Buying ex-motability car?

Spicy_McHaggis

CTcelt1988 wrote: »

I've no problem having an Motability car as it comes of my DLA. I would buy my own car using the money if I wasn't on the scheme.

Yes exactly why buy something you can get for free and if you weren't on the scheme you'd have to use you unearned money towards gettting about.

CTcelt1988

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Yes exactly why buy something you can get for free and if you weren't on the scheme you'd have to use you unearned money towards gettting about.

Ive paid taxes and national insurance, I've paid into the system. Hardly unearned money. It's not like I've never worked and never put money in the system. Your sly dig at 'unearned' money is uncalled for. You say you don't have a problem with Motability,yet make digs about it. Sounds like you resent people having a car on the scheme to me.

robotrobo

Deleted_User wrote: »

Dont buy a used Citroen or anything French!

My renault is ex motobility car , now 13 years old & i wouldnt change it just yet , it looks still new , with 66k on the clock.

Spicy_McHaggis

CTcelt1988 wrote: »

Ive paid taxes and national insurance, I've paid into the system. Hardly unearned money. It's not like I've never worked and never put money in the system. Your sly dig at 'unearned' money is uncalled for. You say you don't have a problem with Motability,yet make digs about it. Sounds like you resent people having a car on the scheme to me.

However you jazz it up its an unearned benefit paid whether you're employed or not. How's it a sly dig? It's a true comment.

You seem to have the problem with it, so your tax each month covered what you're taking out now? I don't think so when you look at the other services you've used. Not many in this country pay in more than they use or take out.

dunroving

robotrobo wrote: »

My renault is ex motobility car , now 13 years old & i wouldnt change it just yet , it looks still new , with 66k on the clock.

Thanks, that's helpful. I never thought my post would stir up all of the pro/con the ethics of Motability aggro.


Arnold Clark are supposedly still trying to get hold of the service record, in the meantime I am looking elsewhere. Not a lot of choice round here for < £7,000, though.

Richard53

With my wife's car, Motability keep the V5 and are presumably the registered keeper, so don't expect a private name on the docs. However, we have the service record book, and this is stamped every time it goes in for service. Presumably different supplying garages do it differently. If it's serviced within the dealer network (as it should be - that's the deal and it's paid for as part of the lease) then any dealer should be able to verify the service history.


From memory, I'm pretty sure it is 2 named drivers plus the disabled person, but I could be wrong there.


And it's a free car if you consider 'free' as meaning no money is handed over. What is handed over instead is the right to the higher level DLA payments which the disabled person would get instead. That person may not be a workshy scrounger, and may have paid into the system via tax and NI for many years before needing to claim. If you object to people getting DLA when they become disabled, you presumably also object to unemployed people getting JSA, low wage people getting Income Support, parents getting Child Benefit etc. These are all benefits, paid for out of general taxation, which the Govt has agreed should be paid to citizens in certain circumstances.


I'm not a big fan of the benefits culture, but if you are going to object to one you need to object to them all if you are going to be consistent.

dunroving

Richard53 wrote: »

With my wife's car, Motability keep the V5 and are presumably the registered keeper, so don't expect a private name on the docs. However, we have the service record book, and this is stamped every time it goes in for service. Presumably different supplying garages do it differently. If it's serviced within the dealer network (as it should be - that's the deal and it's paid for as part of the lease) then any dealer should be able to verify the service history.


From memory, I'm pretty sure it is 2 named drivers plus the disabled person, but I could be wrong there.


And it's a free car if you consider 'free' as meaning no money is handed over. What is handed over instead is the right to the higher level DLA payments which the disabled person would get instead. That person may not be a workshy scrounger, and may have paid into the system via tax and NI for many years before needing to claim. If you object to people getting DLA when they become disabled, you presumably also object to unemployed people getting JSA, low wage people getting Income Support, parents getting Child Benefit etc. These are all benefits, paid for out of general taxation, which the Govt has agreed should be paid to citizens in certain circumstances.


I'm not a big fan of the benefits culture, but if you are going to object to one you need to object to them all if you are going to be consistent.

I wonder if this is why Arnold Clark were scratching their heads trying to find the service documents. If Motability are the registeredkeeper and AC bought it at auction, the original driver may have the service books. I think they said something about trying to contact the original owner to get the doc's. Hard not to be suspicious this isn't part of a ruse rather than coincidental numptiness.

CTcelt1988

All the Motability cars I've had, the service book was always stamped. On average, my car got serviced once in 3 years.

Hoof_Hearted

My son bought an ex-motability car and it was definitely registered to a person, not motability.

thriftytwosome

I bought a second hand motobility Micra , it was a lovely little car, top of the range, low mileage and totally reliable. I kept it for 7 years and was sorry to sell it when I needed a bigger car. It had all the service records with it and was registered to the previous owner. It served me well.