Help with Motorbility please

Anubis_2

myonlysunshine wrote: »

Thanks Roger for your sound advice,

I seem to have gone about this process the wrong way round!

My husband is trying to sort something out at work, I am overworrying about it all and being a tad impatient i think.

My husband is thinking of asking his parents for a small loan and I can repay my mobility allowance to them over a period of time.. it wont be alot of money just a cheap run around. They are not always forthcoming helping even though he is an only child and they are well off, we would rather be able to do it ourselves, although we would be obviously be very grateful for the help if they offered.

Thanks again.

Mel

We had to do this years ago before I got motability and was struggling walking. Luckily, my husbands sister upgraded her car and she sold us the old mini she had for half of what it was worth and let us pay weekly. The bush went on the steering but I was doing a car mechanic course at the time and I had to remove the engine to get to the gearbox then dismantle the gearbox to replace the bush.

It cost nothing apart from my time as all the equipment needed was at the place I was doing the car mechanic course at - thankfully! That little mini did us well. My husband is 6ft 4 though and his knees touched his chest when driving though - he did look odd :rotfl:

Mupette

Magenta wrote: »

Just to say that if you do get a motobility car you may well loose your payment for Care.

why would anyone getting a motability car loose their care payments?

They loose the mobility, (well technically) because that goes towards the car.. but care, thats a new one on me.

mouseymousey99

While I agree with Rogers post (mostly) I would say Motability has been a godsend to us. That its a new car is not important. what is important is that we dont have to find the MOT money/Repair money/insurance etc. Without it we simply wouldn't be able to afford a car.

This week we had a flat tyre (it happens) but we managed to get it all sorted under the scheme without paying a penny. If we had another bill of £70? odd that would be us stuffed for the month again. We are (aren't we all) on such small budgets, it makes the difference between having a car and not having a car. If you have friends family who can help that's great, but we are alone.

doggle_2

mouseymousey99 wrote: »

While I agree with Rogers post (mostly) I would say Motability has been a godsend to us. That its a new car is not important. what is important is that we dont have to find the MOT money/Repair money/insurance etc. Without it we simply wouldn't be able to afford a car.

This week we had a flat tyre (it happens) but we managed to get it all sorted under the scheme without paying a penny. If we had another bill of £70? odd that would be us stuffed for the month again. We are (aren't we all) on such small budgets, it makes the difference between having a car and not having a car. If you have friends family who can help that's great, but we are alone.

Instead of a new car, wouldn't you get some money, £52 or something instead?

Over a year you would get £2600. Surely running a car (last time I had one was 8 years ago) wouldn't come to £2600 a year?
Mine never did.
Tax & Insurance is £500, Repairs £1000, youre still left with £1100 to play with.

Or in that figure, does the benefits pay the petrol as well?

mouseymousey99

The last car we had before the Motability car had failed its MOT, the repairs (7+ yrs ago) came to £700.
It also used double the amount of petrol to our existing car.
Himself is not capable of getting under a car and tinkering with it anymore, (but I would never tell him so).
We don't go far but I know we can ~ Its a huge peace of mind thing.

Anubis_2

doggle wrote: »

Instead of a new car, wouldn't you get some money, £52 or something instead?

Over a year you would get £2600. Surely running a car (last time I had one was 8 years ago) wouldn't come to £2600 a year?
Mine never did.
Tax & Insurance is £500, Repairs £1000, youre still left with £1100 to play with.

Or in that figure, does the benefits pay the petrol as well?

If you mean is petrol paid on Motability, then no, it isn't. If you mean does the poster pay for petrol out of benefit money, IDK.

We personally find it easier with a Motability car. Yes, we never see the money but the mobey doesn't matter to me, having a reliable car when I need to use it without worrying if it is going to break down and if I would have money to fix it outweighs this.

I have a lot of appointments, hospital and doctors and a reliable car is essential as I can not travel on public transport. Plus one of my specialists is 80 mile round trip.