changing mobility car early

fogartyblue.

Chrissiew wrote: »

That still give her 2 years or so with the mobility car and doesnt take away the fact she has got the wrong one.

Also its scaremongering all this talk about PIP, yes its coming in and people are going to be assessed but some make out as if everyone will have to hand their cars back, and NO ONE really knows what will happen untill the day comes.

Scaremongering???

You only have to look at what happened when they brought out ESA. It was supposed to be the 'new' benefit so that those that needed the help received it.

Likewise with PIP, you have ATOS involved in much the same way as they are with ESA for the same reason.

Everybody knows that the government is looking to make savings of around 25% on what is currently being paid out with DLA.

Plus, the criteria for the equivalent of HRM has become a lot stricter!!!

And you say I am scaremongering.

What I am saying is plan for the worst and hope for the best!!

Chrissiew

fogartyblue. wrote: »

Scaremongering???

You only have to look at what happened when they brought out ESA. It was supposed to be the 'new' benefit so that those that needed the help received it.

Likewise with PIP, you have ATOS involved in much the same way as they are with ESA for the same reason.

Everybody knows that the government is looking to make savings of around 25% on what is currently being paid out with DLA.

Plus, the criteria for the equivalent of HRM has become a lot stricter!!!

And you say I am scaremongering.

What I am saying is plan for the worst and hope for the best!![/QUO


Not just you scaremongering but so many before have terrified people with talk of the new PIP, so many are now worried sick they will lose their benefit and their cars and I find its just not fair to worry people untill it happens, no one knows what will happen, who will lose what or in fact when it will happen as as far as I know its not all been finalised yet.

As it happens I got my new car 9 months ago, I found I now need a 7 seater and motorbility have been brilliant, agreed to me exchanging, hopefully by next week, if I listened to everything that has been said about PIP I wouldnt have gone ahead and asked for an exchange because I would be worried in case the car goes before the whole term is up.

In my opinion its best to wait and see what happens, wait untill you are called for an assessement and take it from there, theres no point in worrying yourself sick for a couple of years over something that might not even happen.

Soapn

a seven seater, for 2 people? lovely

HB58

Soapn wrote: »

a seven seater, for 2 people? lovely

The OP states that they have just had their 4th child.

Denny_Crane

dave030445 wrote: »

It just that in the s-max the re most seats are on the floor there is no drop for your legs I was hoping that the galaxy seats where higher. Ive got to go and view one this week. The mobility people were OK with it but said there is normally a fee for changing cars early but they will waver it this time and to make sure the car we get next lasts the 3 years. IE no more kids. are car at the moment is s-max titanium x model. so would be looking at getting the galaxy titanium x.

Ah! one of the "lucky " ones who can drive a manual then. Us Auto only drivers don't go to the titanium X :-)

have a look at this video review
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/ford/galaxy-mpv/video/25566-7

Its a bit out of date but still shows the seat abilities.

What about the Seat Alhambra?, rated by many as a better car

Denny_Crane

Soapn wrote: »

a seven seater, for 2 people? lovely

Apart from the children they have, before you go off half !!!!, what aboutr space for a wheelchair for example?

Really you get better every posting......

fogartyblue.

Chrissiew wrote: »

Not just you scaremongering but so many before have terrified people with
talk of the new PIP, so many are now worried sick they will lose their benefit
and their cars and I find its just not fair to worry people untill it happens,
no one knows what will happen, who will lose what or in fact when it will happen
as as far as I know its not all been finalised yet.
As it happens I got my new car 9 months ago, I found I now need a 7 seater
and motorbility have been brilliant, agreed to me exchanging, hopefully by next
week, if I listened to everything that has been said about PIP I wouldnt have
gone ahead and asked for an exchange because I would be worried in case the car
goes before the whole term is up.
In my opinion its best to wait and see what happens, wait untill you are
called for an assessement and take it from there, theres no point in worrying
yourself sick for a couple of years over something that might not even
happen.

Each to their own then!

Without any forward planning you will be in danger of putting your head and neck in the sand.

If you find it better to ignore what may happen and only confront the situation after you have been called for an assessment then I accept your decision.

But many do prefer to plan ahead on the basis of 'what if'.
Given what we already know so far, my wife will lose her HRM when PIP starts. There is no question about that! If she doesn't - well that would be a bonus, but not something we are planning on happening.

My wife has a motability car which she obtained late last year.
We looked at all of the cars with the least advance payment (max £300) as we did not want to find that having the car taken off her before the end of the term would have meant an awful lot of money would have been lost.

She too is looking to get out of her vehicle (mainly because it is far too low to the ground for my comfort).

We are considering either to not get another one and save the money until PIP comes round and then buy our own. It should be two years before it happens which means that we could get together over £5000 by that time. We can rely on family to get us round in the interim.

