[Land Rovers to pay to go any where in London]

It needs to be euro III by 2010.

I can't see how TD5s are not euro III, as if they were not Land Rover would not have been allowed to sell them after 1st Jan 2001 when all vehicles had to be euro III by law. Did they do a mod or were they all euro III ? (which I would have thought they were)

So your Tomb Raider should be fine.

My opinion was this was going to hit older diesel vehicles such as 300TDi and earlier. By the time it comes in you are talking about vehicles around 12 years and older. Classic registered vehicles are exempt.

Unfortunately now we have a London mayor (who costs us a fortune) it will not change even if a new candidate gets the job.

Having visited the centre of London in the summer I would agree that diesel fumes are a problem. Unfortunately while sorting out all the old vans, buses and taxis some land rovers are going to get caught.

It's easy to jump on the bandwagon and slag off the mayor/city/country but most of the people who have to work and live in central London will appreciate the difference.

Richard

Thanks for the comment, Richard.

I've checked my V5s and the 90SV (1st registered 30/08/1993) is described as 'Private/Light Goods (PLG)' whilst the 11/09/2001 Tomb Raider is described as 'Diesel Car'.

Both fail the 2010 limits according to the TfL web site! I think I may have some letters to write!

[Land Rovers to pay to go any where in London]

I've done a search of the boards but haven't found any mention of Ken's latest wheeze - the Low Emission Zone (LEZ). I haven't quite fathomed how Land Rovers are rated as commercial vehicles but when I checked my vehicles on the Transport for London site ( http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/lez ) my 1965 109 was OK but both my 1993 90SV and my 2001 Tomb Raider will be allowed into London for free after 4th Feb 2008 but will have to pay at least £100/day after October 2010!

Any thoughts, any one?

[60th Defender Unveiled]

I've come onto this thread a bit late - but even I (and I've got an SV and a Tomb Raider) wouldn't buy one - it wouldn't look good with hi-viz stripes that I'd have to put on to let me stop on motorways to work! Mind you, with all that bling would I need hi-viz stripes?