Your “first” visit to a dealer must be before April 13th to avoid new to scheme requirements. Applications placed by a dealer on or after April 13 have new to scheme Drive Smart requirements (as well as under 30 year old requirements). (Formally those at the Eligibility stage on OLA – so any application that is filled out and posted for Motability to consider) But most customers incorrectly call this ‘order placement stage’
Hope you’re right.
I’ve just agreed an early termination so Ive got an appointment in the morning to order the new car.
I’ve been on the scheme over a decade so the clause regarding early termination making you a “new customer” is a bit ridiculous.