cargiant - intrested but unsure

motorguy

cookiewoo wrote: »

motorguy ,

I never even thought of that about motorbility cars , I must of just been lucky with my old ford fusion years back .

Most go on to give years of service subsequently, but its just worth not 'assuming' its been nursed like a baby.

fivetide

motorguy wrote: »

Sorry but you've got this totally the wrong way round. Motability cars tend to get the minimum of care and are generally unloved by their owners. Thats the best case scenario. The worst case scenario is their driven within half an inch of their lives by some deadbeat relative of the little old lady who got the car.

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Utter rubbish.

Some will be, like any used car but many, like... the one my mrs has, is serviced on the dot, hasn't wanted for anything and never makes over 70mph. She doesn't drive it like she stole it at all.

It is wrong to believe just because it is motability it will have had an easy life, each car should be judged on it's merits but in that respect, they are no different to any other vehicle.

motorguy

fivetide wrote: »

Utter rubbish.

Some will be, like any used car but many, like... the one my mrs has, is serviced on the dot, hasn't wanted for anything and never makes over 70mph. She doesn't drive it like she stole it at all.

It is wrong to believe just because it is motability it will have had an easy life, each car should be judged on it's merits but in that respect, they are no different to any other vehicle.

Your wife looks after hers therefore EVERYBODY looks after theirs.

Brilliant. Utterly Brilliant.

Trust me on this - the motor trade views motability cars with suspicion, and rightly so. Some are looked after, a lot arent.

I'll give you a very relevant example - i've underwritten an 05 Freelander TDI in a main dealers local to me, and they are selling the customer a 'fresh off motability' car - an early return as it happens. The dealer rang me to say the car wouldnt be in for a fortnight as the motability car had arrived - it needed all four alloys refurbed, the two bumpers painted due to scuff, a bad ding on a door repaired, theres trim broken inside, theres trim missing inside, the seats are badly stained...

... now Mr Customer thinks its delayed because of the weather and no doubt when he gets it he will have no idea that it took £££'s of effort to give it that factory fresh 'nursed like a baby' look.:eek: and of course it has a full service history to back up how well its been cared for.

So no, its not rubbish. There are good ones, but it would be very wrong to believe - as the op originally stated - that his last car was a motability car therefore by default he had been "lucky and its was a former Motability car so I knew that it wouldn't of been driven hard and it would of been taken care of"

motorguy

Heres proof.

Shoreham vehicle auctions, 90 ex motability cars...

Sales catalogue....

http://www.shorehamvehicleauctions.com/sales-catalogue?dealer=motability

Read the first three car inspection reports for the damage to the cars...

(and two of these are just a year old!!)

http://www4.amstock.co.uk/sva/i_folder/GF57XLM/GF57XLM_VCR_WEB.PDF

http://www4.amstock.co.uk/sva/i_folder/LN62WHR/LN62WHR_VCR_WEB.PDF

http://www4.amstock.co.uk/sva/i_folder/LO12HVV/LO12HVV_VCR_WEB.PDF

They've no more reports done yet but i'd be expecting them to be the same...

motorguy

Cityauctiongroup.

68 motability cars. Only 10% are grade A cars.

http://www.cityauctiongroup.com/stock/vehicle-search.aspx?vendor=motability&Page=1

What about this Grade D car. Just SIX MONTHS OLD and has been ploughed through...

http://www.cityauctiongroup.com/stock/vehicle-detail.aspx?ref=089084096055062059060

No doubt full service history though, and with a bit of refurbishment will be on a Peugeot dealers forecourt this time next month and being sold as 'nursed like a baby'. :eek:

cookiewoo

motorguy wrote: »

So no, its not rubbish. There are good ones, but it would be very wrong to believe - as the op originally stated - that his last car was a motability car therefore by default he had been "lucky and its was a former Motability car so I knew that it wouldn't of been driven hard and it would of been taken care of"

LOL , you mean SHE !:beer:

photome

Just to add I have bought one ex motability car, a toyota carina it was the best car in terms of value and reliabilty I have owned, had it for 6 years from a year old

cb1979

This is the sort of abuse the mobility scheme allows that makes my blood boil

A convertible BMW

http://www4.amstock.co.uk/sva/i_folder/LO12HVV/LO12HVV_VCR_WEB.PDF

motorguy

cookiewoo wrote: »

LOL , you mean SHE !:beer:

Oh, i'm sure that was painful. :eek:

EDIT: oh, right sorry, you've always been a she!

motorguy

cb1979 wrote: »

This is the sort of abuse the mobility scheme allows that makes my blood boil

A convertible BMW

http://www4.amstock.co.uk/sva/i_folder/LO12HVV/LO12HVV_VCR_WEB.PDF

+1

Completely away from the original ethos of the scheme.

AND neglected too - 3 panels needing painted, all four wheels needing repaired, various scratches needing sorted and the whole car needing a machine polish to bring up the original shine.

!!!!ing ridiculous to be frank.