M745AEV
06-01-2008, 11:32 PM
Dear All, Has any other owner of a VW T4 with the 2.4 diesel engine discovered that they must pay £100 PER DAY to drive in the London Low Emission Zone (which means anywhere in Greater London, not just the congestion charge zone) from October 2010? I discovered last Thursday after someone at work joked about it, and I tried entering my registration number (M745 AEV) on the TfL website vehicle check tool. Being quite incredulous, I contacted TfL and got an immediate reply confirming this result. My last VW was a 1600 petrol T2 camper, which I had from 1983 to 1998 (when it was 20 years old), when I bought my current SWB T4 Caravelle. I was planning to keep it another 3 years at least, possibly up to 5 years, until my 4 children leave home, then downsize, but it now seems I will have to dispose of it for scrap in less than 3 years, because of this stupid legislation. It averages about 35 miles per gallon, and takes all 6 of us, usually plus a friend or 2 on family holidays etc, making the emissions per passenger mile about half of what most people get.