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Reader question: Emigrate to Thailand and take my car with me
Dear readers,
My name is Arno, 60 years old and employed by the government. I have been following your blog for several months now. Very interesting and worth it. Because I am considering settling in Thailand in the long term, I have a question.
It concerns my car that I would like to take with me. It is a very nice convertible from 1992. I know that there is a very high import tax on cars in Thailand. Does this also apply to used cars and if so, is a percentage charged on the new or current value, and what would this percentage be in my case?
I am very curious about responses.
Yours faithfully,
Arno
Dear Arno, I completely understand that you want to take a car that you are very attached to.
I assume that as a car enthusiast you have already noticed that there are very few convertibles driving around in Thailand, there is a very good reason for this.
Thailand is not really suitable for driving a convertible, nothing remains of the interior.
Not here in Indonesia either. Much too humid and also unexpected showers in dry season. It's not Mediterranean here. Our forest here is not called rainforest for nothing.
Only if it is a spartan upholstered open "Jeep" type, then it is reasonable to do. But they don't seem very special to me and you can easily buy them locally.
So perhaps only if it is a super nice convertible, with a "foldable hardtop", which is "fixed". So that you can NEVER forget at home and always close when you park, anywhere?
If not, then I think you have to accept that after the wonderfully long 1992-2020 period it will not survive for long…
Too old, can't enter Thailand anymore. Only it could still be repaired and then returned to the country of origin, but this must also be well documented.
An article about your question was published in the Bangkok Post 5 years ago. This is the link:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/604176/how-to-import-a-foreign-car-into-thailand
There are quite a few conditions!
I want to add: Is your design allowed in Thailand; otherwise you run into inspection of the model. Second, is left-hand drive allowed in Thailand?
For insurance in Thailand you can contact AA Insurance; they advertise here and speak Dutch.
Enabling a local agent seems like the least that is necessary. And if things go wrong, your cart may be rusting on a quay for years; you may remember the misery with the electric buses for Bangkok that were wrongly labeled 'Made in Malaysia'…
Success!
Left-hand drive is indeed allowed, at least in Pattaya,
my buddy drove a jeep from the american army from the vietnam era, and was left hand drive.
Get out of your mind quickly. Will cost you many times more
than your car is worth. If necessary, buy an old convertible in Thailand.
There is plenty on offer.
YES
Dear Arno,
Everyone here in Thailand drives with closed dark windows and air conditioning. And there's a good reason for that: it's way too hot to drive a convertible. You burn life and in addition, as GeertP noted, your entire interior is destroyed by dust and sun rays. Do not. Give that nice car to a friend.
What should people like me who ride motorcycles almost every day, we are also on the bike in weather, wind and heat.
But we are not made of chocolate and love the open and free feeling of driving around in an air-conditioned biscuit tin on 4 wheels.
A convertible also gives a kind of open feeling with the wind in your hair.
Jan Beute.
You just have to sit in a convertible with your sweaty back glued to the seat back or on a motorcycle where you almost only have contact with your bibs… Think a motorcycle is the better choice.
By the way, one of the reasons I hardly ride a motorcycle with my wife is that we enjoy a quiet ride in our air-conditioned car… wonderful! Nice music...I think it's much more fun with a normal car..
If you are going to emigrate and have things shipped, you can contact Windmill forwarding in The Hague. They have people working here locally who can undoubtedly give you good and correct answers about the import of your beloved car. Good luck
Tje
If that car comes in, which I doubt, the steering wheel is on the "wrong side" that drives disastrously.
Especially with that dangerous Thai on the road. Do not.
Not to mention the toll gates…
As far as I know, import of second-hand cars is no longer allowed since recently, please inquire first. My car (4 years) was appraised twice the new price.
According to the article below, it would no longer be possible:
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378880
Don't start.
1. Just the transportation. Must be in a container. Costs for an 18 foot container 3500 Euro.
2. Only possible if you have a long-stay visa or you have to have it imported by a Thai who returns to Thailand from Europe. But he must then own it for at least 1 year.
3. Is the type allowed in Thailand? Starts with simple things like lighting. Must have "English" glasses in front.
4. Import tax maybe 1.5 to 2 times the value of the car in the Netherlands.
Advice is not to start.
I imported my mercedes 300 d to thailand in 1992 and I had to pay 200% tax on the price they posted there and when everything was OK after 4 months I went to pick up the car in Bangkok port the car disappeared
Police brought in documents and photos of unloading on the quay, got an answer from the port police, that car has never been here! and I was kindly asked to leave the harbor as soon as possible before I got into trouble, so never start!!!
Too bad for you then, Edmond, but we are now living in 2020.
Car import Thailand
-Passport or identification card of the vehicle's owner.
-Import declaration form, plus 5 copies.
-The vehicles foreign registration certificate.
Bill of Landing
-Delivery order (customs form 100/1)
-Proof of purchase (sales documents)
-Insurance premium invoice (proof of insurance)
-Import permit from the Foreign Trade Department of the ministry of commerce.
-Import permit from the Industrial Standard Institute
-House registration certificate or certificate of residence.
-Foreign Transaction Form 2
-Power of attorney (others may also drive the vehicle)
-Re-export contract, for temporary importation only.
It must be a special vehicle or one must be particularly attached to it to overcome this "hospitable" reception. At the time, I was able to sell my car to an enthusiast with pain in my heart.
It is left-hand traffic in Thailand and as the only country, traffic coming from the left has priority. Then the steering wheel is also on the right side of the car. Then you pay high import duties on the new price of the car if it is admitted, which I doubt.
Do not sell too much rags and mortar old car in NL
And buy a new one in Thailand with that money
It's been a while since I considered the same thing. I I reasoned that one is also allowed to enter Thailand with a car from Malaysia and other countries. In Belgium there is a Consulate department regarding Trade-Import and Export. You can use your own car unregistered in Thailand as long as you have a valid visa. It doesn't need to be imported I was told at the time. If you want to sell it in Thailand, you must first import it. Corruption seems to be the biggest problem because when the container arrives in Thailand, you can receive your car and you could just drive off the customs area, but …… by the way, you can also send the container to a receiving address have it brought! An unrestored car that you bought in England is the most interesting. Take for example an MG-GT, a 'fast top' 6 cylinder with beautiful wire wheels. In Thailand they do build in an air conditioner if it would not be there (this as an example) at the time I had an unrestored Volvo 265 from England