Has anyone tried shipping their S2000 to the Philippines?? I have already filed an inquiry with customs and they mentioned that taxes would be PHP 800,000 ($19,500) on my 2007 S2000 with 11K miles on it. I am just not sure what else I should be looking at when I ship my car from Boston, MA to Manila.

 

Can you easily get high octane gasoline in the Philippines?

 

Yeah we actually have higher octane ratings that the US. Below are the ratings for different product lines available..

93 Octane: Shell Unleaded and Premium, Caltex Vortex Silver and Petron Unleaded
95 Octane: Shell Velocity, Caltex Vortex Gold, Petron XCS and Total Fuels
97 Octane: Petron Blaze

 

Do they sell S2000s in the phillipines? It may be cheaper to sell the car, import the cash, and buy a car in the phllipines. Price the two options and make the decision.

 

They do not sell the S2000 there. In fact I will be voiding the warranty of the car once i ship it home. And cars in a similar performance category are expensive there. For example the Subaru 08 WRX is going for $42,500 and the STI for $55,000. Other cars such as BMW, Porsche, and Audi sell for twice the amount in the US.

Yeah i tried pricing several options and it is cheaper to ship the car home. I am just not sure how to go about the whole shipping situation.

 

I know I've seen a couple owners post from the Philippines before.

 

damn $19,500 just in taxes.

 

OUCH..

 

Yeah I was thinking bout shipping my S to the PI as well before but after seeing those $$$ just for taxes.. HEYLLLL NO!!! lol.

There are a few S2000 owners in the Philippines tho. Ive seen a yellow AP1 and GPW AP2 in Manila at some sort of a car show.

 

Check out sites like this:

http://www.movingexplorer.com/movers-profi...to-shipping.php

I'm sure they can tell you what paperwork you need.