Mobilty cars .....Joke

lisa110rry

For the avoidance of doubt, my husband, who cannot walk more than 100 yards, has a VW Tiguan as a Motability vehicle. He chose it because it is easier to get into and automatic. I do not drive it, except in his direct best interests, for example when we are going to Norfolk to see his relatives or for a holiday - it's a six-hour drive from our home, we need to change drivers.

On the other hand, I have to deal with filling the AdBlue as the filler place is under the spare wheel, under the "floor" of the cargo area. He could not do that.

We live in a village which has no regular public transport to the several hospital appointments he has each month. The car assists his mobility.

End of.

And for the further avoidance of doubt, no, we receive no benefits. Disability Living ALLOWANCE is just that, an allowance to assist my husband's (not my) mobility.

In any case I have two cars of my own, why would I want to drive his?

fred246

I was a bit shocked to see on the notability site that if you bring your 3 year old car back in good condition they will give you £250 when you pick up your brand new motor.

Car_54

curty510 wrote: »

I consider myself fortunate as Im not disabled, but if i had a choice of being fully able bodied or being disabled and being entitled to a 'free car', i know which one i would choose every time.

Why would anyone begrudge mobility assistance to someone, someone who without it would be housebound???

Indeed. And it isn't a "free" car, as Joe Horner pointed out above. . Anyone wanting one has to pay for it. It's simply a leasing scheme which operates on a not-for-profit basis.

pappa_golf

Car_54 wrote: »

Indeed. And it isn't a "free" car, as Joe Horner pointed out above. . Anyone wanting one has to pay for it. It's simply a leasing scheme which operates on a not-for-profit basis.

thus showing the non disabled the mark up the lease Cos charge

poppy12345

Muscle750 wrote: »

It seems that Mobilty cars nowadays are becoming more and more upmarket i know of one a brand new Volvo xc90 Retailing at some £46k why are people on mobilty able to access such cars, why cant they have a run of the mill Focus and a max engine size of say 1.8d. Been able to access such high value cars and get everything paid for bar the fuel surely makes the system more attractive to fraudsters. Next they will want us to pay any speeding tickets etc. Sorry but i find it wrong that this sort of vehicle etc is out of reach to the average person financially. So why is the system allowing such over spend etc. Plus many who have mobilty cars treat them like a complete tip.

You obviously don't know anything. These cars are far from free. As posted by others. Disabled people use their disability money to pay for these. I tell you what i'd challenge you to live just ONE day of your life in the shoes of disabled people. The pain, the medication, the care that they need daily. You'd soon stop this if you did. You should be totally ashamed of yourself...some people just make me wanna throw up and you're one of them!!

neilmcl

fred246 wrote: »

I was a bit shocked to see on the notability site that if you bring your 3 year old car back in good condition they will give you £250 when you pick up your brand new motor.

And what exactly is wrong with that? Pretty good incentive to keep the car in a decent condition so it can get a better price when resold.

Mr.Generous

I don't think many would object to those who need the help using the scheme, exactly the same way that I doubt many would condone the small percentage who are on a scam.

A few people thieve from Tesco's but somehow we don't hate the shop because some scroungers get their food free.

Cornucopia

Coincidentally, I have been helping a disabled friend select a new Motability vehicle over the past few weeks, and we collected it from a Dealership yesterday.

We actually looked at whether he could source a suitable car privately in order to save a few ££ to spend on other needs. It was fairly close, especially if he downgraded to something 2-3 years old.

The truth is (no matter what those who are ill-informed about the scheme and/or disability in general might say) that the scheme is price-neutral. Certainly at the lower end you could probably go and get a normal lease for around the same price as the benefit contribution (which is about £240pm). The scheme also includes Insurance, Tyres and Servicing which is where the ease of use comes in, as well as edging the scheme just ahead financially compared to commercial leasing.

The bottom line is that we're probably looking at a lease payment of around £180pm, in which case there are many, many cars available to anyone for that kind of money.

As to the idea of fraud, well I suppose it's possible. The person would need to deceive their own Doctor, an already cynical benefits system, and finally have the gall to walk into a Car Dealership and order their Motability vehicle. And what would be the gain at the Motability end of all that? Nothing. They could simply take the money.

almillar

I was a bit shocked to see on the notability site that if you bring your 3 year old car back in good condition they will give you £250 when you pick up your brand new motor.

Dangling a (small) carrot for people to treat their cars well while they have it. It affect's the resale value that Motability can achieve for it (by more than £250 worth) so why not?

And I meant to say in my last post, don't get all outraged quoting the list price of all these cars - Motability will be getting deals on batches of certain cars, with certain engines and certain specs, and will be paying nowhere near list price for them.

Joe_Horner

GTE_Boy wrote: »

Depends on how you define free.

Don't work claim benefit and use that to lease a car, how's that not free?

I guess you're not aware that DLA / PIP are nothing to do with working or not?

They're both non-means-tested allowances that we, as a caring society, make available to people who have extra expenses involved in living as near to a "normal" life as possible in light of their disabilities.

You can claim regardless of whether or not you're workiing, and regardless of what your income is. In fact, in many cases, the allowance is what makes the difference between someone being able to work or not because someone who can't take the 6 am bus to work every day because getting to the bus stop half a mile away will cripple them can still get to work in their motability car.

Don't let the fact that your favourite Outrage Rags only ever highlight the obviously dodgy cases blind you to the fact that the vast majority of cases are genuine need and provide genuine assistance.