I not saying it’s mb fault, but when stuff like this happens then, you get no help at all. Especilly with the long waits for cars right now it’s pretty bad imo and is something mb should look into imo.
That’s what i mean. It’s not MBs fault that there’s long waits, there’s nothing for MB to look into – they can’t accelerate the build times of cars unless they’ve got a few semi-conductor factories (as well as one or two wiring harness factories) lying around.
They should have something in place for the interim. Their option right now is to remove you from the scheme until a car arrives, if your lease car is wriiten off or stolen and not recovered.
Should they though? Lets be clear. Nobody is entitled to anything here. As someone coming from the outside, there’s nothing close to the Scheme even in the current form, worldwide. The closest was a “similar” project in the soviet union. While i have plenty of criticism in regards to the scheme, nobody in their right mind can argue that they’re “not doing enough” when the pure existence of the scheme is already a boon to hundreds of thousands.
Before it wasn’t such a big issue, you could get hold of a car within a week, but as you know that ain’t really the case now.
Indeed, but again: not MBs fault, and also really not their problem. There are a lot of things “now” that weren’t an issue just two years ago, be it with the scheme, cost of living or anything really – it’s what it is. I’m not arguing that it sucks, what i am arguing is the insistence that MB is required to solve all of it.
What if you have bad credit for example or no savings and then you have to wait, without a car for so long or get something unsuitable on the scheme as a car is better than no car.
Buy a banger for £300. If you don’t have a scheme car, you have the money that you’d forfeit for one. Run a banger for three or so months, and then buy a sub-£1000 AP car. How do you think people in other countries do it?
Think i heard somes one say the wait for a c5 was 6 months. Maybe mb could have a dept that contact’s the dealer/ manufacturers in these rare extreme cases and sorts something out quicker, it would be something at least.
I mean, that was my suggestion, so yeah, i don’t disagree. I will say that it should only apply to write-offs, otherwise that department is just going to get flooded by everyone who doesn’t want to wait for their new leases (as a sidenote: we’re in our 13th month of waiting, with more to come).
What would most of us do in this situation, which could happen to any one on the scheme at any time, you fall threw the cracks. One upside is in 6 months or a year you might not have a problem finding the AP. Many though wouldn’t be able to get out of the house, who reliant on a car. I not saying for them to hire a car for the period but they could buy a next to new one and lease it to the person and i think that would be a better use of profits than giving it to other charities outside the scheme or projects they partnering in.
What everyone would have to do: buy a cheap runner. Do you think this particular problem only applies to disabled people? It sucks, but instead of whining about it, take the money that you now “save” by not giving it to MB, buy a banger, run it for 6 months while saving £1000 up (as well as ordering a new car already), and get a new lease. There’s no reason not to put the entirety of the mobility part of PIP away, considering that if you’d have an MB car, that payment would be gone as well – so “cost of living” in that regard isn’t an argument.
Giving their money to charities is one of the things where you’d have a point, i do certainly think that this needs to be reviewed, but in regards to this particular problems, there’s solutions. They’re not great, maybe they’re uncomfortable for half a year or maybe even a year, but they’re possible.
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