https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low...nsion-2023

This might cause a few car sales in London! Ironically my 4.4 SDV8 is free, yet my 2012 Skoda Octavia work bus that does 55+mpg is £12.50 a day!

Our work offices are inside the expanding zone, so essentially the government are forcing me into a new car  Sold - Bell a 2015 MY16 Loire Blue Autobiography 4.4 SDV8
Previously George a 2007 MY07 Java Black VSE 3.6 TDV8
Previously a 04 MY04 Defender 90

What’s next after he’s spent this windfall? My go to vehicle for London use is Euro 6 compliant, how long before that’s dragged into this sorry mess.

Let’s hope he’s kicked out before he wrecks London completely. What new incumbent has ever reduced taxes!!

Like so many ‘Socialists’ before, his incompetence to balance the books results in the least well off being the hardest hit

The guy’s useless and the sooner Londoners vote him out the better. If nothing else it might save the rest of the countries big cities from such farcical behaviour.

As a Londoner living in central london I think the ULEZ is a good idea as the air quality is a major health issue. I have concerns over how it’s implemented as it’s a bit crude but no doubt this will improve and get more sophisticated in time but it badly needed doing. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

If it was to be truly fair and targeting emissions, then it should be based on distance driven in the zone and graded by the vehicle level of polution rather than a daily charge.

This would also be the most logical solution nationwide with a plug in OBD2 monitor or just tax the fuel to cover it which would be even more straight forward with no admin etc. Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic

some more comments here,

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic63583.html ... - .- -.




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@Flashman. A distance based system would be a lot fairer but a lot more complex and expensive to implement i.e tracking devices in every car in the UK. How would an OBD2 monitor work? If you just raised the tax on fuel how would thus work? Everyone including Euro 6 vehicle owners would be paying and how does that help air quality? 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

Moved from London to Yorkshire in 96, best decision we ever made....

London is somewhere we avoid like the plague now.... Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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JayGee wrote:

As a Londoner living in central london I think the ULEZ is a good idea as the air quality is a major health issue. I have concerns over how it’s implemented as it’s a bit crude but no doubt this will improve and get more sophisticated in time but it badly needed doing.

I’m all for cleaner air but sledgehammer and nut come to mind in this case.

Who’s greener, someone that has owned a small city car for 25 years or someone who changes their Range Rover every 2 or 3 years? And your reward for being frugal is a £4.5k per annum bill

Kahn would have done his sums and he knows over 50% of Londoners either own a Tesla or don’t own a car. Politics at its cynical best.

As central government has proved in recent years, just because you hold the highest office doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be any good at your job.

It's been going down because more people are driving cleaner cars - Euro 5 and 6 mainly. The problem is that the volume of cars is now going up again so remaining steps to limit total pollution increases are needed. In a few years the % of <Euro 6 cars will be very small so it's not going to be an issue for most people. Beyond Euro 6 I'm not sure what significant reductions in air pollution can be gained from cars as you are at a level where particulate pollution from brakes and tyres are just as significant. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

SS.Lyria wrote:

I’m all for cleaner air but sledgehammer and nut come to mind in this case.

i cant believe that london [west] hasnt a park and ride ..that would produce income from parking fees and reduce traffic.. ... - .- -.




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JayGee wrote:

In a few years the % of <Euro 6 cars will be very small so it's not going to be an issue for most people.

I wouldn’t be so sure about this, around here there are plenty of VAG diesels on the road that are not Euro 6 (mine included) that are absolutely fine in every way, passes it’s MOT every year without issue wants for very little work and returns a average of 45mpg.. it’s on a 2012 plate I can’t see why I’d be in a rush to replace it.

That’s before you consider the costs of a Euro 6 motor of a similar spec when the cost of living is climbing, I think allot more people will be inclined to hold onto what they have for longer. Sold - Bell a 2015 MY16 Loire Blue Autobiography 4.4 SDV8
Previously George a 2007 MY07 Java Black VSE 3.6 TDV8
Previously a 04 MY04 Defender 90

Take a look at this ;

https://media.rac.co.uk/pressreleases/expa...0m-3212421

That suggests to me that the ULEZ has more to do with revenue generation (to fill the hole in TfL's accounts ?) than environmental. Government departments have latched on to the fact that they can get away with revenue generation far easier by "selling" it under the environmental umbrella.

Kahn would have been more use to Londonstan if he had followed his fathers career path.

This pretty much explains it