Sounds like jealousy to me. I'm sure if you had the cash you would have no such qualms about buying such a car in Thailand.Quote:
Originally Posted by EmperorTud
Sounds like jealousy to me. I'm sure if you had the cash you would have no such qualms about buying such a car in Thailand.Quote:
Originally Posted by EmperorTud
The only Ferrari kit cars worse than the one's built on MR2 chassis are the ones built on old US Fiero chassis... Anyone with any experience with the real deal can pick out a fake with one glance...
Unless it's KW & his former LB girlfriend... :rofl:
I was merely pointing out many expensive imported cars especially supercars are imported illegally as parts to evade the excessive Custom's Tax on luxurious motor cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by pickel
Son of the top Customs guy was caught importing Ferraris a couple of years ago in this fashion and one was crushed, here's the video.
YouTube - Ferrari 456GT crushed by Thailand Customs 09-26-07
I would never own such a car in Thailand even if it were within my means.Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadness
The cost of Ferraris, especially the newer and bigger engine models is around the THB40Million mark so I am not at all ashamed to admit I can't afford one.
I am perfectly happy to drive my girlfriend's Toyota and she is enjoying learning to drive nor is size or power of a car an issue to me as I don't need to compensate for the size of my penis.
Who would want to drive such a low slung vehicle on the roads in Thailand?
I once saw a Ferrari tear out it's exhaust system going over a speed bump in a supermarket carpark, but not in Thailand.
Any big-face chaser with the money, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Whipperwill
I don't trust them. The recession is just kicking in here.
There's a lot of corruption in the insurance industry here on both sides.
Sure you do sweet cheeks.:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by blackgang
Schadenfreude.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtydog
There is one of those MR2 Ferraris parked outside the Magnolias Hotel on Mabprachan Lake, Pattaya.
A fuckin Mr2 with a shite body kit with Ferrari badges everywhere, whatever next ?:tosser1:
He has everyone on ignore....but he sure seems to know when such people post, doesn't he? Of late, seems very obsessed with the ignore button.Quote:
Originally Posted by English Noodles
I guess not Bkkmadness, I guess the Trabent is more the order of the day to some oberversQuote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadnessSomeone who can afford one I guess. Shouldn't Ferrari's be owned in the third world?Quote:
Originally Posted by English Noodles
....pmsl Scamp, now thats humour I like:)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp
agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadness
hey!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Muadib
Tony, the Pattaya Mafia guy who own all those dodgy Disco and more has a nice car dealership on Sukhumvit that sells Ferrari and Lamborgini
I wonder if he paid the taxes on them, I highly doubt it as he is not that kind of guy. He owns like 20 of them, not sure what for. Money Laundering from overseas in a car dealership ? why not, those dodgy disco can't keep up with all his money flowing.
^^ Don't judge others by your standards Willy. I already categorically stated I wouldn't own such a car in Thailand even if it were well within my means.
I could be driving around in a flash BMW or equivalent right now but I simply choose not to.
As I said I don't need to be a big face when I'm driving about. Unlike most Thais and the scummy Westerners that wash up in SEA, I don't need to flaunt money or material possession in order to garner respect. I neither seek respect from Thais nor is it automatically reciprocal in return, regardless of their social status and financial pedigree.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
right :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by EmperorTud
I'm sure he'll turn a profit, as long as he remembers he was driving a Ferrari and not a semi trailer.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaiyenyen
It's obvious from your lack of wit and intelligence in your posts that you would need something else to compensate in your normal every day life.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingwilly
Don't make the mistake of thinking it automatically applies to others.
Anyone with a social conscience would not own a car like that in a Third World country.
There was a farang guy on ThaiVisa who kept bragging about how many new Merc he bought here, I think he was driving 2 or 3 at a time in Bangkok
for me it sounds obscene, coming to a third world country to show off how rich you are and that you can afford to buy a car 2 or 3 times the price you would pay in your country seems to be a complete waste of money,
wouldn't it be put in better use in some charity ? this is highly despicable IMO and another reason why the very rich should be taxed to oblivion, they have no fucking clue of what to do with their money, so they waste it, often at our expense
^ What cars have you got BF?
I see your point but can't agree with it totally. It's just like saying if you live in a third world country you don't have the right to own a car that people in the first world do.Quote:
Anyone with a social conscience would not own a car like that in a Third World country.
Is it obscene that Roman Abramovich has 5 luxury yachts, a couple of private jets and who knows how many cars and lives in the U.K. where there is more than a few people on the breadline? A fair comparison or not do you think?
Personally I don't have much of a problem with it. The haves and the have nots will always be there, gotta get used to it in this world it's not going to change for a while.
Oops, good point :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadness
That said, it's all a question of relativity, and when a certain level of obscenity is reached
yes it is obscene,Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadness
You mean when it's above the level of what you can afford it becomes obscene and immoral to spend so much don't you? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly
Human beings have a social responsibility towards each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadness
It's one of the reasons Thailand is an utter basket case. There is no social conscience, money and visible wealth are the signs of ultimate power and respect.
There is no respect for values that should take priority in society; talent, intelligence, integrity, commitment, hard work.
These are overlooked in a culture that worships (literally) obscene wealth, trickery, connivance, sanuk and laziness.
No, it's nothing like what I am saying.Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadness
Fair enough. You are entitled to your opinion. Perhaps try not to make unfounded allegations and assumptions about other posters in future then.Quote:
Originally Posted by bkkmadness
Another question for you both. When you are buying some girl out of a bar of a third world country, exploiting their poverty with your rich western money, what happens to your social consciousness? Do you switch it off for an hour or two?Quote:
Anyone with a social conscience would not own a car like that in a Third World country.
What's more obscene, driving an expensive car in Thailand or making sure you get the right price for that poverty stricken girl in Cambodia?