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[beardylondon]

I know there are other threads on his, but has anyone actually got their under 40 year old Mini actually exempt from ULEZ yet, buy buying the £100 certificate from BMW, that has been mentioned before?

[cooperd70]

I was under the impression that BMW cannot issue a cert...unless I'm mistaken that is...unless we get some action from that petition I sent you the link for, I think we'll be paying the extra £11 each day we need to use our cars within the M25!!! ☹️☹️

[cooperd70]

For anyone else that's interested....

https://petition.par...etitions/578294

Thank you 😊

[beardylondon]

I was referring to this post

 

https://www.theminif...ulez/?p=3622908

[Quinlan minor]

I was referring to this post

 

https://www.theminif...ulez/?p=3622908

The link in this post applies to this BMW motorbike, but has no relation to any Mini.

 

https://en.wikipedia...iki/BMW_R1150GS

 

[beardylondon]

He used this as an example and said he was trying to gain an exemption himself, I presumed he meant for his mini.

I was referring to this post

https://www.theminif...ulez/?p=3622908

The link in this post applies to this BMW motorbike, but has no relation to any Mini.

https://en.wikipedia...iki/BMW_R1150GS

[cooperd70]

Ah, I see. Interesting...it looks like the m'cyclists have got their act together as I did also find a company on the web that are offering ulez certs. It's a m'cycle testing centre in London somewhere that you take your bike to....they check/test it and if it passes emissions you get the correct paperwork to supply to TfL to get the database updated with your reg. Wish there was a car garage doing this as I'd be booking a slot in a flash

It was Riverbank Motorcycles...read about it here:

https://www.thebikei... too bad value.

Edited by cooperd70, 05 June 2021 - 01:49 PM.

[Mayfair'93]

I wonder if the London Mini Centre in Putney would have any ideas. It must effect many of their customers. I'll pop in and ask next time I'm passing and report back.

[cooperd70]

I wonder if the London Mini Centre in Putney would have any ideas. It must effect many of their customers. I'll pop in and ask next time I'm passing and report back.

Thanks M'93 👍👍

[mab01uk]

CONFUSION OVER ULEZ EMISSIONS ANOMALIES
"The ULEZ deadline on October 25 made a host of modern classics unviable options for those living in much of London – but some anomalies are appearing on emissions rules.This means for example that the mighty 6.0-litre W12-engined Bentley Continental GT can purr in and out of the ULEZ scot-free, whereas a 3-litre Jaguar X-Type is charged £12.50 for the privilege. Meanwhile, the Jag’s 2.5-litre sibling gets in for free, despite the bigger-engined model in theory meeting the same emissions standard.....it’s likely that there are many older cars which similarly can beat the required NOx standards but (unlike motor cycles) in order to have a car’s emissions certified, the only option would be a full emissions test to the level used by car makers in a Type Approval process which would clearly be too costly for a private owner or even a big club."

London’s ULEZ classic clear-out
"The 18-fold expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is now in effect, making a host of 1980s and 1990s classics unviable to run in much of the Capital and leading to fears that they may be scrapped. London has one of the highest population of ’80s and ’90s cars still in use in the UK and is home to sole-surviving examples of certain models and specifications. They have been indirectly preserved through short journeys, less grit on London roads and of course, slightly eccentric Londoners hellbent on keeping their car going, but with the ULEZ deadline there is a sudden rush for people to get rid of them. “Sadly, most of which will go for scrap as a majority of the owners of these cars are oblivious to their rarity. These already include an immaculate 1995 Renault Laguna with only 28,000 miles on the clock, a one-owner 1987 Ford Transit scrapped earlier this month, an immaculate early Vauxhall Corsa B, a purple coloured Rover Metro Rio and a loved looking Mazda MX-6, all amongst many others scrapped no doubt because of ULEZ. Sadly, this list is increasing daily.”
https://classicsworl...-out-of-london/

Edited by mab01uk, 02 December 2021 - 06:17 PM.