For many, probably myself to some degree, a motability car is not about the money. Anyone who has suffered the fear of putting an old car through a mot when on a hand to mouth existence will jump at the chance to have that removed. Motability is about so much more than pounds, shillings and pence.
This is so very true. I remember having a car blow up, took it to the garage who gave me a quote for £1500 plus vat, when I told them there’s no way, they let me px it for a Citroen diesel they were struggling to sell. That car was slow as hell, 0-60 was listed around 16 seconds and that felt optimistic. It wasn’t fantastic but it saved my bacon.
not quite bangernomics but i have looked at available car at 2nd hand around £200-300 per month hp over or 5 years for something that will see me out probabley i am 66 now so i would imagine one more car will do me lol.
My parents bought a brand new Focus at around the same age with the same thought, it died after 21 years of faithful service and they had a Motability car for just over 3 years. To be fair, the last 2 years of the extended lease it went to Tesco and back unless I drove. If you’re looking at second hand, you may find you’re 2 cars away from no longer driving.
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