shipping a car from europe to bkk

[dac1]

Yes I m thinking about that and I was wondering if any other farang has done it recently

1.you have to pay expensive thai taxes??

2.is allowed for thai autorithies to drive car whit EU PLATE??

A BRIBE IS NECESSARY? AND IN THAT CASE HOW MUCH TO CHANGE INTO THAI PLATE??

THANKS IN ADVANCE BUDDIES

[giddyup]

Do a search for importing a car into Thailand, many, many posts on the subject. The bottom line is, don't bother, it will cause you a lot of grief and a lot of Baht.

[strikingsunset]

yes, everything I have read comes to..............don't even think about it

[colinneil]

Shipping a car from Europe is a BIG no-no.

Customs will tell you only a Thai can bring in a car duty free if the Thai has legally owned it for 18 months.

If you do it yourself you have to pay v.a.t. at the price of the car as calculated by customs.

 

A friend of mine brought a car from the UK, went to collect it.

Customs wanted a bribe, also v.a.t. which was nearly 300% more than the cars value in the UK.

When they had finished, customs demanded over 200.000 baht for a car worth half of that.In the end my friend gave customs the keys and walked away.

[VocalNeal]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

In the end my friend gave customs the keys and walked away.

Which is the whole point of the exercise.

[Kwasaki]

From many  other threads,  Forget it,  Sell the car,  Buy one here. 

[giddyup]

As you say Europe instead of the UK I assume it will be left hand drive, also another good reason not to have it here. Risky enough pulling out to overtake at anytime, imagine if you have to get the whole car out before you can see if the road is clear?

[KhunBENQ]

Reports about successful legal imports are rare as snow in the Sahara.

(yes there was some snow recently)

Even professional shippers urge on not trying it.

 

And don't expect to save money compared to buying a new car here.

[KhunBENQ]

Off topic posts removed.

Please not another rant about Thai driving style.

Keep on topic.

 

A big bonus would be a report about a successful legal import.

[JAS21]

Many topics on this ...the only time that you are likely to see your car again after it leaves your shores is when you are standing at a bus stop and some customs somchai drives past in it ...

[mogandave]

People import cars legally all the time, it is just not cheap and easy.


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[sebastion]

I'd use one of the many agents in Bangkok. They work out the import permits even before you ship the car with customs, some of these agents ave connections within customs which may turn out better. Save you a lot of heartache. Use a licenced import agent.

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[Kwasaki]

13 minutes ago, sebastion said:

I'd use one of the many agents in Bangkok. They work out the import permits even before you ship the car with customs, some of these agents ave connections within customs which may turn out better. Save you a lot of heartache. Use a licenced import agent.

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But have you used one yourself successfully  ?? 

[mogandave]

I have not, but again many people do.

Importing vehicles is legal. But thinking you're going to buy a nice cheap used car in another country, and import it legally and cost effectively is ridiculous.


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[dac1]

first of all I tought to buy a second hand car but thailand......anyone knows a good place in bangkok or chonburi province??

any place that offers a minimum guarantee??

 

[giddyup]

4 hours ago, dac1 said:

first of all I tought to buy a second hand car but thailand......anyone knows a good place in bangkok or chonburi province??

any place that offers a minimum guarantee??

 

Mikes Cars on Sukhumvit, Pattaya. Have bought 2 cars from him, both got a 3 month warranty, but never had a bit of trouble with either. I imagine most car dealers will give 3 months minimum.

[mogandave]

Buy a popular vehicle that you like. Parts, service and repairs will be inexpensive.

Most used car warranties are useless anyway.


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[scubascuba3]

On 2017-5-6 at 3:42 AM, colinneil said:

Shipping a car from Europe is a BIG no-no.

Customs will tell you only a Thai can bring in a car duty free if the Thai has legally owned it for 18 months.

If you do it yourself you have to pay v.a.t. at the price of the car as calculated by customs.

 

A friend of mine brought a car from the UK, went to collect it.

Customs wanted a bribe, also v.a.t. which was nearly 300% more than the cars value in the UK.

When they had finished, customs demanded over 200.000 baht for a car worth half of that.In the end my friend gave customs the keys and walked away.

So he imported a car worth 100,000, seems a strange thing to do for such a low value car

[mogandave]

If importing used cars were cost effective, car lots would full of imported second hand cars.


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[colinneil]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

So he imported a car worth 100,000, seems a strange thing to do for such a low value car

Yes i agree with you it was a bit strange, but he had driven it for 10 years never had a problem with it, and wanted to keep it.

In the end he lost it because of the very high customs duty they wanted.