ULEZ

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Update on my new car October 2013 220d e-class, I'm sure I checked when I bought it 3 weeks ago and it wasn't ULEZ compliant, although maybe I just assumed it wasn't as all the others I looked at were'nt.

But last night I went into the Zone , so went online to pay and...

 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Sorry, not used to the new way of loading pictures and had a premature upload!

Anyway, I'll take that, although I've kept the screen shot as proof if there's a mistake and I get a fine,  

Icing on the cake is I'd already charged the customer and we'd shared a bonding moment of slagging off TfL, Sadiq Kahn, the Goverment, Polar Bears etc. Seems it'd be rude to tell him....

[dieselnutjob]

Anyone driven a historic into the ULEZ zone yet?  For the 604 it says not compliant and has to pay £12.50.

I think it should say not compliant and has to pay £0.

How does the historic exemption work?

[wuvvum]

Not quite worked that out myself.  My Volvo doesn't have to pay, the Renault 6 does, even though they're both 1972 cars. 

[Angrydicky]

I've just run my historic stuff through and it says all are subject to the charge?

[SiC]

3 hours ago, dieselnutjob said:

Anyone driven a historic into the ULEZ zone yet?  For the 604 it says not compliant and has to pay £12.50.

I think it should say not compliant and has to pay £0.

How does the historic exemption work?

Is your 604 registered under the Historic tax class? I.e. tax free class. 

[purplebargeken]

I plan to go 100% classic very shortly. 

[LightBulbFun]

36 minutes ago, SiC said:

Is your 604 registered under the Historic tax class? I.e. tax free class. 

curiously all the Invacars I put into the checker comeback as needing to pay ULEZ, despite most if not all being part of the historic tax class

I suspect its because the DVLA/checker has very little info on them compared to most cars, mind if they where doing things properly they would do something like "if older then 40 years; then exempt" 

[purplebargeken]

The white Toledo shows as being eligible for the charge despite being RFL exempt. 

[purplebargeken]

What this means in practical terms is that if your classic is more than 40 years old and is registered for the historic vehicle tax class, you will not need to pay the ULEZ charge. 

It’ll work the same way as the new MoT rules introduced last year, which takes the cut-off date as exactly 40 years on a rolling basis.

So, if your car was first registered on 8 April 1979 or before that date, you won’t need to pay the ULEZ charge. However, if it was first registered on 8 May 1979, you’d have to pay for the first month, after which point you’d be in the clear.

 

Hmm, something ain't right here!!!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

52 minutes ago, purplebargeken said:

I plan to go 100% classic very shortly. 

Will you be adding tetraethyl lead to the petrol, for old time's sake?

[purplebargeken]

Quite possibly.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

22 minutes ago, purplebargeken said:

Quite possibly.

Need to buy some more Tetraboost

[dieselnutjob]

19 hours ago, SiC said:

Is your 604 registered under the Historic tax class? I.e. tax free class. 

Yes it has Historic on the V5

[Mrs6C]

19 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Will you be adding tetraethyl lead to the petrol, for old time's sake?

Make a diversion to Buckingham first. One of the petrol stations there still sells leaded 4 star!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

5 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

Make a diversion to Buckingham first. One of the petrol stations there still sells leaded 4 star!

There's another one at Houghton Regis.

[richardmorris]

From this month’s Citroen mag.

 

 

[Mrs6C]

^^^ Just saw that!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

17 hours ago, richardmorris said:

From this month’s Citroen mag.

 

 

When did your copy arrive? Not had mine yet.

[DSdriver]

15 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

^^^ Just saw that!

Me too

[Tadhg Tiogar]

15 hours ago, Mrs6C said:

^^^ Just saw that!

 

1 minute ago, DSdriver said:

Me too

Not me yet, though....

[richardmorris]

9 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

 

Not me yet, though....

Friday I think.

[Fabergé Greggs]

For a bit of balance, an article outlining some of the health and financial benefits of the ULEZ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/dramatic-plunge-in-london-air-pollution-since-2016-report-finds

[SiC]

I've noticed that Autotrader tags ULEZ compliant vehicles and their search is searchable by them too. 

[lesapandre]

But remember anything reg 'Historic' ie pre-80 etc is totally exempted.

[adw1977]

8 hours ago, lesapandre said:

But remember anything reg 'Historic' ie pre-80 etc is totally exempted.

True, but my attempts to convince my other half that an Austin Maxi would be a suitable replacement for our non-ULEZ compliant Focus fell rather flat.

[lesapandre]

The best option is probably a W123 Mercedes - for London traffic either a 300D or 200 petrol.  There is a 200D and a 220D but they are underpowered. The 250 and 300 petrols are thirsty. All in auto.  They don't look out of place really in London.  They drive ok and don't look stupid to non-old-car people.  

[Marm Toastsmith]

mini

[willswitchengage]

It is a rolling exemption like for MOT and VED?

[lesapandre]

Its anything carrying the 'Historic' monniker...so a qualified yes to that....it comes in for all London Oct 21. So any car up to 1981 at that point I suppose.