Motability Scheme, very impressive car choices.
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My wife's cousin has been driving around in her grandma's motability car for the last 5 years. She's been completely housebound for th last 5 years. He's not her main carer or anything.
How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
Check on how many tyres are allowed in the hire period. Then ,there's the motability insurance side, which AFAIK is one size fits all. Last ,but not least- once the payments are taken, what's left for fuel. If I were young enough to qualify, I'd be tempted to look at some of the "JUST ADD FUEL " schemes , such as those run by Puegot. Most of those I know locally, who qualify for the Motability scheme, find that by looking around, they can get a better deal .
dave_s13 said:
My wife's cousin has been driving around in her grandma's motability car for the last 5 years. She's been completely housebound for th last 5 years. He's not her main carer or anything.
How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
My neighbours kid had a serious health problem from birth which he was predicted to grow out of and he has now he's 12 - yay!How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
However they still get a motability car which irks me massively
Who decides what it takes to qualify?
Is it the local GP, a clerk in an office or something else?
Don't get me wrong the first 8y of this kids life must have been tough but they really dont need a free car any more and we are all paying for it
Cheers
numtumfutunch said:
dave_s13 said:
My wife's cousin has been driving around in her grandma's motability car for the last 5 years. She's been completely housebound for th last 5 years. He's not her main carer or anything.
How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
My neighbours kid had a serious health problem from birth which he was predicted to grow out of and he has now he's 12 - yay!How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
However they still get a motability car which irks me massively
Who decides what it takes to qualify?
Is it the local GP, a clerk in an office or something else?
Don't get me wrong the first 8y of this kids life must have been tough but they really dont need a free car any more and we are all paying for it
Cheers
Whether they have a Motab car or not is irrelevant. If they receive the correct benefit they can get a car on the scheme. If they should get that benefit is another matter. Motability are not there to judge whether or not an applicant can have a car, if they get the benefit they can (subject to ages, points of licence etc).
There is without doubt abuse in terms of people basically having a free car, however; over the last few years Motab have really cracked down on who can drive the car, for example if the person receiving the benefit can't drive, their driver must live with them/very close by and the applicant must sign declarations stating that the car is for their benefit etc.
Motability run the largest fleet in the country and as such they get huge discounts, so that is why they can offer BMWs etc. with attractive initial rentals. The lease is for 3 years, 20,000 miles per annum, 2 drivers and full maintainence, I'd be staggered if anyone could get a retail offer anywhere near what they can get a Motab car for.
dave_s13 said:
My wife's cousin has been driving around in her grandma's motability car for the last 5 years. She's been completely housebound for th last 5 years. He's not her main carer or anything.
How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
the one line take -away is your wife's cousin is possibly financially abusing her grandmother - same as if she were to dip into her purse and take money How the funk does that work then?
Sorry to go off topic OP as in your case it's entirely justifiable and I assume if you want a premium car the price goes up accordingly. But, I wonder how many motability cars are never used to help th person they are registered to.
in terms of how motability works - the lease is a fixed price for the majority of vehicles ( there's a handful which are no advanced payment and less than full benefit amount e.g. skoda citigo iirc ) but the advanced payment goes up wit hte cost / lease desirability of the car - there used to be near free choice but after the last lot of hate campaigning motability capped the AP and therefore capped the vehicles in the scheme barring a few special cases ( e.g. genuine need for an 8 or 9 seater none WAV)
Edited by mph1977 on Wednesday 22 June 00:11
I'm on my 3rd Motability car and the downside of "premium" cars is that generally there's a fairly large advance payment.
Bearing in mind that many disabled people don't have a huge income and "disposable" income is often earmarked for other adaptations etc, then this can be a problem to find.
It's been over a year since I last looked at the available cars but there weren't that many premium cars available then.
I personally think the scheme works well and is hugely appreciated by myself.
Bearing in mind that many disabled people don't have a huge income and "disposable" income is often earmarked for other adaptations etc, then this can be a problem to find.
It's been over a year since I last looked at the available cars but there weren't that many premium cars available then.
I personally think the scheme works well and is hugely appreciated by myself.
There is definitely some abuse of the scheme, albeit probably not as common as Daily Mail types would want you to believe.
I think it should be celebrated that the choice is vast for people who genuinely benefit from having lost their own mobility, their own dignity, their own function as a human being - that can't be replaced, but personal transport can at least be made more accessible for them.
How do you crack down on the abuse of the system though? Whilst taking care not to deprive those in genuine need?
I think it should be celebrated that the choice is vast for people who genuinely benefit from having lost their own mobility, their own dignity, their own function as a human being - that can't be replaced, but personal transport can at least be made more accessible for them.
How do you crack down on the abuse of the system though? Whilst taking care not to deprive those in genuine need?
[quote=Who me ?]Check on how many tyres are allowed in the hire period. Then ,there's the motability insurance side, which AFAIK is one size fits all. Last ,but not least- once the payments are taken, what's left for fuel. If I were young enough to qualify, I'd be tempted to look at some of the "JUST ADD FUEL " schemes , such as those run by Puegot. Most of those I know locally, who qualify for the Motability scheme, find that by looking around, they can get a better deal .
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There is no limit to the amount of tyres.
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There is no limit to the amount of tyres.
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