Negative changes to the Motability scheme as of 1st January 2017.

easy

mrcol1000 wrote: »

There to help them get a vehicle so they can get around. Not a high powered sports car at a discount rate.

As far as I am aware, over the last 17 years "high powered sports cars" haven't featured on the list of vehicles available on the motability scheme.
Or do you think we have all been driving around in Porsches & Ferraris ??

Tigsteroonie

Deleted_User wrote: »

Finally, if you require a 7-seater you must now prove the need for it.

I wonder what they count as justification for this? Maybe next time we pack up our car for a UK holiday, I should take a photo of just how full the car is packed, for just 3 adults and one disabled child ...

Richie-from-the-Boro

Good, glad to see it, 150 cars that cost less than your mobility allowance, 400 cars that cost the same as your allowance, want bells and non-essential whistles pay for them via AP - keep it viable economically and politically for those who genuinely need it. HRDLA to PIP reassessment is reducing Motability contributions pot by 45% for the 650,000 people previously on the Motability Scheme.

Seems fair and even handed to me !

mrcol1000

The problem is, that there are disabled people like myself who are grateful for any help at all. See Mobility as being invaluable and the only reason I can live the house. There are then people who no matter what help they get are not happy and expect more. These are the people who fuel anti disabled stories in the Daily Mail.

FBaby

I need electric door mirrors, because my husband is taller than I am, and when he's been driving the car I can't reach across the car to adjust the passenger side mirror, same with height adjustable seats, and reach adjustable steering wheels.

It's comments like this that does exactly the opposite of what it is intended to do. OH and I often exchange our cars for practical reasons. We are not disabled, so can make adjustments back to our requirements, however, it is very annoying to do so, so out of courtesy, we just put it back to the position it was before, which is not hard to do when you pay attention and get used to it.

Surely if the person is disabled, it seems even more courteous to do so rather than expecting charities to pay more for the convenience?

I am not surprised they did advertise it, for the exact reason why OP is annoyed, people would have rushed to take advantage of the last opportunity to get their top cars. If it was changed, it was because it was considered an unnecessary expense, so why advertise it?

bigbulldog

FBaby wrote: »

OH and I often exchange our cars for practical reasons. We are not disabled, so can make adjustments back to our requirements, however, it is very annoying to do so, so out of courtesy, we just put it back to the position it was before, which is not hard to do when you pay attention and get used to it.

Surely if the person is disabled, it seems even more courteous to do so rather than expecting charities to pay more for the convenience?

Your first paragraph it might be annoying BUT you are able to do it,some disabilities won't allow that to happen even if they find it annoying like yourself.

The second paragraph about charities paying more for the convenience shows you know very little on how the Motability scheme works as the majority of cars come with electric mirrors etc as standard and to regards to top cars then they would pay up to £3000 of there own money for the advance payment for the privilege.

Jackieboy

bigbulldog wrote: »

Your first paragraph it might be annoying BUT you are able to do it,some disabilities won't allow that to happen even if they find it annoying like yourself.

The second paragraph about charities paying more for the convenience shows you know very little on how the Motability scheme works as the majority of cars come with electric mirrors etc as standard and to regards to top cars then they would pay up to £3000 of there own money for the advance payment for the privilege.

You seem to have missed the point of the post.

If a non disabled couple who swop cars have the courtesy to put the cars back the way they were when they took them, how much more should you expect the partner of a disabled person to do so?

Should one really expect a charity to fund the thoughtlessness of the claimant's partner?

bigbulldog

Jackieboy wrote: »

You seem to have missed the point of the post.

If a non disabled couple who swop cars have the courtesy to put the cars back the way they were when they took them, how much more should you expect the partner of a disabled person to do so?

Should one really expect a charity to fund the thoughtlessness of the claimant's partner?

No point missed,so you are assuming that a disabled has to be a couple what about a single person or a couple that are both disabled do they ask a total stranger off the street or a next door neighbor to adjust the car back for the other one to use.?????

Charity yes it is,but I honestly think some of the people on here think that the cars are free if you take away the no credit check then they are no different to any other leasing company and in some respect there are cheaper car leasing companies than Motability.

Perhaps you missed the point.

Jackieboy

bigbulldog wrote: »

No point missed,so you are assuming that a disabled has to be a couple what about a single person or a couple that are both disabled do they ask a total stranger off the street or a next door neighbor to adjust the car back for the other one to use.?????

Charity yes it is,but I honestly think some of the people on here think that the cars are free if you take away the no credit check then they are no different to any other leasing company and in some respect there are cheaper car leasing companies than Motability.

Perhaps you missed the point.

"A disabled"?:eek:

Savvy_Sue

If you're sharing a car with someone who needs it adjusted differently to you, it's obviously a courtesy to set it up how the other person likes it

a) if you can do so

b) if you know it's not going to be you driving it next

However

a) I'm not sure any other person can set the mirrors the way I like or need them, because no-one else can see what I see once I've got the driving seat adjusted to my liking

b) Life's not always predictable! I think DH is going to be the next person to drive our car, but the next person to do so has to go and get petrol, so if he runs out of time before his next meeting I shall have to go out earlier and fill it up!

The other thing to note is that we have had the 'luxuries' mentioned (electric door mirrors, height adjustable seats and adjustable steering wheels) in very ordinary, non-motability cars, definitely not top of the range, so either I'm buying a make of car which does this as standard or almost standard, or they are a lot more common than some people think.