Kezo, I am surprised at you, I thought you had more experience than to make a statement like that. . Are you seriously trying to tell us that Motability or a dealer or a private sale is ever going to (ask) get as much for your 42,000 mile car or a 60,000 miles car (all other things being equal) as Motability, a dealer or a private sale is going to get back on a car that has only done 12,000 miles, so how could millage possibly, not be a factor in my point and Motability’s resale value and profit. I think you are putting up a point of view coming from someone that does 42,000 miles and had good use wearing out the parts rather than some more disabled or/and less mobile person who has only been able to get the 12,000 use out of their car, which beyond doubt Motability will get a better return on. I am not knocking anybody who is able to use their car to their benefit and get as many miles out of it, in fact that is great and what it is there for, but please don’t try and tell us it will be as profitable to Motability reselling it as the person’s car, who does much less mileage such as 12,000 miles, (all other things being equal) and consequently gets less value and use from their car. Remember, millage consideration was only part of my point and suggestion. I will be interested to hear from more people and it would be helpful and relevant to hear what milage other contributors do per year, to put the suggestion into perspective.
I think you may have misread my comment 🙂
Of course a vehicle with with lower (average) mileage will command a higher resale value but, thats not really what I’m getting at – Motability work out the figures including AP, based on a 3yr contract of 20,000 miles and the return they expect to get for the vehicle after 3yrs forgetting lease extensions. Due to how motability work out their figures, a vehicle with low mileage, will return more value, than a vehicle that had covered what was within the contract. Correct me if I’m wrong here but, I would imagine a larger amout of vehicles are returned at the end of the lease with average or below miles on them. This has nothing to do with how your or I or even Tom, Dick or Harry enjoy or benifit from having a scheme car. It simply means Motabilty will in a larger majority of cases be getting a better return for the vehicle, than the contract specifies or within their initial financing firgures.
As for us, we drive a near 500mile journey every 3 weeks to see my sick father, take my daughter who is the claimant out every weekend, either to the caravan or on long drives as it calms here, giving here some peace and quite getting away from it all, which she loves nothing more. We also take her to school and back, which unfortunately isn’t just around the corner, and thats not including everyday travelling for shopping going for a meal etc, the mileage soon racks up. Yet I stay within the contract and my cars go back basically as new.!