motability told me i would have to select another hoist but would get a grant. so maybe person i talked to was mistaken. anyway i decided not to. they also said if i take hoist out of old car, the car has to be returned to a condition where its never had one fitted at my expense(plus removal and reinstallation would be at my cost); ie, they dont want you to do it.
Hi struth
Removing the hoist is something I’d thought about when my current car goes back but like you said, there could be implications doing so however there is nothing to stop us from taking out the parts of the hoist that are meant to be removable like the main lifting boon and the two motors by simply lifting them of the two pivots and just leaving the part that is bolted to the car.
You could say were just being funny as these part are next to useless without the other parts but I’m not leaving the complete hoist in the car for some installer to take the hoist out and sell it for a few hundred quid to a private buyer while we pay their vastly inflated prices for new ones.
Its something I’ve done a few time with the remote control adaptions I have in the car that I sometime remove the controller and steering ball but don’t touch the part that’s under the dash.
If the installer want to make me an offer for the equipment I’ve bought all very well but otherwise I make sure none of us benefit, a bit harsh but when I pay £1,600 every 3 years for adaptions I feel I’m being taken for a ride.