Costa Cars - Page 2

Some reports say "municipalities", some say "cities" - so clear as mud, just like lockdowns all over again! I'm in Playa Flamenca, within the municipality of Orihuela - and I hardly ever leave Orihuela. So if I buy a cheap, polluting car purely to get around Orihuela, I'll never be fined coz I'll never actually enter Orihuela, right!?

Yes, bought our old beater from them 6yrs ago. Never serviced 🙈 and never missed a beat, started 1st time even after veing stood 6 months.  English guys, very professional.  Well recommended.

I think you will be safe driving around for some while yet! 

  Having looked around to find info on the low emission zones (LEZ's) I have not found anything that confirms when and where the LEZ's will be in place on the Costa Blanca. I think it will happen at some stage but to say from January 2023 fines will be issued to cars entering places like Villamartin is at best misguided. 

Rgds,

Aitch. 

Hi, here is the link https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/04/23/low-emission-zones-in-spain-what-are-they-how-do-you-avoid-a-200-euro-fine/

The posts I have read say that from 1st January 2023 you will be fined 200 Euros.

Thank you Andrea, Tony Smith had already provided the link earlier in the thread.

Aitch.

Hi Andrea,

   The article talks about potential 200euro fines but not in locations like Villamartin. To be honest I have struggled to find much information about the low emission zones (LEZ's) in the region at all.

   On the N332 f/book page they say that the zones will be initially in larger towns and cities, a list of 6 cities are given.  As far as I have read the authorities across CB have not yet set up areas where the restrictions will located and how they will operate. As it is less than 6 weeks to Jan 1st I do wonder if these will be in place.

 Also, I have asked if anyone has obtained a LEZ sticker for their vehicle, but so far no responses, maybe someone can advise. 

Rgds,

Aitch. 

Like you aitch1401, am finding it difficult to find any information anywhere but the 2021 law states that these zones must be introduced BEFORE 2023, whether they will stick to that noone knows.

We bought from them, good honest salesman, Mateus, he’ll give you the good and bad news and his recommendations , has good English, didn’t pay big money, he does all the necessary paperwork

It appears that Spain has got as many crazed Green nutters in power as England has. This policy should be for 2040 and not Jan 2023. I can understand somewhere like Benidorm where they positively HATE all cars but other towns will become ghost towns if they fine anyone who cannot afford a new car, €200.a time for driving into the area. People will stay away.

Major polluting countries like China and India are doing nothing to change, and having ever more births, with population being the true cause of global warming, as in eight billion people now, twice as many people as just fifty years ago. So what Europe and Britain does is of minor consequence.

Something to think about: "By burning heavy fuel oil, just 15 of the biggest ships emit more of the noxious oxides of nitrogen and sulphur than all the world's cars put together."

Next they will try and force us to all become veggies by wiping out all meat animals.