They offered me £999 grant begining of the year. The car I wanted and had actually put an order in for was £2100 AP. Even with the 50% rule that you can add ontop of the grant yoursel still wouldn’t have got the car I wanted. Every car they offered I test drove and told them its not suitable. In the end they would not up my grant but allowed me to add the remaining amount myself. I know of others that were awarded far more from the off, so swings and roundabouts depending how you fill out the form and what case manager you get. Personelly I wouldn’t bother asking for one again and would rather leave the scheme than be looked down upon by some jumped up person in a suit. Make sure you go over and above your needs filling out the form.
I didn’t even get that far, because I said we had found ways to live with the car, they just told me to extend for two years and then they may look at it again.
Doesn’t matter that I can no longer get out of the car independently and have to have someone with me, because I said we found workarounds (as in, always having someone with me to get me in and out), everything was perfectly fine.
I now wish I had just said it wasn’t suitable as I couldn’t get in and out easily and left it at that but I had open my big mouth and try to be nice/reasonable!