land of corruption.