Re: Clobbered for £2500 to £4000 to make van comply with the new Low Emission Zone!!?? Any advice or ways round for making it compliant?

John Greystrong wrote:
tenby wrote:
Hi,

I have received a letter saying that my Mercedes van will not be
allowed inside London (i.e. within the M25 motorway) as of July 2008.

No you haven't. Inside the congestion charging zone is where it's taking effect.


I hadn't heard of this, so I looked it up.

It actually covers the vast majority of 'inside the M25' and a few tiny bits outside it... far more than just the congestion zone.

<http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/lez/areaofoperation/>


As for the OP, you could possibly consider parking it outside the LEZ somewhere, for the amount that motorhomes typically get used... (I'm sure some people with plenty of space could be tempted, especially if you'd let them borrow it a couple of weeks a year...)

Since any modifications have to be accredited and tested, I suspect you'll find there aren't any 'cheap' solutions - the market will allow everybody to charge through the nose.

Depending how often you use it, it might even work out cheaper and simpler to just pay the £100/£200 a day charge for the few days when you actually drive it in the zone over the rest of the lifetime of the vehicle..

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