Manchester clean air zone delay

mbev51 · 15th March 2022, 08:33

Hi, I’ve just sold our lovely june 2015 registered euro 5.5 campervan. I was worried about it’s future resale value as it wasn’t eu6 compliant. Now it appears that the drive to implement the greater Manchester zone is stalled. I’m all for going green, I know the air quality around the busy roads feeding into Manchester is awful, but we need to be able to afford it. Due to a number of events, the UK is getting poorer and the future looks more of the same so what’s to be done, can we afford our drive to all things green?

KWIL · 15th March 2022, 11:44

It's been said in another Forum Post that the UK is 1% of the world's ungreen status. So are we intent on bankrupting ourselves for the sake of a fraction of 1%?

Lancpudn · 15th March 2022, 16:13

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Originally Posted by mbev51

Hi, I’ve just sold our lovely june 2015 registered euro 5.5 campervan. I was worried about it’s future resale value as it wasn’t eu6 compliant. Now it appears that the drive to implement the greater Manchester zone is stalled. I’m all for going green, I know the air quality around the busy roads feeding into Manchester is awful, but we need to be able to afford it. Due to a number of events, the UK is getting poorer and the future looks more of the same so what’s to be done, can we afford our drive to all things green?

It stalled because electric vehicles are too expensive & there isn't an affordable EV used market yet so people can get hold of cheaper electric vehicles, I think every man & his dog could have told em that long ago.

Saga Lout · 15th March 2022, 19:46

If you have a vehicle that meets the national standards of emissions, IE the MOT, why do you need to pay to use that vehicle on any roads in the UK, the MOT is the point at which it's deemed fit or unfit to use on UK roads, or the MOT is pointless. It either passes the required limits for road use or it doesn't, that's the reality of this. A money making scheme to fleece drivers even more using dubious reasons won't wash if it ends up in a court of law. The greater Manchester area can't be exempt from the requirements of the MOT for purposes of revenue.

mbev51 · 15th March 2022, 20:37

London has set a precedent. Will eu6 be charged within these zones when eu7 is available?

Lancpudn · 16th March 2022, 10:05

Now that GMTE have won their court battle for bus franchising all adult fairs will be capped at £2 & children's fairs capped at £1 regardless of how many times they change buses for their journey. https://www.transport-network.co.uk/...journeys/17645

15th March 2022, 08:33	#1
mbev51 Banned Removed Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Removed Posts: 1,343 Thanks: 171 Thanked 315 Times in 223 Posts	Manchester clean air zone delay Hi, I’ve just sold our lovely june 2015 registered euro 5.5 campervan. I was worried about it’s future resale value as it wasn’t eu6 compliant. Now it appears that the drive to implement the greater Manchester zone is stalled. I’m all for going green, I know the air quality around the busy roads feeding into Manchester is awful, but we need to be able to afford it. Due to a number of events, the UK is getting poorer and the future looks more of the same so what’s to be done, can we afford our drive to all things green?

15th March 2022, 19:46	#4
Saga Lout This is my second home MG ZT and Rover 75, Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Wigan Posts: 3,276 Thanks: 2,556 Thanked 2,685 Times in 1,037 Posts	Also. If you have a vehicle that meets the national standards of emissions, IE the MOT, why do you need to pay to use that vehicle on any roads in the UK, the MOT is the point at which it's deemed fit or unfit to use on UK roads, or the MOT is pointless. It either passes the required limits for road use or it doesn't, that's the reality of this. A money making scheme to fleece drivers even more using dubious reasons won't wash if it ends up in a court of law. The greater Manchester area can't be exempt from the requirements of the MOT for purposes of revenue.

16th March 2022, 10:05	#6
Lancpudn This is my second home MG ZS EV Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 15,590 Thanks: 4,591 Thanked 3,427 Times in 2,565 Posts	Now that GMTE have won their court battle for bus franchising all adult fairs will be capped at £2 & children's fairs capped at £1 regardless of how many times they change buses for their journey. https://www.transport-network.co.uk/...journeys/17645 __________________ Blessed are the tea makers. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3b...auto-2000_auto

15th March 2022, 11:44	#2
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,954 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	It's been said in another Forum Post that the UK is 1% of the world's ungreen status. So are we intent on bankrupting ourselves for the sake of a fraction of 1%?

15th March 2022, 20:37	#5
mbev51 Banned Removed Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Removed Posts: 1,343 Thanks: 171 Thanked 315 Times in 223 Posts	London has set a precedent. Will eu6 be charged within these zones when eu7 is available?