Kezo has made a very valid point here. This post has galloped along with lots of speculation using data we know nothing about and some suggestions which aren’t practical in the real business world. However, the premise of more money for less mileage used goes against the grain of what Motability is. It provides vehicles to people based on medical criteria, not financial. Whatever your circumstances, you qualify solely on medical eligibility. Everyone is equal in choice, AP and GCB. To seek to reward/incentivise individually is wrong. This service get attacked in the media and you can imagine the headline writing itself. ‘Free mobility car user wants more money because he hardly uses it’. As Kezo said, Dangerous road.
Sorry Motability Operations, do not provide cars based on medical criteria, they lease cars based on the financial ability to be able to pay Motability Operations the high AP’s that they demand and which helps make them huge profits each year. It is only when they were being investigated and highly criticised about their exceptionally high profits, that we were suddenly and for the first time in 45 years given a gift of £750 towards our next car.
Off course Motability supply cars based on medical criteria. If you don’t qualify for PIP or similar schemes , you don’t get a car. As for financial ability, there are currently 107 cars with zero deposit, affordable to anyone.
As I said before, it worries me nothing about Motability getting more as our payments rise. I’ve got a car that where I to lease privately using our AP, it would cost me £636 a month lease plus insurance, service and extras. Not a bad deal and not worthy of complaining about!