I really don’t think it would be too difficult to work a system that would reward members who don’t use their car that often. When the sales guy checks the car to pay the GCB he has a look and says by the way the car has done X mileage. The agent who takes the GCB then adds on an LMB (low mileage bonus) seems simple to me. If you have ever tried to buy your Motability vehicle the first thing they ask before giving you a price is “what is the mileage” so they are using it to adjust the price, up or down depending on how many miles its done, because they know the mileage affects the price. As ever guys let’s not take this personally, it’s only members tossing ideas out there and fuelling discussion no offence is meant to high mileage users.
As @BigDave said, there is no guarantee that the lower mileage vehicle will command a higher return.
The scheme is exclusive for disabled people claiming elligable benifits, to become mobile. Should we really be discussing this, making the low mileage gang feel more priviledged, w chen Motabilty have an inclusive deal, that happens to allow 20,000 miles. How many users actually do that mileage. Its a drop in the ocean in comparison and will have little to no affect how Motability run a business overall. Above all each scheme user willingly under no pressure sign up to Motability contract T&C’s
It could be said those that do ultra low mileage aren’t taking full benifit of the scheme and would be better value to get a taxi or cat a bus. Thats not for me to decide!
We are going down a dangerous road, because it won’t end here, where one group feel they should be more privileged than the next. Where will this lead next – believing some are more privileged and should get more in return, just because they dont tow a caravan or one should get more in return, just because the next has had an early termination for health reasons the…..
Dangerous road!
