Alpina B5 2005 - reluctant sale, suggested replacement

[nickvel]

Dear forum

As an outer Londoner I've have recently been informed my beloved B5 will soon fall foul of the widened ULEZ zone and sadly can't afford the £12.50 daily tariff to keep it on the road.

So I'll soon be putting it on the market (to presumably a good home outside Mr Khan's grasp), but would like anyones suggestions on something as exciting to replace it with.

Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks
Nick

[Bob]

Are you sure your B5 is definitely not compliant? Because of the nature of ALPINAs small production volumes many of their cars actually are compliant, but you need to do a little work to verify this with TfL.

Check this sticky post: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=26791

[JamieHill]

Hi Nick

Your car is Euro 4 so should be ok.

If you e-mail Alpina with your VIN no. (classic@alpina.de) they should confirm the Nox value before you pay the 70 Euros for the certificate.

You need NOx emissions less than 0.08g/km to be ULEZ exempt.

Also look at: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25697

Maybe we should compile a list of cars we know have passed, there is a Alpina B10 V8 (1998) - now certified as ULEZ compliant on ebay.

[nickvel]

Wow - thanks both - will investigate and report back
Nick