{"id":7619,"date":"2023-11-13T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T10:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2025-02-26T18:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:22:24","slug":"how-do-you-get-rid-of-a-non-ulez-compliant-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scrapcarnetwork.org\/news\/how-do-you-get-rid-of-a-non-ulez-compliant-car\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you get rid of a non-ULEZ compliant car?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ULEZ has been a major issue for our nation\u2019s capital \u2013 and the country as a whole \u2013 for some time now. When London\u2019s Ultra Low Emissions Zone began in 2019, it started with a relatively small radius, but in the last few weeks it\u2019s undergone its final expansion, so that it now covers all of London\u2019s boroughs.\u00a0 <\/span>That means any vehicle driving through those areas is now required to reach certain emissions standards. If yours doesn\u2019t, you\u2019ll be subject to a daily charge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, if you\u2019re based in London (or you know you\u2019ll be regularly driving through it), and your vehicle doesn\u2019t reach the required standard, you\u2019ll understandably not be too keen on going to the financial strain of the daily charge, then you have a couple of options. One, of course, is to scrap your car<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong> But before we get onto that one, let\u2019s cover a couple of other options!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sell your car<\/h2>\n

If your car is in reasonably good condition, then this could be a good option to consider right off the bat \u2013 especially if you were planning on replacing it anyway. It\u2019s best to be up-front about its non-compliance, but don\u2019t forget there\u2019s nothing saying that you need to sell it only to people within the ULEZ, so it might still be perfectly serviceable to plenty of drivers living outside the zone. You might be surprised at how many buyers you get on the private market!<\/p>\n

You may well be able to get a fairly good price with a dealer too, either with a straightforward sale or by trading it in for a newer, cleaner model.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Donate the car<\/h2>\n

If you don\u2019t necessarily need the money you\u2019d get from selling your car, or you suspect it\u2019s likely to be a negligible amount, then you may even want to consider donating the vehicle to a charity, who can put it to good use in furthering their mission. (And you get a wonderful feel-good sense to enjoy!) It may even end up getting passed to local authorities to help train professionals in life-saving skills \u2013 local firefighting forces use scrap cars to help train recruits in techniques to deal with car fires, or cutting someone out of a wreck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Retrofit your car<\/h2>\n

This could be a good avenue if you really love your car, or if you decide you really need it for some other reason. If you\u2019re in London, you can apply for a grant payment to scrap or retrofit a vehicle that doesn\u2019t meet the ULEZ emissions standards. However, you do need to live within one of the 32 London boroughs or the City of London (the Greater London area) to be eligible for the ULEZ car and motorcycle scrappage scheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019re not necessarily obligated to get it done within the scrappage scheme \u2013 if you\u2019ve got the resources, you can get it retrofitted independently. But to be honest, that\u2019s probably going to cost you a lot of money, so you\u2019ll have to decide whether the retrofit or the daily charge would be more expensive in the long run.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Scrap your car<\/h2>\n

If your car isn\u2019t worth a great deal, or if it\u2019s reaching the end of its useful lifespan anyway, then there\u2019s always the option of scrapping it \u2013 taking it off your hands and getting it out of your life. The process of scrapping your car is surprisingly straightforward (more so than you might think), so the main thing to watch out for is to ensure you\u2019re using an ATF, and that you do actually get money for your car. Nobody should offer to take a wreck off your hands for free, because every car is worth something, even if that\u2019s only its weight in scrap metal \u2013 so always make sure you\u2019re getting the best price!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of the best price, that\u2019s exactly where we can help here at Scrap Car Network. With more than 40 years of experience behind us, we\u2019ve refined our process to make sure it\u2019s never been easier to scrap your car. All you need to do is enter your car reg and postcode<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>into the fields on our site, and we\u2019ll have your scrap car quote to you in seconds. So\u2026 curious to find out how much your car is worth? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ULEZ has been a major issue for our nation\u2019s capital \u2013 and the country as a whole \u2013 for some time now. When London\u2019s Ultra Low Emissions Zone began in 2019, it started with a relatively small radius, but in the last few weeks it\u2019s undergone its final expansion, so that it now covers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":7625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n