Overland to India, might happen...

[ROWSI]

Looks like we might actually do our trip to India, in a fairly bog standard Disco 1. The car has good AT tyres and Koni Suspension. But if it comes off I still need to get a roof rack, Snorkel and some new springs, heavy duty.

So anyone got a half roof rack lying around doing nowt as I am on the scrounge.

I will also have to give the car a thorough going over and new timer belt.

Any other advice.

Like anyone have any ideas how much the Carnet de PAssage is likely to set us back.

Route would be , Ireland, Wales, England, France, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and of course India.

Got six months to do it on as small a budget as is possible. Cheers, Richie

[m151a1]

hi
my name is Yehuda and i am from Israel.

i and 4 of my freind are planning to arrive to england next summer.
the route is Israel to greece by boat than italy france spain (north) than beck to frnce and than by boat to england

the rout beck will be france siwis austria romania bulgaria greece and by boat beck to israel

i hope you will have a good trip to india

bye

[ROWSI]

Hi Yehuda, what vehicle are you using. Any mods? I suppose maybe you don't need a Carnet de Passage as you will always be in Europe.

[m151a1]

hi

i am using a disco 2 td5 2000.

my ather friend have a d110 96 300 tdi and d 110 94 v8

[streaky]

You can get the carnet from the RAC PKGowen@rac.co.uk
It ain't cheap but you get most of the deposit back.

I'm planning a road trip through India from Dubai, it's much quicker than coming from UK!

Besides the rest of the journey to India... you'll need good security on the Disco. It would probably never get stolen but cars being broken into and contents stolen is quite common.
You'll also need insurance which is available via the Indian Automobile touring club.

Regards.

S.

[streaky]

Here is a cut and paste of the reply I received from RAC in UK .It should save you some time.It's about 6 months old fyi.

Here is my standard reply adjusted to cover travel to India & as long as your vehicle also displays Latin characteristic registration plates, I confirm RAC will issue the document to you :

A Carnet de Passages en Douanes is issued by motoring organisations worldwide allowing temporary importation of a vehicle into certain countries
without payment of customs duties and taxes. The document guarantees that if for any reason the vehicle fails to be re-exported, the issuing club will pay
duties liable.

As security, the issuing club would hold in advance a bank guarantee, insurance indemnity (10% premium payable with 50% refunded on return of carnet) or
full cash deposit against such a possibility.

The carnet is issued by RAC only in this country & is generally issued to British nationals with a GB registered vehicle.

RAC carnet liability insurance is arranged with R L Davison & Co. Ltd.

The security is based on the potential customs duties liable on the vehicle & calculated either on country or region. For India, this is 500%.
Therefore if vehicle value is ?5,000 this is x by 500% = ?25,000. The security is therefore ?25,000 either covered by a bank guarantee for this amount or if
the insurance is arranged, you pay a premium of 10% of the security, being ?2,500.00 with 50% refund later.

I regret we cannot use UK property as a collateral/security.

The carnet costs 150 pounds to RAC members/non-members. 5,10 or 25 page documents are available & each page covers an entry/exit to/from a country.

Full carnet information is available via the RAC website on this link :
http://www.rac.co.uk/web/knowhow/going_on_a_journey/driving_abroad/carnet_de_passages

The following documents are available as attachments for downloading & printing :

Carnet Notes
Carnet Application
Carnet Fees
Security options : Bank Guarantee & R L Davison Insurance Application.

Please complete the RAC application form & indicate how you wish to arrange the security & return to me at the Bristol address together with a copies of your passport (data page) & V5 registration certificate. The RLD insurance form should also be returned to me if appropriate.

A quotation will then be issued.

Please advise vehicle value in ?GBP so a precise cost can be supplied.

[ROWSI]

Cheers Streaky, I believe it can be cheaper to do the "carnet" through the German or maybe Dutch system. The reg of the car not being an issue. Mine is an English reg anyway. BTW.

If we don't do the trip overland we'll be back off to south east asia anyway...