Off thread, yes, but how do you get one of these Trade Cards when membership is apparently "strictly controlled"?? :-? :-?
My way was to develop a good relationship with my dealer...
I am a regular customer, looking after 5-6 cars,
I Always take the little fella with me, who they all love (my parts counter is in the middle of an industrial unit, so no showroom etc), they spoil him, give him sweets, old irmscher brochures etc.
He ALWAYS carries my ABS card, they know us both anyway...but make a fuss of checking it for him,
When it ran out, I just said, ohhh thats run out, need to get round to renewing it....Oh I dont suppose you could give me a form for a real one, which they did.
(My faxed applications always seemed to be ignored, so one visit I queried it, the disappeared upstairs, came back 5 mins later with my TC number)
I now have my own free, long term card

So I would just be friendly over the year, then try similar come ABS renewal time.