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They have just introduced this in N.Ireland, to get the charger and the channel thing across the pavement is only £2680. A channel cut across the pavement with the plastic channel with the brush on top would cost a maximum of £100. I think they are having a laugh.
If you do not have a home charger that does not mean you can not charge at home. Unless you live on the 12th floor of a tower block. An EV can still be charged by just plugging into your 13a socket at home. If you only intend to do very little mileage that would be something else to consider.
Can you not order from a GB forecourt/car showroom, and then just drive it back to NI, and transfer the servicing etc to somewhere local? NI are still in the UK, and Motability are UK wide?
Apart from Motability probably prohibiting it, there are some problems I could see. You would need to register it to your address and that would block it so you would need a GB address. Even if you did have a friend/relative with an address, if you were buying privately by finance, the owners details for the car would need to be the same as rage credit record address so that rules it out. Even if it were possible, you would have the added cost of ferry transport, overnight stays etc. Kezo link above seems to be the best hope.
The new car you buy on the mainland to bring back to NI would only be GB compliant, we have to have cars over here that are EU compliant.
All cars have an OBD port which is used by technicians/mechanics to plug a machine into to read fault codes or alter things on cars. You can buy a cable that plugs into the port that will power a dashcam. It can then be run up to the camera behind the pillar and head cloth to hide the wire. As it is plugged into the OBD it is not hard wired. One on eBay as an example.
The cars they are talking about are Peugeot, Renault, Vauxhall and JLR. They will not be available in NI because of the EU rules. The manufacturers have known this for a long time but have done nothing about it. They are happy enough to sell GB compliant cars in GB but will not make the cars EU compliant to be able to sell them in NI.
Now only 2 VW & Skoda dealers in NI soon there will be none of the above here either. Bells in Crossgar have already give up Renault.
But will a lease company give a lease to someone claiming benefits? What’s the criteria for a personal lease? Working I’d imagine.
years ago when people were awarded DLA for life people took out mortgages because the bank or building societies knew the money was always going to be paid.
If the car has not been built yet they are out no money. So in that case they should give the money you paid for extras back. If the car is built with the extras you asked for then no they will not give it back.
Just for your information CAP means Current Auction Prices you have 3 cap prices Cap clean, Cap average and cap below. Cap prices change every day it is all on computer now.
Novel! CAP or rather CAP HPI as it is known now, is the leading Valuation provider in the automotive trade providing true valuations to market conditions. They provide used dealers the black book and auction guide prices based on 3 conditions (Cap clean, average & below), whitch differs from Glasses guide. CAP auction guide price, which is the minimum expected price. From a bidders point, cap refers to the maximum bid amount, a bidder is willing to pay. The basics, other than non negotiable fees must be clearly indicated along with the guid price
During Covid some cars were making £5,000 over cap clean.
Just for your information CAP means Current Auction Prices you have 3 cap prices Cap clean, Cap average and cap below. Cap prices change every day it is all on computer now.
I know there was chat recently about the limit being made a hard 3 years and no more flexibility with extending it 2 more if you wanted; however, it made me wonder why this actually was. I know it is nice to have the choice of getting something different at the 3 year mark, but do we know why they selected 3 years? I know the MOT needs to be done at this point, but I don’t see any good reason why it has to be a hard cut off? If they allowed 4 years, then what does that do for the resale price of that car? What about the selling of the car. At the end of the lease, I believe the car goes to some auction; however, they often will never get the highest price they can for it. Surely, they know how much they paid for the vehicle, how much they got in PIP payments and how much the AP was so they know how much they need to make to be profitable, so why can’t they just give us a price at the end of the agreement to see if we WANT to buy the car in the end? Sure, not many will choose this as they can’t afford to spend that sort of money, but some can and want to, but now it is not possible.
A lot of cars do not go to auction they are sold online by Motability themselves, most cars come with a 3 year warranty hence the 3 years. In N.Ireland mot is 4 years.
They put tyres on cars with a seal inside, Kwik-Fit will not repair them. If you get 2 punctures that’s only 6 tyres left. I had never heard of this until I got an email from them about tyres.
I got this wording from their website Tyre allowance You can have up to eight (8) tyre replacements over three years, as part of your agreement. If your lease is longer than three years, you might have two (2) extra tyres, for each extra year. Excessive use If you go over the eight-tyre limit within the three years, we might ask you to cover the cost of any extra tyre replacements. Fair review We understand every customer’s situation is different. When we review tyre replacements, we’ll always consider factors like: Your vehicle’s mileage How you’re using your vehicle This is to make sure we’re being fair, and to keep the Scheme sustainable. Your responsibilities To help us keep our tyre replacement policy fair and sustainable, we ask you to: Report tyre damage quickly and accurately Take reasonable care of your vehicle and its tyres, including avoiding known hazards and unsafe driving conditions Give honest information about the cause of tyre damage when we ask you Take part in reviews if your tyre use goes over the standard allowance, or shows signs of excessive damage If you follow these guidelines, you’ll help make sure we manage tyre replacements fairly for all customers. The word might to me says it’s not a strict rule. I just dont know if they will listen to us and if this is just shiny writing because its public facing and they dont want to scare any new customers?
I would love to hear them if you give it back with 4 of the cheapest Chinese tyres available.
Worry free motoring, free insurance, free tax, free tyres. As long as you only do 10,000 miles in 3 years.
Just put a black vinyl roof on it and tell them it came like that.
I hope that’s not a serious suggestion. Aside from Motability’s reaction, if there’s an accident there’s every chance a modified car wouldn’t be covered by DLM insurance. So, the end result would be a driving without insurance charge and a 5 year ban from the scheme.
You don’t remember cars that used to come with a vinyl roof I take it.
How can they say the mileage will be reduced to whatever other leases are. You can have any mileage you want with a leased car. When taking out a lease you are asked what mileage you want. Many businesses lease cars with unlimited mileages. Salary sacrifice leases you have to state what mileage you want, the less miles the cheaper the lease. That part is nonsense.
As kezo said email them first and ask can the sound system be added to the order. Once that is sorted email them again and cancel the paint protection. If you cancel the Paint protection first they might just say no for the sound system just to be picky.
Under no circumstances let them charge you for guard x, phone up and tell them no I have changed my mind I don’t need it. They will try and talk you into it but be firm and say no it is not my car.
Phone the dealership ask to speak to the motability rep, make an appointment with him or her and ask them will they have a car available when you come in to test drive. If they say no, go somewhere else same thing again.
