It’s a camera how would it interfere with any sensors? I think someone there was just trying to get out of doing it. Zero reason for that in fact i’d go so far as to call it an outright lie.
Grants are means tested so if you have a wage income for example they probably won’t help. We live in rural coastal Norfolk and I made representation and they eventually funded nearly all of a Sportline 85x so it’s worth an ask. I also demanded they deal with me via email not phone see below for the whole story
As for the grant living up a mountain that’s total garbage from Motability as usual. Go back speak to someone else. They initially gave me a list of cars Berlingo, Enyaq 60 and so on. I wrote back and explained why everything on the list was unsuitable. At the time the Enyaq 60 didn’t have adaptive cruise control so ruled that out. The Berlingo has a tiny battery and terrible range. I then explained why the 85x was suitable inc rural living with muddy roads, untreated roads in winter plus need the heated seats, wheel etc I forget what was missing between 60 and 85x at the time. Motability looked again and came back so that I only had to put £100 of my new car bonus towards it.
First time I spoke to them they were really rude and dismissive over the first car this time I demanded to deal with it only via email and it took weeks for them to agree to it, I had to threaten them as they were refusing a reasonable adaptation for a disabled person and I expected better from them of all people and in the end they agreed and the person I ended up dealing with was lovely.
There are some really awful people working at Motabiltiy IDK if they are trained to be that way to put the majority off or whether it’s just bad staff but it’s worth trying again and seeing if you get a better staff member. When I was in a hire car due to the delays of delivery with my Enyaq they told me they would leave me with nothing and it would take 6-8 weeks to return my pip allowance until my new car arrived leaving me stranded, I begged and pleaded and told no tough, complained to CEO and it was all sorted within 30 minutes. Don’t always take the first answer as the truth be careful.
I love the scheme but sometimes their staff leave a lot to be desired.
