Buying an ex Mobility vehicle

Billy_Bullocks

Deleted_User wrote: »

Don't get smart. When the dealer discovers that the Motability lease belonged to a woman he will advertise it as "one lady owner".

He'll struggle since there won't be a lady on the V5.

Car_54

Deleted_User wrote: »

Don't get smart. When the dealer discovers that the Motability lease belonged to a woman he will advertise it as "one lady owner".

It must be decades since any dealer advertised cars like that. And much longer since anyone believed it.

BeenThroughItAll

Car_54 wrote: »

It must be decades since any dealer advertised cars like that. And much longer since anyone believed it.

A quick AutoTrader search reveals 4045 cars under £10,000 nationally with the search term 'one lady owner'.

Car_54

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

A quick AutoTrader search reveals 4045 cars under £10,000 nationally with the search term 'one lady owner'.

I stand corrected. Clearly I'm operating at the wrong end of the market!

AdrianC

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

A quick AutoTrader search reveals 4045 cars under £10,000 nationally with the search term 'one lady owner'.

...out of a total of 258,241 <£10k cars on AutoTrader.

bigadaj

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

A quick AutoTrader search reveals 4045 cars under £10,000 nationally with the search term 'one lady owner'.

But not 'probably needs a new clutch soon'.

[Deleted User]

Has the OP been reported for ableism yet?

Missus_Hyde

I "think" our car had been in the Motability scheme and the only reason that we suspected that it might have been an ex- motability car was because when we filled in the part of the log book (or whatever they call it these days) where you return it to DVLA to have the new owners details updated, we noticed that the tax class had stated "disabled".

We understood that it had come from another dealership and when we took it for a test drive, it was on trade plates, although it had been registered nine months previously. However, it was in excellent condition and only had 1100 miles on the clock and was exactly what we were looking for, being an automatic diesel AWD which we were buying to tow our caravan. The dealer arranged the tax for us, so we had no problem. Perhaps it was registered for motability, but not used very much as it was only nine months old and with a very low mileage (I'm not sure exactly how the scheme works?)

We've had it four years now and it's been perfect for the job.

motorguy

Robisere wrote: »

Is your opinion based upon experience, or just another Daily Fail headline? You should know this:
* Only one other person is allowed to be insured to drive the Motability car, usually a family member. Only in very exceptional circumstances can another driver be a Named driver. A copy of their driving licence must be sent to the RSA insurer, along with a form that has to be completed and signed by the driver and Named driver. Only when an enquiry has been carried out regarding the Named driver, will permission be granted.

* Motability rewards drivers who hand over the car at the end of lease, in good condition, with a cheque. I think this is currently £250. So it pays to keep them in good condition.

* If the car is in really bad condition at the end of lease, it is possible that Motability will not extend another lease to that driver.

I have been fortunate enough to have my life blessed by a Motability car since 1995. I thank the Motability service for this: without it, I would be totally stuck. You had no idea about the above facts, did you? Still, why let facts get in the way of a biased opinion?

Robisere, opposing Benefits-Bashers all my life.;)

Speaking from experience from when i was motor trading, most cars come back with some level of damage. Now that may be just some scuffs to bumpers, panels, etc , OR it may be some serious abuse.

We had full access to all the motability cars across the UK BEFORE they went to auction. The nicest, low miles cars would have been bought by the big franchise / dealer groups, less prestine cars would go to car supermarkets and smaller dealers. Any that were too expensive (and a lot of them were) for dealers to click "buy it now" on ended up at auctions around the UK.

Heres a list from the first auction house i found in google there that were listing motability cars -

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

If you click on the car, the click on the condition report you'll see that pretty much hall are in need of signficant reconditioning.

As a random sample, heres a list of the damage on the Ibiza 1.2TDI.

• Seat Base Cover nsr Soiled
• Door osr Scratched
• Load Area Carpet Soiled
• Door Pad nsf Soiled
• Seat Base Cover nsf Burn
• Door nsr Dented
• Bumper Front Scratched
• Qtr Panel nsr Dented
• Seat Base Cover osf
• Door Pad osf Soiled
• Bumper Rear Scratched
• Door Mirror Assy nsf Scratched (Painted)
• Roof Lining Soiled
• Wing nsf Scratched
• Wheel osf Scratched
• Wheel nsf Scratched
• Carpets Front Soiled
• Bonnet Chipped

So, a significant amount of time required in the body shop there, wheels refurbished, heavy interior valet and then a full buff up before its ready for a dealer forecourt - no doubt to be then presented as "one careful motability owner from new"....

System

Robisere wrote: »

Is your opinion based upon experience, or just another Daily Fail headline?

My grandad had a motability car. He had bad feet due to being force marched from Dunkirk to a PoW camp in Poland in WW2. He would go through clutches like you wouldn't believe, sometimes two a year. So whilst the rest of the car was in good condition whoever bought it may find the clutch died quite quickly.

My sis in law had until recently an adapted minibus on Motability as she had two sons with Duchens. Used it to ferry world and dog around, smoked in it, never cleaned it and when she got a horse it was used to cart around straw and feed. Whenever any of her friends moved house she'd use the minibus.