Has anyone seen any sense that Motability at over £4000 a year and some APS going up that you could buy a reliable used car like my friend who is disabled, and got an old vauxhall Diesel 1.9 engine for £600 4 years ago and it is a turbo engine. He uses this car more than I have used mine and only has MOT passes the odd small cheap tune up and it’s done over 90,000 miles still going strong. And with some APS over £3000 you have a car that’s yours and paying cash for it you have enough to put aside for any maintenance. He told me he has had 9 cars on Motability and never again would he go on the scheme again.
Already there are twice as many people that are eligible to join Motability who do as you describe, rather than join the scheme. We are in the minority! The days of cars lasting 100,000 miles before expiring are long gone. I was in a 10 year old Mercedes E220 CDi taxi the other day that was on 431,000 miles and it was still on the original engine and still going strong. The owner has had it since it was 3 years old and, other than servicing (which he does himself) he’s only had one problem that cost him £142 to get fixed! He has no intention of changing it any time soon as he described it as “worry free motoring”. Now where have I heard that term before?