My wife has just phoned a local Mazda Dealer to ask if they had a cx30 we could look at. The dealer straight away said, yes we have one here and he could arrange and book a test drive for Monday. Then my wife told him we were motability, his attitude changed completely. Ahh he said, no problem but I’ll have to speak to the manager and see if we have anything available. He said he’ll get back to us by the end of the day and let us know if he can arrange a test drive sometime.
Ah yes Jaro, welcome to the world of being a Motability customer!
I’ve been reading a lot in the motoring Press lately that car dealers are expecting a “boom” once the lock-down has eased next week. That will mean even longer waits for Motability customers. My new car was supposed to have been built on March 15th and “should” have been ready to collect within the next fortnight. I got an email from the dealer just this morning however, saying there’s been a delay and my car now has a “new” build date of April 15th and should be here very last day of April.
I already know that that date is in all likelihood b*llocks. I have been on the scheme for many years now – long enough to know that no matter what – the vast majority of dealers will always shuffle Motability customers at the bottom of the pack.