Like several other posters, I have had a number of very nice 2nd hand cars over the years that cost virtually nothing to run. My favourite 2nd hand car was a 1989 Ford Granada Scorpio 2.9 which I kept for around 4 years, as it was so comfortable and effortless to drive, and never needed any work on it. In fact, thinking about it, I’ve had quite a few very nice cars over the years that have cost a tiny fraction of the £3,250 per year (plus AP) that it costs to run a Motability car, and none of them would be described as ‘bangers’. This includes a 7 year old BMW 750i Sport that had been £90k new (it had virtually every conceivable option). I bought it for £9k, ran it for over a year and sold it privately for £10k. Motability may well be “worry free motoring” but only if your financial position means that you needn’t ‘worry’ about splashing out almost £10k every 3 years (or over £16k every 5 years) on top of any AP!