Test drive last Thursday – haggled with Mazda dealers far and wide over the weekend – agreed order in principle Sunday at test drive dealer! (Stoneacre Mazda Halifax) Off to Halifax tomorrow with my Daughters old Fiat 500 as PX for £3000 to put in the order for end of next week delivery. CX60 Takumi convenience pack, pan roof, driver assistance pack and Mazda protect. Just over £6K AP for a £55,000 car for £71 a month including most motoring costs except fuel. We sometimes lose sight of the fantastic benefits of Motability and perhaps need some perspective on just what a good deal it really is.
I think you meant £71 a week there Bob, plus of course your £6k AP needs to be factored in, so the cost to you is just over £17,000 over 3 years or £24,500 if you keep the car for 5 years. Still less money than running one from new privately though. As always with Motability, the best value is at the top end of the scheme. Runabouts however are poor value for money through Motability.
Bob your figures aren’t adding up mate! The CX60 Takumi with the Conveniene pack and pan roof costs £7995 – £3000 PX works out at £4995 andyet your saying its costing just over £6k?
We were allowed a 24hr test drove the CX-60 last week but after a couple hours we found the seats too short, as we felt it was missing pull up/out seat extender found on some Audi and BMW and missing enough thigh and patella support.
Within the first 45min – hour were excited as all was positive, then my wife started feeling uncofortable and her Sciatica started to play up, which made me think of the long distance drives I do. Once we got back in our Tucson and half way home my wife mentoned her pain was easing and pointed out that her Patella was at the end of the seats but the seats were also higher to.
It might be worth seeing if you can have an extended test drive which is a must really given you will have it for 3yrs 🙂
