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Nope. Exempted as "Vehicule de collection"

FWIW, the TfL site for this sort of gubbins is sodding useless for foreign registered vehicles visiting London's LEZ, ULEZ and CC zone.

I came into London last month in my Euro 5 diesel Transit van to drop some stuff at my daughter's new flat in Camden. An accident on the approaches to the Dartford crossing meant that I ended up heading in through Sarf London, crossing Waterloo bridge. "What the hell ?" I asked myself, "I'll just pay the congestion charge."

Soooo, I downloaded the TfL app and tried to pay. When I plugged in my Licence plate number, the site didn't recognise it, and said I had to pay £315. What I actually owed was £32.50; £15 for the Congestion charge, and £17.50 for the ULEZ. I eventually found a site on which I could register my vehicle details and uploaded my registration document, which it wouldn't recognise, but that it might do in 10 days time. Meantime, I'm being threatened by TfL with big fines if I don't pay in 3 days......

I emailed TfL, the Mayor of London, and anyone else I could think of. No proper replies.

In the end I worked out that I could pay the £15 for the congestion charge by skipping the ULEZ charge on the App (ignoring the accompanying threats). I then sent a cheque for £17;50 for my transgression into the ULEZ, as I just couldn't get ANY sense from it online. Despite making several phone calls, impossible to speak to a human being capable of doing anything to solve the problem.

I feel that I showed nothing but good faith. All that I wanted to do was pay what was owed. I ended up tearing my hair out, wasting loads of time, and incurring extra expense in trying to pay. TfL will no doubt complain that drivers of foreign registered vehicles fail to pay what they owe. How about they set up the system in such a way that it works ?

Still, as it's Boris' mates at Crapita who are running the whole shebang, why should I be surprised ? What a crock of shite.

I'd advise anyone visiting London in a foreign plated vehicle that is older than Euro 6 for diesel or Euro 5 for petrol to start trying to register it with TfL at least 2 weeks before travelling.