Buying car from mobility owner

Rolandtheroadie

Family member is due to change their car at the start of August, leased through the mobility scheme.
We're looking for the same make and model just now, and wondered if it would be possible to buy theirs, as we know it's history, and that it's been looked after.
Does anyone know if this would be possible, and the process to do so?  

Spoonie_Turtle

Rolandtheroadie said:

Family member is due to change their car at the start of August, leased through the mobility scheme.
We're looking for the same make and model just now, and wondered if it would be possible to buy theirs, as we know it's history, and that it's been looked after.
Does anyone know if this would be possible, and the process to do so?  

There are dealerships that sell used Motability cars.  Best to Google it to see what options there are and where.

Rolandtheroadie

Googled a bit more (I had initially), it appears the supplying garage gets first refusal of your car, but under certain circumstances, Motability can provide a personalised quote to purchase directly from them. 
Anyone know the ins and outs of this? Current leasee would be replacing the car with a new mobility car. 

postmanpat68

You cannot buy the end of lease Motability car anymore.

https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/motability-can-i-buy-my-motability-car

Rolandtheroadie

postmanpat68 said:

You cannot buy the end of lease Motability car anymore.

https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/motability-can-i-buy-my-motability-car

Cheers Pat, I'd seen there was an option to, but it was more related to you losing your payments but wanting to keep the car, not for end of lease. 
 Ah well, back to the drawing board. 

poppy12345

postmanpat68 said:

You cannot buy the end of lease Motability car anymore.

https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/motability-can-i-buy-my-motability-car

This relates to existing motability customers. The OP isn't a motability customer and wants to buy a family members motability vehicle.

OP i'd advise maybe giving the dealers a ring that the car was bought from or contact motability and they maybe able to help you further. I know that my previous motability car was sold just a week after it was returned.

poppy12345

Here's a link that i found, which says...The dealership that the vehicle is returned to usually gets the first option to buy it, and if the car has been priced competitively by Motability, has a low mileage and has been returned in a good condition, they'll quickly snap it up if they believe that it's 'prime stock' that they can sell quickly on the used car forecourt.

If the dealer doesn't want it, the car will be collected by Motability, refurbished, photographed, and then added to a special online database that other Motability dealers can buy ex-Motability vehicles through.

https://www.motaclarity.co.uk/news/buying-an-ex-motability-car

The car is returned to the same dealers where the new car is collected from.

Spoonie_Turtle

poppy12345 said:

postmanpat68 said:

You cannot buy the end of lease Motability car anymore.

https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/motability-can-i-buy-my-motability-car

This relates to existing motability customers. The OP isn't a motability customer and wants to buy a family members motability vehicle.

OP i'd advise maybe giving the dealers a ring that the car was bought from or contact motability and they maybe able to help you further. I know that my previous motability car was sold just a week after it was returned.

Oh my life my brain was not working, I understand what OP meant now *facepalm*  Sorry OP, I didn't realise what you were asking.

poppy12345

Spoonie_Turtle said:

poppy12345 said:

postmanpat68 said:

You cannot buy the end of lease Motability car anymore.

https://www.stoneacre.co.uk/motability-can-i-buy-my-motability-car

This relates to existing motability customers. The OP isn't a motability customer and wants to buy a family members motability vehicle.

OP i'd advise maybe giving the dealers a ring that the car was bought from or contact motability and they maybe able to help you further. I know that my previous motability car was sold just a week after it was returned.

Oh my life my brain was not working, I understand what OP meant now *facepalm*  Sorry OP, I didn't realise what you were asking.

No worries, i have moments like that. I was in curry's today buying a keyboard  for my computer (not cheap) and for the guarantee she asked me for my postcode.. -coughs- i couldn't for the life of me think what it was and gave her a mixture of my current one and previous one lol.

[Deleted User]

There's a discussion about this very subject, on the Which Mobility Car Forum here:

https://forum.whichmobilitycar.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-buying-vehicles-from-motability-at-lease-end/

poppy12345

desktop said:

There's a discussion about this very subject, on the Which Mobility Car Forum here:

https://forum.whichmobilitycar.co.uk/forums/topic/no-more-buying-vehicles-from-motability-at-lease-end/

That link is about the mobility customer purchasing the vehicle. The OP asking the question isn't a mobility customer so it doesn't apply to them.