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Originally Posted by will-dakar
Let me start off by saying I would never do this and would and ever promote anyone doing this,
Looking at the costs of a real carnet in the UK via the rip off merchants that are the RAC, woulnt it be easier and cheaper just to fake a carnet?
Put it this way, at 800% for just an Egypt carnet i would loose less money if I was cought out and them taking my vehicle than actually getting a real carnet in the 1st place.
Very basic calculation of Egypt at 800%
£1000 (minimum) vehicle value = £8000 carnet
50% back on returning = total cost of £4000
If I got cought and lost my £1000 vehicle im still up £3000, and even if they fine me there own massive import duty of 240%, im still saving £600
When I received my last one years ago I got back 95% of the cost which was fine. I also remember the documents looking so basic. I'm a graphic designer and I recon I could make a full document in a matter of hours.
Or,a bit more legal....ish, just privately import your vehicle into each country and it will still be cheaper than a carnet.
Its only a silly idea and i have probaby got it wrong anyway, but it did cross my mind
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Hi,
based on the RAC documentation in here:
http://www.rac.co.uk/pdfs/driving-ab...et-prices.aspx
The actual cost of getting the CdP with RAC for you would be:
242.4 £
Here is the calculation:
Highest risk country (Egypt) - 800%
Bike value - 1000 £
6% Insurance Premium Tax - 6%
Premium % - 10% (you pay only 10% of the risk value, and 50% of this amount will be returned)
25 pages CdP - 200 £
RAC Deposit (refund) - 350 £
TOTAL to pay: 634.8 £ (1000*8*1.06*0.1 + 200 + 350)
Money Back: 392.4 £ (350 + 1000*8*1.06*0.1*0.5)
Actual cost: 242.4 £
I think that's not too bad
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