Or get another Motability car, one that we both like, but wasn't available at the time - a BMW X1 2.3M x drive.
Keep it for as long as the DLA continues and then buy it off Motability when PIP comes in.

Not to plan ahead is a little silly in my opinion.

Chrissiew

Soapn wrote: »

a seven seater, for 2 people? lovely

Its really got nothing to do with you, if it was one person getting a 7 seater that would be their choice, they are paying for it, and before you use the old its a free car crap, its not free, people pay for the car with their entitlement.

Chrissiew

fogartyblue. wrote: »

Each to their own then!

Without any forward planning you will be in danger of putting your head and neck in the sand.

If you find it better to ignore what may happen and only confront the situation after you have been called for an assessment then I accept your decision.

But many do prefer to plan ahead on the basis of 'what if'.
Given what we already know so far, my wife will lose her HRM when PIP starts. There is no question about that! If she doesn't - well that would be a bonus, but not something we are planning on happening.

My wife has a motability car which she obtained late last year.
We looked at all of the cars with the least advance payment (max £300) as we did not want to find that having the car taken off her before the end of the term would have meant an awful lot of money would have been lost.

She too is looking to get out of her vehicle (mainly because it is far too low to the ground for my comfort).

We are considering either to not get another one and save the money until PIP comes round and then buy our own. It should be two years before it happens which means that we could get together over £5000 by that time. We can rely on family to get us round in the interim.

Or get another Motability car, one that we both like, but wasn't available at the time - a BMW X1 2.3M x drive.
Keep it for as long as the DLA continues and then buy it off Motability when PIP comes in.

Not to plan ahead is a little silly in my opinion.

Yea I guess I just live from day to day and take what comes, I never plan ahead for anything, if I lose DLA mobility then I will sort it out when the time comes, I learnt my lesson from worrying sick about getting changed from IB to ESA, everyday I was just waiting for the letter to come through the letter box, I was worrying about the lies they might put on my medical report as I have read such horror stories on here, but it turned out that I didnt require a medical at all and will just get swapped straight over with no fuss, so all that worrying was for nothing.

I had no idea you could swap a mobility car if the one you got turned out to be unsuitable, yea you should make sure its right for you when you first get it, but sometimes things happen and you find you havent got the right one, but after speaking to a mobility operator she said there was no problem, I will have to forego the good order payment but thats not a problem, and a pro rater refund (what ever that means) of the advanced payment will be paid to me with in 28 days.

fogartyblue.

Chrissiew wrote: »

Yea I guess I just live from day to day and take what comes, I never plan ahead for anything, if I lose DLA mobility then I will sort it out when the time comes, I learnt my lesson from worrying sick about getting changed from IB to ESA, everyday I was just waiting for the letter to come through the letter box, I was worrying about the lies they might put on my medical report as I have read such horror stories on here, but it turned out that I didnt require a medical at all and will just get swapped straight over with no fuss, so all that worrying was for nothing.

I had no idea you could swap a mobility car if the one you got turned out to be unsuitable, yea you should make sure its right for you when you first get it, but sometimes things happen and you find you havent got the right one, but after speaking to a mobility operator she said there was no problem, I will have to forego the good order payment but thats not a problem, and a pro rater refund (what ever that means) of the advanced payment will be paid to me with in 28 days.

Hi

Maybe I am wrong, but I do worry only because for the past 18 years 'Sod's Law' seems to have followed us with everything we have done.
If it will go wrong - it will!

I ended up claiming ESA due to bad health in 2009. Had the normal (ATOS) assessment and scored 0 points. I fought for 15 months to have it reviewed and a couple of days before the appeal hearing they awarded me Support Group for 3 years as from Jan 2010.
Then I fought for 16 months for my wife's DLA. started off with LRM, than they upped it tp MRC/LRM then they upped it again to HRM/MRC. It was like dragging blood out of a stone.

Then I fought for a renewal of my IIDB, they (ATOS) said I was fitter than a 20 year old, a few arguments later they conceded to 40% disabled until Jan 2014

I have my ESA ATOS re-assessment later this year which will go 'belly -up' no doubt! Then another fight starts.

My wife's DLA will be due for re-assessment in about 2014 when PIP comes along - given up even thinking she will get that!

IIDB ATOS re-assessment due late 2013, true to form they will find me fit again.

So trust me, forward planning is mightly important to me. We stand to lose the ESA in Jan 2013 and DLA & IIDB in 2014.

I'm getting too old for all of this, I'm tired of fighting the government on every front. Hence why I have to have a plan of what we are going to do when the brown stuff hits the fan over the next year or to. I just can't sit back and let everything fall away nor have I got any fight in me anymore to take the whole DWP on!

As regards my wife's car, yes it was OK at the beginning, but my right leg is more or less useless now - weak and painful due to Peripheral Arterial Disease - put it blunty the bloody thing needs to come off!!!
I would now prefer a much higher seating position.