oh joy of london

[biggerlandy]

here we go again i got to drive from torquay to london i hate that journey  :'(

[discowoman]

dont forget the LEZ and then the Congestion charge - OH and if you are in a 'gas guzzler' then dont forget the extra £20 you have to pay -
and
PLEASE VISIT AGAIN


 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

or totally cheat and buy an old Range rover - with LPG and drive in there for FREE (or get a 110 CSW)
sure theres sense in it somewhere??????????
god knows how many hundreds of thousands of cars in London LEZ area - and they penalise Visiting Trucks!! Hubby is happy tho - his truck is too old (2000) to go into the LEZ  :dance:

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Or go by train.

[andyhubbard]

If Landrover are still supporting the 2012 show i wonder if they will be charged  :-k

[chris9119]

Why not register your motor as a private taxi and be totally exempt  :idea: :idea: :idea:

[muddyjames]

or totally cheat and buy an old Range rover - with LPG and drive in there for FREE (or get a 110 CSW)
sure theres sense in it somewhere??????????

Is that the same if your running on veg oil too?

[Bush Tucker Man]

Joanne's (SWMBO) been down (I think?) 9 times on business already this month!

Luckily 'the client' has agreed to her having bought a First Class 'season' return ticket, on the (now) National Express 'East Coast Main Line', having cost £1,700+ for a calendar month  :shock: :shock:
But that does include the Underground services she requires to reach the Hospital sites


This week, for example, she's down there Mon - Fri, & next week everyday bar Monday (plus an overnight stay on Thursday!!)
So, if she (them, on expenses) was paying out for separate tickets for each return trip





"What's that Skippy??"



"BTM's gone right 'off-topic'?? Again??" :lol: :oops:

[Colin 009]

You lucky you don't live here.........

[Range Rover Blues]

I am, granted :D

Live there for 5 years as a stoodant, more than enough for a Yorkshireman.

[carbore]

Im fairly certain that LEZ only applies to larger commercials (not even vans) and that the £25 for gas guzzlers (band G) only applies after October if Ken gets re elected (but as Boris is his opposition id bet he does!)

[biggerlandy]

me lucky got mate in ilford so i park up there get tube to euston square

[Disco Matt]

Not that my plans include going to that over-crowded hellhole (a friend who lives there described it thus! :lol:) but does this Band G business apply to older vehicles or just those that come under the new tax regime? As mine is a 1996 example it doesn't have a tax band (well, apart from the higher rate for a larger engine).

Mind you, what's the betting they've just decided anything from before the bands came in is automatically Band G...

[Wolfie]

Not that my plans include going to that over-crowded hellhole (a friend who lives there described it thus! :lol:) but does this Band G business apply to older vehicles or just those that come under the new tax regime? As mine is a 1996 example it doesn't have a tax band (well, apart from the higher rate for a larger engine).

Mind you, what's the betting they've just decided anything from before the bands came in is automatically Band G...

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/default.aspx will probably have all the information you require.

[Disco Matt]

The bit that might apply is this:

"Cars first registered with the DVLA before 1 March 2001 with engines greater than 3,000cc"

Well, I'm ok - TDI is a 2.5. V8 owners are going to suffer though. LPG users might want to know this bit:

"The closure of the 100 per cent Alternative Fuel Discount (AFD) to new registrations, and the phasing out of the AFD by January 2010"

I'd take "Alternative Fuel" in this context to mean LPG/biofuels?