Thaiger Talk Quiz #236 - First in Thailand

[BigHewer]

 

Quiz #236

In our latest quiz, we have five questions about various random "firsts" in Thailand. Use your intuition, make an informed guess or two, and 5 out of 5 could be heading your way. Enjoy, folks.

And now for the answers...

 

[Vigo]

3/5 and surprised that the vehicles were allowed into Canada. It was a very protectionist country when it came to trade.

 

 

[BigHewer]

On 2/16/2024 at 12:12 PM, Vigo said:

3/5 and surprised that the vehicles were allowed into Canada. It was a very protectionist country when it came to trade.

Surprised me as well. A work colleague of mine freighted a second hand Subaru from Japan to Canada in the early 2000s without the proper paperwork. Was offered storage pending compliance or “disposal”, which entailed brutally cutting the vehicle in two with scrapping shears right there at the port. Disposal was the more economical option.

A cautionary tale for those wishing to make some coin exporting certain gear to Canada

[Marc26]

On 2/15/2024 at 7:12 PM, Vigo said:

3/5 and surprised that the vehicles were allowed into Canada. It was a very protectionist country when it came to trade.

I don't know about back then and maybe NAFTA comes into play 

But you can bring a car into Canada from US, you just have to change the oddometer or something 

 

There are actual companies that will do the transit for you

 

Because lot's of times cars are much cheaper in the US, if the exchange rate is favorable 

 

Which it is definitely not now

[Guest1]

39 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

But you can bring a car into Canada from US, you just have to change the oddometer or something 

Of course you can do that.

Miles to KPH, but that is not even a problem with old cars. There you glue a 30, 50, 100, ..., on 20ish,  30ish, 60ish, ... , pay some taxes and done. On newer once, you just switch to the real thing, metric!

Plus a inspection.

A Canadian Friend of mine did that in the past, with some cars.

But he told me that this is almost not useful with new cars. Just sec., hd,"old" cars.

[Vigo]

12 hours ago, Marc26 said:

I don't know about back then and maybe NAFTA comes into play 

But you can bring a car into Canada from US, you just have to change the oddometer or something 

There are actual companies that will do the transit for you

Because lot's of times cars are much cheaper in the US, if the exchange rate is favorable 

Which it is definitely not now

Did you know that the manufacturer's warranty can often be voided when the vehicle is sold outside its designated national zone? That's the downside of  buying a vehicle off market.  Manufacturers void warranty on export vehicles to thwart vehicles from leaving the original intended market. It is primarily a protective measure by the manufacturer to keep allocation agreements with domestic dealers fair.