Two questions here.

What paperwork, permissions, insurance, etc., is needed to drive a Thai owned/registered car into Malaysia.

Similarly, what would a Malaysian owned/registered car and driver need to get before entering Thailand.

This is for short, vacation drives, not importing the cars or anything like that.

Thanks,

NL

There is a thread - which I can't find that has the info.

I went to Malaysia a couple of months back.

I took my blue book

A purple book - not needed

basically all my car and insurance docs.....

and a set of number plates in Western script supplied by DoT Thailand.

We chose a "quiet" crossing through a national park; on arriving at the Thai border no-one seemed remotely interested in anything but our passports.

On the Malaysian side they filled in a quick dock and told me to get insurance - the insurance office was closed so I drove up the road to the next crossing where the necessary offices were still open.

I was told my number plates were no good and they made up some sticky ones to which they put on the vehicle and filled out the necessary docks... i then took them to the immigration/customs office and they stamped the lot....and that was it......going back was even simpler........stopping a getting out of the car is not the norm as most people there just seem to whizz back and forth......

One note - diesel is 20 baht a litre in Malaysia but they limit the amount you can buy near the border, so make sure you fill up before you leave. (there is a garage that will fill you up completely but they charge about 25 baht per litre).

PS - my car, Thai registered.

Thanks for that info. I guess my buddy in KL will need to contact his local AA (or equivalent) to see what he needs to do to drive his nice new Malaysian registered Beemer into Thailand.

To drive your Malyasian registered car into Thailand. You need the cars certificate (pink sheet JPJ) if not registered to driver then a letter from owner allowing you to take the car out of Malaysia. Just before Sadao border you can get a months Thai insurance from the Caltex petrol station for 25RM. Just before Thai border park your car(near or in Duty Free is fine. Walk to immigration and get your passport stamped then Just to the right of that is 2 customs booths next to each other. Take your cars log book, Thai insurance and passport and give to the booth on the right, they will give you a slip of paper allowing the car to stay for one month, take that to the next booth on the left and the official will stamp it and ask you to sign it also.

Walk back to the car, get in and drive through the cutoms lane, never been stopped or asked for anything. A couple of Kilometres up the road you hit another customs drive through, again been stopped or asked for anything, just drive through.

It;s very straight forward.

When you are leaving Thailand after the month expires or before make sure you remember to pass the temporary export certificate back to the customs booth, this is the last booth on the left(not the same ones you used to gat the certificate.