John
I really don’t understand the hostility or defensiveness in your post, My reply was certainly not in answer to yours or infact anyone else’s. It was a continuation of my previous remark as quoted. And in support of yours and others that have tried to keep the thread on topic.
I’m sure if a legitimate company who could guarantee continued service and standards for the customer came forward it would be allowed, most assume Motability Operations have it all thier own way. With the uncertainty of vehicle resale prices in a years time let alone 3 years even if they opened the doors to any partential rival company not many CEO’s would be able to convince any Board of executives that it’s a good idea to spend 350million every month on stock with the only guarantee payment of 5.3million back in rental and as part of that rental the company also have to cover everything apart from fuel, and then be at the mercy of a ever changing economy as to the worth of the stock owned by the company. The Idea and the CEO would be thrown out before they even got to labour costs.