motability advice please

Ted_Hutchinson

mikewebs wrote:

Motability should serve as an example to many other organisations in this country who forget about the 'invisible' sector of society.

Have you tried as a disabled person buying your motability car at the end of lease. If as you imply the Motability organisation are there to help the disabled more than the banks/motor trade wouldn't you think, after paying the deposit, paying your entire DLA, and paying for putting on the alterations, you would have to the chance to buy at LESS or at least the SAME price as the motor trade.

Not a bit of it.

If you look at the Parker prices I listed earlier you will find that despite having paid all that money and looked after the car as if it were your very own pride and joy, you find that because the car has such a low mileage and is in such good condition, you will be charged more by Motability than you could buy that very same car from a main agent.

Motability seek to maximise their income as much as possible and rather than letting the current disabled use benefit from the care the have lavished on that car simply use the wonderful condition as a means of upping the price excessively. I can see no justification in charging the current disabled user MORE than they would get from the Motor Trade. They obviously consider the 'invisible' sector of society suitable mugs for maximising profit.

mikewebs

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

Its a personal choice isnt it. I have heard more bad stories than good with motability.


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You always hear mor ebad stories about things than good. I think it's in our nature to complain when things go wrong but stay silent when they go well

crawley_girl

Turning_into_scrooge wrote:

May i ask how there are 15 people allowed to drive his car as i have motability and there are only 2 designated drivers for each vehicle. After that there is a fee of £75 per extra driver for the year.The insurance is actually Royal Sun Alliance Motabillity, not just the basic RSA

It's an open-ended policy (whatever that means) and anyone who has a driving licence and is carrying out work on behalf of our tenant can drive the car. The vehicle is a Ford and we were given a phone number to call to arrange the insurance, so I did. I explained that a team of support workers would need to drive the car and was told this was the most appropriate policy to meet our tenant's needs. Our tenant didn't have to pay a thing. No extras. Nothing.

HTH

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crawley_girl

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

But you can see how easy it is for some young person to apply pressure to persuade their disabled Granny that a Motability Car would be just wonderful and the new young driver will definitely take Granny for a run every week and do all her shopping for her if only she lets her dear Granddaughter look after the car, but subsequently she never takes Granny out at all, never does the shopping and just uses the Motability Car for her own going to work and gadding about, not only misusing the Motability Scheme but also abusing the Blue Badge scheme as well.

Yeah I hear what you are saying. Sadly, there are always people that will take advantage of the system be it as you described or whatever. It happens but it doesn't make it right.

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