ULEZ - older ALPINAs

[nealpina]

they have rejected it saying that the emissions standards to meet ULEZ limits

To add does their reply letter say that you can and how to appeal?

[nealpina]

Can you Adam n Eve it!
Was kinda hoping it would be below the threshold but it wasn’t meant to be.

[nealpina]

I'm being lazy as it may be in the thread.

Has anyone with a prior 2001 car - meaning: E36 3.2 or B10 3.2, or per-facelift E39 3.3 or E46 3.3 been successfully submitting for the ULEZ?

[Rav]

they have rejected it saying that the emissions standards to meet ULEZ limits

To add does their reply letter say that you can and how to appeal?

Yes sir, i have to send all the paperwork again.....

[Rav]

Application re-submitted today....
I highlighted the NOx value on a separate copy, just in case they moan that i drew on it.....

[Rav]

and...

Approved today. The B3 3.3 is now ULEZ exempt!! Thanks to all who helped with knowledge and skill.
You are a great bunch...

[BarryM]

Received my exempt email from TFL today too, looking forward to me next trip to London

[nealpina]

Received my exempt email from TFL today too, looking forward to me next trip to London

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and...

Approved today. The B3 3.3 is now ULEZ exempt!! Thanks to all who helped with knowledge and skill.
You are a great bunch...

Great news

Good to know that a B3 3.3 pre-facelift meets the requirements. I'm unaware of any differences between the engines of B3 3.3 and B10 3.3 therefore hopefully this will be ok apart from the obvious differences one is an E46 and the other an E39 and hence the exhausts are different lengths etc. The 3.2 on the E36 and E39 has a slightly different torque curve from my understanding

I will email ALPINA in the next few days

Off tangent: I needed to pay the Congestion Charge for Friday and noticed it has increased since the last time I paid for it (IIRC in 2018), and now if you pay the day after it is even more which I did because I forgot to pay on Friday. I thought they stopped that because IIRC it was like that when it was first introduced. It was something like before 22:00 it was one price and a higher price after that and until midnight the following day

[Charles]

Off tangent: I needed to pay the Congestion Charge for Friday and noticed it has increased since the last time I paid for it (IIRC in 2018), and now if you pay the day after it is even more which I did because I forgot to pay on Friday. I thought they stopped that because IIRC it was like that when it was first introduced. It was something like before 22:00 it was one price and a higher price after that and until midnight the following day

From the TFL website:

"The daily charge is £15 if you pay in advance or on the same day, or £17.50 by midnight of the third day after travel.

If you don't pay by midnight on the third day after travel in the zone, you will receive a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN)."

[rc944]

not sure if i updated my progress but got confirmation from tfl that both of mine are exempt and they have waived the penalty

[Charles]

Mine's taking ages - both TfL and DVLA! grrrr

[EdM]

Thank you all for this thread!

Mine went through quite quickly - on the form submission bit i uploaded an explanation that my appeal was on the grounds of the NOx values, and it was approved very quickly.

Just had an email through from TFL indicating that they're refunding all of the ULEZ payments i've made on the car over the years which is an unexpected bonus!

[rc944]

how did you get them to waive previous ulez fees?

[EdM]

i didn't do anything. it had crossed my mind to ask them for a refund, but i thought i'd be wasting my time.

I'm on the autopay system, so that may have something to do with it, but other than that, i have no idea.

[nealpina]

Off tangent: I needed to pay the Congestion Charge for Friday and noticed it has increased since the last time I paid for it (IIRC in 2018), and now if you pay the day after it is even more which I did because I forgot to pay on Friday. I thought they stopped that because IIRC it was like that when it was first introduced. It was something like before 22:00 it was one price and a higher price after that and until midnight the following day

From the TFL website:

"The daily charge is £15 if you pay in advance or on the same day, or £17.50 by midnight of the third day after travel.

If you don't pay by midnight on the third day after travel in the zone, you will receive a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN)."

Yes, I just hope my customer doesn't mind paying me the extra £2.50. As the total has been invoiced to them. They are often reasonable