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I have talked to Carol from the RAC (carnet@rac.co.uk) who says the RAC will not object to anyone who wishes to apply to another organisation.
Until the end of this year, Anna from the ADAC (cdp@adac.de) still needs written confirmation from the RAC, which Carol has helpfully obliged with.
There were NO questions asking about the current location of the vehicle...
For me it's a big cash win compared to the RAC. Last year, on a £5k motorcycle i paid £1900 and hope to see ~£1000 back - a cost of ~£900.
For the ADAC carnet, i'm paying:
1500 Euro deposit
295 Euro fee (per year)
3.50 Euro postage or ~53.91 Euro courier (i took the latter being in a hurry)
I will get 1500 Euro back, giving me a cost of ~£250.
That equates to over a month of good living!
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Hi guys, I know it's an older thread but it seems to be the best informed on the ADAC replacing RAC Carnet situation.
Does anyone know the process of securing a bank guarantee for the ADAC Carnet? Anna from ADAC told me that the security deposit can most likely only be issued by a German Bank, and she was not sure if the bank would issue the gurantee seen as I am a UK resident as opposed to a German.
Has anybody gone the ADAC route and secured a bank guarantee?
We are looking at 2 Carnets for full security deposit so coughing up a 6000 Euro deposit isn't an ideal situation to get our Carnets issued
Any ideas guys?
Cheers!
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People have talked about the bank guarantee and the deposit options to secure a CDP through the ADAC - but does anybody know if they offer the insurance indemnity option like the RAC used to?
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Originally Posted by Dave The Hat
People have talked about the bank guarantee and the deposit options to secure a CDP through the ADAC - but does anybody know if they offer the insurance indemnity option like the RAC used to?
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Any conclusion to the bank guarantee option? Any successful applicants?
And by insurance indemnity do you mean for the vehicle? or for the deposit itself?
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Insurance indemnity (for the vehicle itself):
From memory, the RAC ask for the value of the vehicle. They then multiply that figure by the highest import tax of all of the countries you are going through, then ask for 10% of that figure (or something like that).
Upon handing the CDP back you get a certain amount back. I can't remember the breakdown of figures but it something similar to that.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by divelandy
I have talked to Carol from the RAC (carnet@rac.co.uk) who says the RAC will not object to anyone who wishes to apply to another organisation.
Until the end of this year, Anna from the ADAC (cdp@adac.de) still needs written confirmation from the RAC, which Carol has helpfully obliged with.
There were NO questions asking about the current location of the vehicle...
For me it's a big cash win compared to the RAC. Last year, on a £5k motorcycle i paid £1900 and hope to see ~£1000 back - a cost of ~£900.
For the ADAC carnet, i'm paying:
1500 Euro deposit
295 Euro fee (per year)
3.50 Euro postage or ~53.91 Euro courier (i took the latter being in a hurry)
I will get 1500 Euro back, giving me a cost of ~£250.
That equates to over a month of good living!
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Hi Divelandy,
I am contacting you to have a feedback about your deposit from RAC.
I am having trouble to get it back since September, did you solve everything smoothly?
Thanks for your opinion
Diego
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