Have you Scrapped a Car via ULEZ Scheme?

Have you tried WBAC to see what they will offer ?

I used it. Website and process is convoluted in typical public-sector style. You need to submit an application with V5 and few other things first, then if/when that gets approved you have 30(?) days to scrap it and submit the destruction certificate to receive payment, which arrives by cheque. Scrap value from the scrappage company is also yours to keep.

I had no problems and it ran smoothly, but that was when the scheme eligibility was first extended. I think there were a lot of applications subsequently which slowed down the process and possibly drove down scrap values.

Worth doing if it gives the best economic outcome.

Yes - we scrapped our 1998 Ford Fiesta as soon as the extension of the scrappage scheme made everyone eligible back in late August/early September.

The qualifying criteria (as I recall) were that you had to have owned the car since before January 2022, so over 18 months, it had to be roadworthy with current MOT and currently insured.

The process was relatively straightforward in that we applied online, and had to upload (as I recall) a copy of the V5, current insurance certificate, and proof of your ID and residence (so driving licence and council tax bill/utility bill). The exact details of what is required were on the TfL website.

On getting an email confirmation that the application had been approved (document also accessible via the account you set up on TfL website), you then had to get the car scrapped within a limited time - I think a month, and then upload the Certificate of Destruction provided by the scrapper to your TfL account, which we did.

A few weeks later, a paper cheque arrived in the post.

In terms of value, we bought the Fiesta 8 years ago for £600. As well as being non ULEZ compliant, it was starting to have a few reliability issues so were thinking of getting rid anyway. TfL paid us the full £2000 scrappage allowance, and in addition, we also got to keep the £215 the scrappers paid us for the car.

You were free to use any scappers, so long as they were able to provide a formal Certificate of Destruction. We used removemycar.co.uk and the process was very straightforward - they provided a quote, agreed a date and came and collected the car from our house, and paid the same day by bank transfer. Only slight issue was that I had to phone them to chase the CoD, but they then provided it quickly once reminded about it.

I understand that there is/was a set budget/fund for scrappage, so providing it hasn't all been used up, you should get £2000 scrappage plus whatever the scrappers offer you for the car.

Good luck.


ETA - Whilst the scrappers offered £215, out of interest I tried WBAC and they offered £120 for the car!

Much to my surprise, our ancient 2003 2.4 Accord Tourer is fully compliant, as is our lumbering diesel Hilux, much to the disgust of a green voting right on urban living friend who makes endless comments about our "gas guzzling" cars. I particularly enjoyed finding out that he's had to ditch his non-compliant Renault Scenic.

Sorry, a poor attempt at humour.

It was about getting rid of something unwanted, and getting paid for it.

^ This is exactly the sort of info I was looking for. Thank you very much!
My primary concern is getting the application processed before MOT is due on 12th of Jan.
You did this without needing Porsche to write to them?
Thank you for the extremely kind offer. I’ll drop you a PM right now.

Another opinion
Nothing to do with revenue generation. That will disappear. Only idiots will pay £12.50 regularly.
It’s history now
Ulez is of no interest to 99% of Londoners
London is now cleaner

James6112 is right. I'm in London. Don't care, never did. No one I know is bothered. Got a mate with an old diesel who visits occasionally and we go to the football, he'll pay the £12.50 once every 3 months or so, not fussed.

The revenue collected thus far has covered the camera costs and the 5% of London residents who were effected are largely buying newer cars that'll help with air quality.

Don't buy into the Tory lies on this topic. Most of the noise over ULEZ came from people with a different agenda and who never cared about motorists anyway. Plus the whole thing was started by Boris when he was mayor and Khan, even though he's a fan of ULEZ, would have had to do it anyway as Grant Shapps insisted as part of the pandemic TFL bail out.

I know a bit about this as I helped my parents with the process as both of their cars were non-compliant.

Car 1 was a 2003 Jaguar XJ Super V8 which showed up on the system as non-compliant despite the fact that mechanically identical cars registered a few months later were compliant. I got them a certificate of conformity from Jaguar which they sent to TFL and they then changed their database to make that car compliant.

Car 2 was a 1998 Toyota RAV4 which also showed up on the system as non-compliant. In this case, we were unable to get the certificate from Toyota as the car was too old, so they went for the scrapage scheme. The clutch happened to totally fail a few days before the transporter was due to pick it up, but nobody seemed to care. They did get paid the full amount which I think was 2000, and the driver said the better cars wouldn't actually be scrapped and that the whole thing was a scam. No idea how true that is of course.

Your Civic coupe is a manual it’s worth about 2k.