mickj88

I am looking to come over to los permanently in April/May this year and am considering importing my car.it is a 13 year old Honda CR-V which to be honest is most likely worth in the region of £1000 in the uk so 47,000 baht in los. I have been quoted £1500 to ship it meaning the cost would be around £2500 + taxes  around 117,500 baht . Now obviously there is all the import taxes etc but I noticed that due to the age of the car there would be at least 70% discount of the import tax. Now in order for me to work out the amount of tax I will be charged I need to find out how much the insurance will be ,does any one have any idea of the insurance cost.
Now I have looked at the cost of cars in los and for me to buy one of similar age  would be in the region of 350,000 baht meaning that the saving  would be 233,000 baht less the import taxes, vat and registration fees. to me it looks like a large saving.
my other reason for wanting to import the car is that my wife wants to learn to drive and I would rather her learn in something not too expensive and easy to drive as the Honda is rather than me coming over and spending 800,000 baht on a new car and her damaging it ( I have seen her ride her motorbike and also how she instructs me when drivng here in the uk ).
Any input would be welcome , maybe one of you has looked into importing and knows good reasons why to avoid it .I am not worried about customs wanting tea money as my brother in law is a high ranking prison guard and will come with me in his uniform to sort out the payment at customs.

My wife and I are currently residing in the UK with a house in Issarn, We have been trying for a baby for around 5 years now and no luck. About 2 years ago we went to see the doc and got referred to our local hospital, after tests I was given the all clear but the wife was found to have "blocked tubes". She went under the knife and one was opened.This was 8 months ago, since then she has been on fertilzation enhancing drugs but is only allowed these for a period of time which wil end in 2 months.
The hospital has informed us that after this time our only option will be IVF and we would have to pay because I already have a child from a previous marriage. The costs here in the UK are between £6,500 and £7,200 which I am sure would be a lot less in LOS.
Does anyone have any recent experience in this matter ,if so I would be greatfull for your input  as my wife is planning on coming back to Thailand for goood in March next year with me following once I have sold up here in the UK.