hi there everybody....
let me start by saying that this is one cool thread!!!! full of info and good discussion + advice

currently i am staying in japan and planing to return home somewhere in july
i want to bring back my car which is a honda s2000.....(the best car i've ever drive )
the car is 10years old this year and i got it for about RM35k 3years ago.

i really need to estimate on how much i need to pay the gov. in order to bring my car into the country.
any idea anyone....

as i read throughout this thread, it seem like it would difficult to deal with import process alone...
so i am looking for a forwarder to help me through the process of importing the car and putting it in the road.
any suggestion or recommendation anyone.....

thanks everybody

This post has been edited by pulaup2000: Apr 17 2009, 10:47 AM

thanks for the reply guys......really appreciate it.

OOOOPP! ,
i check on the net, and the price for S2000 (model april 1999 - sept 2001) is between 3,549,000yen to 3,738,000yen
hope that helps you with your calculation.....and could you let me know the tax estimation, so i can have an idea of how much i need to pay. i hope that the figure would look something like RM1*,*** (impossible?)
cause i am thinking of changing my clutch before i return home.....

ohh yes, would like to know if the 2nd hand price (actual purchase price) is required for the tax calculation.
i actually lost the receipt and ask the shop where i bought my car to issue another one just in case....

thanks BeastX
thank you for the tax estimation....

honestly i so dearly hope that the tax would go below rm20k

my car has a vinyl top (soft top) ....was also thinking of fixing a hardtop onto it,
but just cant wrap the idea of a hardtop s2000.
seen a few on the road here in japan.....but it just doesn't look as slick as the merc slr or the Z4.
not to say that i am comparing the s2k to the high class Z4 though
personally i think the s2k is not originally cut out to be a hardtop 2 seater sports car

so now i guess i need to work on my bargaining skills before going up with the custom guys
or else no new clutch for me

i also realise that i am going to have a problem with the car's stereo. the FM radio frequency
range max up at 90MHz......i guess i would also need to get a new stereo when i am home.

totally agree with BeastX
brand value is high in malaysia......so it is totally worth the trouble.

but i plan to hold on to my car for as long as i can.