Low emission zones

[jezport]

There are quite a number of low emission zones either running or forecast over the next year.
How will these zones hit non-compliant motorhome prices?
Would you buy a non-compliant motorhome?

 

[pagey]

no i waited and bought a euro 6

 

[Spriddler]

I'm lucky that my 25 yr old m/h is a Euro-relax rated model and barred from going anywhere near such densely populated areas whether by accident or design.

 

[Guigsy]

I swapped my motorhome and specifically stretched to a Euro6 because I live inside the Birmingham CAZ.

I nearly bought a 2017 motorhome, but rejected it when I found out it was Euro5.

Will it affect prices? I think it will a little. But probably not as much as it has for cars.

 

[dunnah01]

The choice will be a decent payload or going off the motorways but not both unless you pay a stupid amount for the privilege

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[EuroTrotters]

I’m looking to downsize below 3.5t and tow our caravan if we need space. It’s the ferry costs that go up when towing

 

[EML]

Euro 7 will be here in 2025. By about 2029, your Euro-6 compliant moho will no longer be compliant, so if you buy Euro 6 now you'll only have about 7 years.

My view - unless you actually live in a zone where Euro 5 is penalised on a day-to-day basis, there's no real reason to buy Euro 6. Besides, they'll find some way to charge you whatever you do. I wouldn't have thought there's going to be much effect on second-prices.

 

[glenn2926]

It appears that the LEZ places are not places that most motorhomers would want to visit in the motorhome. They’re mostly cities and a few larger towns. I personally wouldn’t go to those places anyway. That’s with or without the motorhome. Hopefully they’ll leave the nice countryside places alone.

 

[dunnah01]

It appears that the LEZ places are not places that most motorhomers would want to visit in the motorhome. They’re mostly cities and a few larger towns. I personally wouldn’t go to those places anyway. That’s with or without the motorhome. Hopefully they’ll leave the nice countryside places alone.

The Moors around GM are lovely places to visit in the moho, but £60 a pop makes them no go zones

 

[Ninjabob]

The problem seems to be poor bu&ßers who live inside these zones and own non compliant Motorhomes who now have to pay £60 (Greater Manchester) to leave the zone and £60 to return home. Add to that any sites that are within these zones are going to go bust.

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[Geoff 1955]

Where i live it says it applies to commercial vehicles but when i check my motorhome is class as a cab chassis when i questioned this they insisted it was a van . So ive applied for the £4,000 grant that they are offering for engine modification or newer van and a business grant to help pay for the charges for a set period we'll see what happens

 

[rb62]

Where i live it says it applies to commercial vehicles but when i check my motorhome is class as a cab chassis when i questioned this they insisted it was a van . So ive applied for the £4,000 grant that they are offering for engine modification or newer van and a business grant to help pay for the charges for a set period we'll see what happens

I don't think it matters what it is classed as it's what engine is in it,put our registration in and it comes up as HGV but it is Euro5+ so no charge

 

[Geoff 1955]

Its strange my mate has an 02 registered landrover defender thats a van and his is ok for bradford dont know what euro rating it is but it smokes like chimney till its warmed up i was surprised when it passed the mot

 

[peterc10]

Not easy to know what the rules are with regards to what motorhomes are exempt.

My 2015 Fiat X290 based Hymer B678 weighs in at 4.5t. It has the Fiat badged Iveco 3 litre turbo charged Euro 5 engine. And yet all of the UK clean air zones, including London's ULEZ zone, report that it is compliant with the zone's requirements and therefore exempt from any charges.

Surprising to say the least. Maybe it is because there are no exhaust emissions figures listed on its V5C?

 

[gus-lopez]

Its strange my mate has an 02 registered landrover defender thats a van and his is ok for bradford dont know what euro rating it is but it smokes like chimney till its warmed up i was surprised when it passed the mot

A few years back a bloke on a Uk car forum had two SWB Land rover 88's ,I believe they were. one a 2 seat pick up & the other a 4 seat county. Manufactured year the same, engines the same & Chassis numbers 27 apart. One ok for the London emission zone the other not compliant? What's that all about?

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[ChrisL]

A few years back a bloke on a Uk car forum had two SWB Land rover 88's ,I believe they were. one a 2 seat pick up & the other a 4 seat county. Manufactured year the same, engines the same & Chassis numbers 27 apart. One ok for the London emission zone the other not compliant? What's that all about?

The pickup is classed as a commercial vehicle, the four seat county is classed as an estate car.

 

[ElliesBoss]

The pickup is classed as a commercial vehicle, the four seat county is classed as an estate car.

And what's that got to do with pollution?

 

[ChrisL]

Obviously the pollution from one is similar to the pollution from the other, however when the LEZ first came out it was only supposed to effect commercial vehicles not the general publics cars, so that's why there was a difference, the pickup was classed as a commercial vehicle so was effected, the four seater county was classed as a car and so was not. You'll note that the ULEZ has been extended which does effect cars and no doubt in time will be further extended to all of greater London.

Edit: for further info on lighter vehicles effected by the LEZ check out the link below, there is a section specific to Landrovers at the bottom of the page.

Vans, minibuses and specialist diesel vehicles

Find out if your van, minibus or other specialist diesel vehicle is affected by the Low Emission Zone (LEZ)

tfl.gov.uk