Motability announcement

portly1

schrodie wrote: »

Given that these people are Patrons of Motability I'm surprised they've allowed such a favourable attitude towards disabled people.

David Cameron

Nick Clegg

Ed Miliband

Iain Duncan Smith

Liam Byrne

Come to think of it I agree.

Who is paying this £2000/£1000? Where is the money coming from?

It does seem a tad bit unfair also on the rest of the benefit claimants that will lose their DLA HRM if they have never had a Motability car.

JS477

portly1 wrote: »

Come to think of it I agree.

Who is paying this £2000/£1000? Where is the money coming from?

It does seem a tad bit unfair also on the rest of the benefit claimants that will lose their DLA HRM if they have never had a Motability car.

But the non-Motability customers have spent/saved or whatever the HRM DLA money as they chose to do. It was up to them whether they used their HRM DLA to go towards a Motability car. Why should Motability give any money to someone who hash't used their scheme!

I assume the money will be coming from Motability's own coffers.

CTcelt1988

JS477 wrote: »

But the non-Motability customers have spent/saved or whatever the HRM DLA money as they chose to do. It was up to them whether they used their HRM DLA to go towards a Motability car. Why should Motability give any money to someone who hash't used their scheme!

I assume the money will be coming from Motability's own coffers.

If 150,000 people lose their cars under PIP and get the £2,000, then it would cost Motability £300 million! No way could they afford that! I would imagine that the Goverment will give Motability the money, although £300m is too much.

SandraScarlett

portly1 wrote: »

Definitely did the right thing in sending my mobility car back that I leased from Nov 2011 - It would have to go back in Nov 2014 anyhow so no support for me from them.

Bought my own vehicle instead.

Parva wrote: »

Well done Andy.

Would that be a Freelander? I believe tokenfield and oldboy64 did exactly the same thing - and bought the same car!

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portly1

SandraScarlett wrote: »

Would that be a Freelander? I believe tokenfield and oldboy64 did exactly the same thing - and bought the same car!

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Is this post directed towards me? It wasn't clear.

Freelander?? You are joking - where did you get that idea from?

No I bought a 15 month old Insignia Elite Diesel. Cost me £11,500, 7000 miles. Damn good car with everything you need onboard.

superwoman4

portly1 wrote: »

Is this post directed towards me? It wasn't clear.

Freelander?? You are joking - where did you get that idea from?

No I bought a 15 month old Insignia Elite Diesel. Cost me £11,500, 7000 miles. Damn good car with everything you need onboard.

You need to stick to the same story Andy!!!
You had a Freelander two weeks ago.

portly1 wrote: »

I run a 2012 Freelander 2 HSE and from what I am told the belt is changed every 150,000 miles or 15 years!!!!

cbrown372

portly1 wrote: »

Is this post directed towards me? It wasn't clear.

Freelander?? You are joking - where did you get that idea from?

No I bought a 15 month old Insignia Elite Diesel. Cost me £11,500, 7000 miles. Damn good car with everything you need onboard.

portly1 wrote: »

Should be £260 a year Land Rover Freelander 2.

But NIL tax as it is classed as a disability vehicle.

portly1 wrote: »

£60!!!! I'd give up driving if I had to pay that! I pay £24 a month for a new Freelander 2.

tsk, tsk Andy, make up your mind :beer:

SandraScarlett

Thank you Andy/Rotoguys/Oldboy64/portly1/Tokenfield et al! As Judge Judy says "if you tell the truth, you don't need a good memory"!

Thank you superwoman and cbrown for your quotes.

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SandraScarlett

Just seen that portly1, just like his AEs, has been PPRd.

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SandraScarlett

Richie, you're the super sleuth round here, so perhaps you can give us mere mortals the heads up on the next AE. Thanks

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