This is getting out of hand with some dealerships, the motability contract does not start until you enter the pin, no matter what the dealership says.
As for dealerships wanting a down payment, this is just nonsense, they get payed when you collect the car at the same time you enter the pin.
It’s about time we start standing up for this system, it really is robust in our favour.
The biggest way to prove it is walk away from the dealerships who try it on to the ones that understand the rules and do play by the rules.
Sometimes we’re our worst enemy, we have this forum to create a good and not so good dealerships chart,
The government is strangling the life out of the system
I.e. bmw-ix1 ap 51/2k, kia ev5 nearly 6k prestigious cars my arse,
Happy hunting