CARS OVER 40 YEARS OLD ULEZ EXEMPT

Interesting choice of vehicles to pick from

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=classic+cars&Model%2520Year=1983%7C1980%7C1972%7C1954%7C1973%7C1965%7C1970%7C1979%7C1964%7C1975%7C1968%7C1967%7C1969%7C1982%7C1971%7C1974%7C1978%7C1966%7C1976%7C1981%7C1958%7C1960%7C1977%7C1959%7C1957%7C1962%7C1963%7C1955%7C1961%7C1950%7C1949%7C1939%7C1948%7C1930%7C1940%7C1920%7C1934%7C1956%7C1951%7C1937%7C1952%7C1936%7C1953%7C1929%7C1938%7C1928%7C1933%7C1935%7C1947%7C1925%7C1946%7C1924%7C1932%7C1926%7C1927%7C1931%7C1923%7C1941%7C1913%7C1921%7C1900%7C1919%7C1922%7C1910%7C1911%7C1912%7C1904%7C1906%7C1908%7C1909%7C1914%7C1915%7C1916%7C1942%7C1943%7C1944%7C1945&_dcat=29751

Rumble, rumble, tank Dez. Loud pipes save lives.

I'm in a similar boat - I can drive 4 of my old cars on carbs, but none of the ones running fuel injection.

I don't think ULEZ is aimed at the few of us mad enough to daily 40 year old cars. I don't see many 'normal' people rushing out to replace their Jukes and Qashqais with Moggy Minors...

(owner of a Morris Minor and a classic Beetle here, both have been my daily driver!).

Good idea for a thread this your TAX, MOT & ULEZ EXEMPT car I’ll go start one

Exactly. You'll have car enthusiasts do that, but not others, especially those who don't work on their own cars, which is the vast majority of people.

The folks that I know of who don't work on their own cars, on the older stuff, soon begin to rack up bills. Enough to make a PCP plan, even in today's climate look cheap.

I know of this, mainly as this is what happened with my Dolomite Sprint : The previous owner threw £6k within two years between garages, only for it to not work right in 2012. It's why I got it, as he basically refused to spend any more time and hassle at it. He bought it for £3k (so the car owed him £9k when he sold it), only for me to buy it for £1k, he wanted shot of it that much.

I suspect the reason they brought in the rule, was to comply with the European way, where 30 year old retros are exempt, which they also are in Scotland LEZ zones.

This reminds me. I have a ULEZ podcast to get out...

Trust me, I won’t be driving a car down any London street, or in fact going anywhere near any London street, even as a pedestrian. Hate the place

I’m the same will never be there I’m a Scottish country boy but it’s everywhere. My brother in law is a fisherman from Peterhead and has been caught out twice going into Aberdeen shopping.

This is the thin end of the wedge though. Once they've taxed all the ICE cars off the road, guess what? The infrastructure will be used for road pricing, which will expand out of the cities.

The 40 year rolling exemption is because, despite all the moaning to the contrary by gusy with a victim complex, in the UK we get a really easy ride as "classic car" owners. Modified cars gets more tricky, but the classics get away with a ton of stuff pretty much no other country does. You can cherry pick a law here and there but on the whole, we get off really light. And a good part of the reason is that a fair number of MPs and members of the house of Lords own and drive classic cars, are patrons of classic car clubs and there is a strong classic car lobby in the UK. I once collared Ken Clarke in the street when I saw him and he was Secretary of State whatever. I asked him about some law that was all in the press. He said - "You have to remember that the classic car insustry is signficant in the UK, more so than in most other countries, more so than in any EU country, and that the government will always be mindful of that. Also many of my colleagues own classic and vintage cars. Turkeys don't vote for Christmas"

Now Ken Clarke got sacked from his job in cabinet and as an MP, so maybe the tide is turning a little, but don't look for reasons in emissions or anything, look for reasons in the politics and the vested interests.