My 1St Post...:)

[amad]

Helo every1.M totally new to this forum.And all the other guys here are very well eductaed about vehicles as it seems.So frnds plz help me regarding this.How can a buy a used vehicle from an online store and import it 2 srilanaka by myself.Can u guys tel me the exact procedure plz.Would ba greta great help.For example says the vehicle is USD 2000 , n i kw the taxes would b around USD3000.Wat r the other procedures.cutom charges etc.How can i clear it from the harbour.PLZ help m frinds,THnks in advance..

[amad]

can some 1 plz help me.

[heavyD]

Do a search dude. There are quite a few threads regarding these issues.

[amad]

I did man.found som theards.but cudnt clarify the stuff.Dats y thought of putting up a thread.Can u tel m da procedure.

[VVTi]

Ah its easy... you just select the car you like, make sure its less than 3 years from the date of manufacture... pay with your credit card, give your shipping address, confirm, take print out of the receipt, on the day of arrival of the ship, go to Port, clear it , on your way home go to RMV, register it, get an insurance, and come home... simple!

Thats how I buy cars online all the time.

[amad]

Ah its easy... you just select the car you like, make sure its less than 3 years from the date of manufacture... pay with your credit card, give your shipping address, confirm, take print out of the receipt, on the day of arrival of the ship, go to Port, clear it , on your way home go to RMV, register it, get an insurance, and come home... simple!

Thats how I buy cars online all the time.

k bro great help.And where should i pay the taxes.Is it wen i clear it from harbour?And how much the whole taxes will be for exampl if v tak a USD3000 vehicle?Its a 1500cc vehicle.what will be the whole taxes roughly be?

[madmax]

Helo every1.M totally new to this forum.And all the other guys here are very well eductaed about vehicles as it seems.So frnds plz help me regarding this.How can a buy a used vehicle from an online store and import it 2 srilanaka by myself.Can u guys tel me the exact procedure plz.Would ba greta great help.For example says the vehicle is USD 2000 , n i kw the taxes would b around USD3000.Wat r the other procedures.cutom charges etc.How can i clear it from the harbour.PLZ help m frinds,THnks in advance..

It's not as simple as 1-2-3, if it was everyone would be doing it. Get hold of someone inside of Customs, then get all the government circulars you need. Deal with a company that is used to exporting cars to SL, they will be able to guide you for sure.

[amad]

It's not as simple as 1-2-3, if it was everyone would be doing it. Get hold of someone inside of Customs, then get all the government circulars you need. Deal with a company that is used to exporting cars to SL, they will be able to guide you for sure.

i kw dude.i want 2 know the the legal way.for exmple 3000USD,1500cc vehicle.Hw mch roughly the whole cost will be includying all taxes n shipping

[nissan_fan]

i kw dude.i want 2 know the the legal way.for exmple 3000USD,1500cc vehicle.Hw mch roughly the whole cost will be includying all taxes n shipping

Read this thread dude, it may contain some info you need.

[amad]

Read this thread dude, it may contain some info you need.

oh that thread makes it more complexed.i realy didnt get it bro.M payng through a credit card,so i wabba kw abt the other taxex n all.plz help

[madmax]

oh that thread makes it more complexed.i realy didnt get it bro.M payng through a credit card,so i wabba kw abt the other taxex n all.plz help

That's why I told you it's complicated.

[VVTi]

k bro great help.And where should i pay the taxes.Is it wen i clear it from harbour?And how much the whole taxes will be for exampl if v tak a USD3000 vehicle?Its a 1500cc vehicle.what will be the whole taxes roughly be?

Whatever you do, you cannot import a car older than 3 years from the date of manufacture. Doubt that for 3000 USD you will get anything decent.

[amad]

Whatever you do, you cannot import a car older than 3 years from the date of manufacture. Doubt that for 3000 USD you will get anything decent.

can u plz tel me the taxes roughly plz

[amad]

That's why I told you it's complicated.

ye i got it.So if a buy it den get it shipped to harbour. i have to pay the taxe der and hav 2 register n tak home?

