I would happily have a secondhand car as long as I can get it from a reputable business that offer fair value, well maintained cars.
In fact, the ideal operating model I would like to see from Motability is much longer leases, fully insured, maintained and MOT’d, say an 8 0r even a 10-year lease but with the opportunity to buy the car at lease end at TRADE price.
Also. AP’s!!!!! I mean come on, there is something not quite right about AP’s and there hasn’t been for a very long time. I would love to see the logic in detail of how they get to these figures. If I were being sceptical, I looks like someone’s at it! Just off the top of my head, there was a car on the scheme very recently – Honda Civic in sport trim, an ultra reliable car that hold their money very well. AP was around £1400. It came of the scheme last week and has been replaced by the lower trim version with an AP of 3999, I would love to chat to Motability in detail about how they got to 3999.
Back to second hand – If we used all our 36month budget to get a 2nd hand car covering maintenance and insurance and not be restricted by age of car, I for one would happily give it a go.