Freelander 1 London Congestion charge / Low emission zone

dog-man · Oct 5, 2017

I just put my registration of my 2006 TD4 into the London low emission zone website and got a result saying that my FL is exempt any charge.

I am confused as I expected it to be high on their hate list.

Can anyone who travels through this zone confirm that FL's are exempt any charges?

4Bee4Bee · Oct 5, 2017

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone/check-if-your-vehicle-is-affected?intcmp=2266
Lists 'Light 4x4s' that are registered before 1st Jan 2002, so you probably are ok with your 2006 model.
You'll still have to pay the normal congestion charge though if going through the areas affected when it's in operation.

Iancorky · Oct 5, 2017

Not according to this - refers to vehicles ' born' before 1 Jan 2002

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone/check-if-your-vehicle-is-affected

Light 4x4 utilities

1.205 tonnes unladen to 3.5 gross vehicle weight.
Registered as new before 1 Jan 2002.

freelandy2004 · Oct 5, 2017

just put my reg in 04 plate td4 and it says yes no charge thought they hated diesels all

now

biketeacherdave · Oct 5, 2017

Every one pays the congestion charge only motorbikes and disable registers cars are exempt.

discool · Oct 5, 2017

freelandy2004 said:
just put my reg in 04 plate td4 and it says yes no charge thought they hated diesels all now

Their time will come, soon hopefully.

Sent from my iPad in Madeira.

discool · Oct 5, 2017

biketeacherdave said:
Every one pays the congestion charge only motorbikes and disable registers cars are exempt.

And there's others that don't i.e. Fully electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell cars are exempt from this charge, along with a number of efficient hybrids.

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biketeacherdave · Oct 5, 2017

There not cars

once upon a time LPG cars got a discount....not any more

discool · Oct 5, 2017

Only if the left the factory with the LPG conversion, not if retro fitted, l purchased two Bedford vans fitted with LPG to escape the charge as both are in The Zone every day, they have long gone we have Berlingo vans now

Nodge68 · Oct 5, 2017

I know that best way to avoid congestion charges.
Avoid bloody London, or travel by public transport.

dog-man · Oct 5, 2017

I thought the congestion charge and the low emissions zone were the same thing.

I assume my other car, a 65 plate clio with stop / start and no tax payable is free in both zones or is it not?

4Bee4Bee · Oct 6, 2017

Low Emission Zone is permanently in place 24/7, keeping those vehicles out the affected area, day and night.

Charging zone is only operational at specifics times on weekdays. e.g after 7pm on a weekday, you can drive through the charging zone without having to pay a charge.

Or to put it another way, the L series Freelander is banned from driving through central London at any time. While the TD4 could be used, but you will have to pay to do so if going there during the day.

As Nodge says, it's better to just use public transport, (which is probably the idea!), as it often takes ages to get about, there are bus lane cameras everywhere, and parking costs a fortune.

tetsu0san · Oct 6, 2017

I just put my '84 110 into that site and it came up as exempt. That was a surprise...

td4van · Oct 7, 2017

LEZ only applies to commercial vehicles doesn’t it?

dog-man · Oct 7, 2017

td4van said:
LEZ only applies to commercial vehicles doesn’t it?

At the moment, but I think it will affect non commercial vehicles soon.

Dippypud · Dec 8, 2017

dog-man said:
At the moment, but I think it will affect non commercial vehicles soon.

And rumours are about for the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street .... all of it ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...iq-khan-traffic-shopping-retail-a8039736.html

GrumpyGel · Dec 8, 2017

Dippypud said:
And rumours are about for the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street .... all of it ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...iq-khan-traffic-shopping-retail-a8039736.html

What a tacky over sensationalising piece of propaganda.

Obviously typed up by uni grad children from dictation by Lord Khan and believed by those that don't have enough between their lug holes to tie their shoe laces.

Marmaduke · Dec 8, 2017

What makes my pee boil is even if the UK was completely co2 neutral next year it would still be offset by the increase in china's emissions. It's just another cash cow. I seem to remember reading that our global output is 2% and china's output went up by 2% because of all the coal power stations they've got

teddywood1 · Dec 9, 2017

And they wonder why things are more expensive in London

rob_bell · Dec 11, 2017

The emission checking website must be completely wrong. My 2001 petrol Freelander also comes up being exempt from the pollution charge - but it isn't EU4 certified; it's EU3 compliant. Oddly, the check website seems to think it is EU4...

I'm confused, but perhaps the K-series petrol is sufficiently clean to meet T-charge exempt criteria? More likely, the database is wrong.

To my knowledge, no Td4 FL1 is EU6 compliant?

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