[nissan_fan]

oh that thread makes it more complexed.i realy didnt get it bro.M payng through a credit card,so i wabba kw abt the other taxex n all.plz help

1. You can't pay through credit card. It's government regulation that you remit foreign exchange through the letter of credit. Unless you import through a special permit you have to follow that regulation and submit at least part of CIF value through LC. Unless you follow these regulation customs won't clear your vehicle.

2. Self importing a vehicle is indeed a complicated procedure, which involves lot of time wasting and stress. However there are lot of info in the thread I mentioned. What I get from your reply is that you didn't even bother to read that thread and you want some other to read that for you.

3. FYI, VVTi in the post #5 made a little joke.

Edited October 11, 2010 by nissan_fan

[jehan80]

oh that thread makes it more complexed.i realy didnt get it bro.M payng through a credit card,so i wabba kw abt the other taxex n all.plz help

Just how much is your credit card limit?

[BLu3HaZe]

Nice one VVTi

What don't you get in that thread amad? And as VVTi said, I don't think it's possible to get any worthwhile car which is less than 3.5 years and RHD for $3000. And your tax won't be based on that value anyway.

Ex: I was offered a Honda Accord Euro 2007 CL7 model with 2L engine for $4700, while normally they're around $10k, cuz the guy didn't want it and moved to a LHD country. Even though it's a real bargain, tax will be very high, cuz they don't tax value we bought at. So afaik, the new tax with the 10% reduction which happened last should be 135% of CIF value (I have older tables after 50% reduction). CIF means the Price of the vehicle (Cost) + Insurance charge (I) + Shipping charge (Freight). If we gave cost, it'd have been very nice, but we don't. In this case, I called St*ff*rd M*t*rs and asked, was told CIF is roughly 2 million Rs. That gives tax of ~2.7M Rs (3M if 10% doesn't apply). So total when clearing would cost around: $4700 real cost + $1000 (not Japan) for I/F = 6.5 lakhs for bringing here + taxes 27-30 lakhs = 33.5-36.5 lakhs. That's just a very rough estimate to give you the idea, more expenses will be there here and there.

This may be hard to understand, but so are the customs website and many threads on it too, due to non centralized nature of info. But nevertheless, there IS a lot of info there, you can't deny that.

[amad]

oki everyone i put on thos thread beacuse i just wanntd 2 know the basics,Anyway its a much more complicated process than i thought,and a very big thank goes to evry one who replied,and if any new info,plz bother 2 update here,TY

[jdnet]

Ah its easy... you just select the car you like, make sure its less than 3 years from the date of manufacture... pay with your credit card, give your shipping address, confirm, take print out of the receipt, on the day of arrival of the ship, go to Port, clear it , on your way home go to RMV, register it, get an insurance, and come home... simple!

Thats how I buy cars online all the time.

Is this how you order your mail order brides? j/k.

[jami]

Whatever you do, you cannot import a car older than 3 years from the date of manufacture. Doubt that for 3000 USD you will get anything decent.

why not if you got a gift permit you can import a car older than 3 years

[VVTi]

Is this how you order your mail order brides? j/k.

Why on earth would one need to import a woman, unless that person is an ace loser can cannot get some choice punani in Sri Lanka itself? Have you considered getting one?

[VVTi]

why not if you got a gift permit you can import a car older than 3 years

That's a different story altogether.

[BLu3HaZe]

There are too many limitations with the gift permit, and can't even import anything more than 1.6L or so as I know. And got to find a relation who had worked abroad for some amount of time and prove this much money was sent and so on... If desperate for an old and got resources, yeah, upto 5 years normally. Or maybe 10 if you're lucky?

[jami]

Why on earth would one need to import a woman, unless that person is an ace loser can cannot get some choice punani in Sri Lanka itself? Have you considered getting one?

wooo thats was too closed

[jdnet]

Why on earth would one need to import a woman, unless that person is an ace loser can cannot get some choice punani in Sri Lanka itself? Have you considered getting one?

I dont like talking about my personal life. . FYI she was a top of the line model and came with the best headlights. Maintanence is too costly though. Not to meantion the bad DPH (dollar per hour) ratings. I think I'm going to sell this one and buy a chinese one. Heard they retain their market value for a long time and maintaining them is pretty low cost.