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      03-06-2008, 11:28 AM   #1
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Unofficial thread of Spool Pimping in the motherland.

Waiting for Spool pimping pictures from his vacation. Yo, is the
VTEC kicking over there?
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Just got his PM...he sure hit the ground running

Can't wait for pics.

Lets start a pool:

How many will Spool bag on his trip?

less than 5
5-10
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Waiting for Spool pimping pictures from his vacation. Yo, is the
VTEC kicking over there?
i hope he protects himself from getting the "zit"
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I think he is going to fall in love and just bag one, that usually occurs to first timer. It takes a couple of trips back to the motherland for folks to wise up. Trust me I know.
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haha u guys are hilarious. the locals here are very friendly, it's funny how i sit down to order drinks and food they refer to me as "handsome guy"...based on the selection of guys here i think i fit that description. i'll snap pics as i visit each place but i always forget to bring it. but you know how i roll, i won't dissapoint
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I think he is going to fall in love and just bag one, that usually occurs to first timer. It takes a couple of trip back to the motherland for folks to wise up. I know trust me i know.
Might happen...underneath it all, spool's a true romantic
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haha u guys are hilarious. the locals here are very friendly, it's funny how i sit down to order drinks and food they refer to me as "handsome guy"...based on the selection of guys here i think i fit that description. i'll snap pics as i visit each place but i always forget to bring it. but you know how i roll, i won't dissapoint
Write notes too... ... for when I visit
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spool, I am predicting that you will delay your coming back to the US date and stay for another week. It happened to me all 6 times I went back.
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shit i almost died today crossing this intersection, i took a vid of it....there were like 20,000 motorcycles at this intersection and they don't see to care for traffic signals. it's nuts, we have it too easy in America guys...public bathroom are scarce so im facing death everytime i cross the street to pee or take a shit.
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He's staying the full month, without a doubt.

Spool, make sure to jot down places for me to go when I hit it up in August

Remember to always wrap it before you tap it
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Spool,
u get a scooter and drive around it is amazingly fun. don't let the crazy traffics scare. just go with the flow, its like following a school of fish.

Oh at late night time go drinking at Nguyen Chi Phoung street. thats is one of the baller streets for after club hour hang out. there are a bunch of streets that are even better but i forgot the name, I am sure the girls u are tapping will know all the hot spots.
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looks like the Viet-Connection here.
One of my friend is going back also for a month.
Let's see some pix. i even heard they got a Porsche dealership down there, so things are just happening.

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roll like Benny Lava son
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By the way BMW and BENZ are made in Vietnam also. so if a vietnamese living there can purcahse a BMW made in Vietnam for same price or slightly cheaper as the price here. However if you import a BMW from another country then you have to pay 200% taxes (all foreign cars). So a 335 could end up costing 150K. It may look like a duck does not mean it quacks like a duck.
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By the way BMW and BENZ are made in Vietnam also. so if a vietnamese living there can purcahse a BMW made in Vietnam for same price or slightly cheaper as the price here. However if you import a BMW from another country then you have to pay 200% taxes (all foreign cars). So a 335 could end up costing 150K. It may look like a duck does not mean it quacks like a duck.
You mean CKD (complete knock down kits) right? A lot of south east asian countries do that to circumvent certain import taxes. CKD requires a % of parts used to be locally sourced or manufactured.

Usually an imported would sell CKD (usually more mainstream models like 318i, 320i and maybe 325i) and CBUs (complete built units) like 335i, E93s and E92s etc.

Having said that, I wonder how much AHL xenons (euros) cost over there?
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Yeah traffic back home is nuts esp. at traffic circles. There're like 1000 bikes and scooters going in 1000 different directions. Be careful man...girls throw themselves at guys returning to VN regardless of their age.
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They don't have the moped squares at the light as Taiwan does?
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bring one back for me!
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one of the pix i tookwhen i was back there. This was taken during slow hours. It is like bumber to bumber with scooters during the morning hours and early evening hours.

wish I had a bird eyes view.
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