"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 14:02:01 on Sat, 14 May 2016,
tim... remarked:
The TfL site is astonishingly opaque regarding what cars are allowed or
not. They can't even be bothered to install a query based on
numberplate.

It appears to say that Euro 6 diesel cars must be less than 5years old,
but doesn't mention any of the former Euro ratings.

NO

What it is saying is that vehicles of this age are guaranteed to be Euro 6
compliant (because that is the date that manufactures were required to
meet E6).

Older vehicles may be compliant if their particular model met Euro 6
standards before the required date.

Euro 5(D) cars will never be compliant whatever their age

Like I said, astonishingly opaque.

I don't think that, not giving a list of all modes with applicable
manufacturing dates (as, for example, the German equivalent site does) is
"opaque".

ISTM that the rule is quite clear (even if both you and Recliner have
mis-understood it).

You just have to go somewhere else to find out whether you qualify

My V5 doesn't say what Euro-foo the car is, and TfL can't be bothered to
help. Wonkypedia doesn't say either. After a lot of digging it appears to
be Euro 4 (diesel).

It isn't TfL's fault that DVLA implemented this change late

tim