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My hyundai App tells me where the car is located, if its locked etc as well as myself. Given that Motability are the owners,they will no doubt have access to the same data. Not a problem. Now telematics..THAT is a problem
Interesting that you mentioned “telematics” because I was going to add to my post above but it became a bit long winded, but I was going to say in my Ford Kuga system there is a padlock on the telematics menu and I asked Ford why that was and they said its for leasing companies to check that the car is being serviced on time.
Yeh I bet, amongst other thing too I suspect.
Hi Joe
As a disabled person who the DWP would not listen too when I had my change from DLA to PIP that resulted in me losing two points and not qualifying for higher rate so losing my car back then. These changes scare the wits out of me because I always get it in my head that these things are just set up to take PIP away from us and not help us at all.
Now having taken the DWP to tribunal and winning hands down another thing caught my eye awhile ago, not sure how true it is so asking here and now and I can’t remember where I seen it but seem to be a plausible site f I remember right.
On page 20 in the link you posted it says, quote
“If you get PIP, you will have a review. A review is a check to make sure you are still getting the right amount of support.
If the DWP says no to PIP, some people may appeal.
An appeal is when they ask the DWP to think again about their decision about PIP. “
Unquote… in the article I read, might have been Sky News now thinking about it, it said that tribunals can no longer be had for PIP cases, other benefits yes but not PIP.
How true is that because in view of my past dealings with PIP and the DWP it seems like that the DWP are now the judge and jury.
Most modern cars can be tracked if they have a built in SIM, most do these days, whether its Motability, private or business.
This poster was talking about a dedicated tracker.
You missed my point, what I’m saying in regards to “ rang motability to ask if it had a tracker and to give us the street it was parked on“ is Motability can find out where your car is even if it hasn’t got a tracker.
Of course their not going to say that but I’m sure many of us have an app linked to our MB car’s that tells us the location of where the car was last parked so don’t think for a minute that your the only one that can see that information.
Most modern cars can be tracked if they have a built in SIM, most do these days, whether its Motability, private or business.
I had the same with my last car at a month before the end of lease, dealer rings me to make an appointment for the service that the car was displaying in the infotainment centre and they said its has to be done because the car is telling them it must be done because their getting telemetry from the car that it must be done.
I talked to them until I was blue in the face as they just would not have it that MB will not pay for the service.
I got so annoyed with them I took the car to KwikFit for the MOT and as I was changing from VW to Ford I never went back to them again.
That said they phone me again a week after changing cars about having the MOT done as it’s illegal not to have one. It beggars belief that they don’t understand MB rules when it comes to services.
It was easy to reset the car so I wasn’t badgered by the car every time I got in it that last month.
My grandson reported to me yesterday that Costco in Reading had lower the price of diesel by a penny, doesn’t sound like something they would do if there was a shortage.
My thinking is if a seat belt clasp bends that easily then its not fit for purpose.
This of course does not apply if you have had an Elephant sitting in the back seats.
No experience of fitting hoists to EV’s, only ICE and currently Hybrid but I’ve noticed over the years that adaption installers prefer the Autochair hoist over others and thought at first this was all about commission but now I assume its because, as kezo mentioned, they fit more cars.
Who is doing the buying?
I think I know the answer to that, its the one, like many of our politicians, the one who gets the brown envelops.
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Most if not all cars these days have 4G or 5G modems in them so the manufactures know how the car is being treated so who knows if that information is being passed on to MB anyway regardless of our so say privacy rights that are all but in name.
The worry with black boxes is the false positives these thing can give, I don’t know for sure having never ever having one but I can imagine the speed bumps, not to mention the pot holes, in my road could easily be mistaken for bad driving because no matter how slow you go over them they rattle your bones and shake your brain.
My daughter is an NHS nurse travelling around her patch home visiting and I’ve pointed her in the direction of the NHS scheme but I don’t now why but she prefers to drive her 10 year old Ford and just claim expenses.
Maybe she seen the predicament we MB customers are in and the thought that she is relatively safe in her own car without outside interference.
Always makes me laugh when the typed insults start… Same people who write on toilet walls, locked away… Can I ask if I’m about 4-5 months into a new lease, must I worry about the mileage cap, or am I right in thinking it only starts on July 1st for people new to the scheme, or new leases.
As far as I can see nothing is changing for current leases, here’s what MB say….
If you already have a lease
Nothing is changing for you right now.These updates only apply to new applications on or after 1 July 2026.
In the same boat here John where having my licence to drive a manual car taken away so forced by disability to drive more expensive automatics.
I also have a remote control plus steering ball that currently cost £480 and my current car is the 6th car to have that control so since being disable that has cost me £2,700 at today’s prices not to mention, considering a grand extra for automatics over manual, so another £6,000 plus also not forgetting the £1.4k for hoist so despite what the media and dumb asses in Westminster think this disable malarkey has cost me near on £9k just for being disable.
That of course does not account for the countless pavement scooters I’ve had to buy to accommodate ever smaller cars I’ve been forced into because of high AP’s on larger cars.
A word media and lowlifes from Westminster like to throw around is “Affordable housing” and it gets me because what is affordable housing? That brings me to another get out of jail free card for lowlifes and that is what is “substantially and permanently adapted vehicle”. The manufacturers of the steering ball plus remote control I have to have by law proudly put in their literature that the device is easily removed to make the car easy to sell on to abled bodied buyers in future. So like affordable housing it means nothing when it comes to tax laws that has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese.
My local Sainsbury’s reduced their litre price yesterday by 4p with other Sainsbury’s in the Bristol area only cutting 2p but all others are holding out for bigger profits.
While the pumps are a bit busier than normal there are no queues so would say no panicking here.
When Motability say “We’re making careful changes to protect customers and keep the Scheme sustainable for the long term” what they mean is they are making sure their pensions, salaries and bonuses are sustainable because as we know there not sustainable for the average disabled customer.
I’m not effected by the mileage allowances as most of my Motability cars have been returned with around about 18K miles on the clock except my 2018 car that I had for 4 years plus due to long delivery time of my 2023 reg car so wonder where we stand on those occasions, are we going to be penalised for manufactures long delivery times.
Another thing how are they going to collect the excess mileage money, every week, month, year and with the numbers being thrown up here it has to be something regular as many would simply not have that sort of money if it was billed on the cars first MOT where the cars mileage is recorded.
@kezo “Well done Rachael!”
Made me laugh when she said the other day she is going to help the poor with their heating bills because of the Iran war. No she isn’t because the heating season is more or less over for the 2025-6 season so will be paying naught.
Just to double check I can order from 17th April, current lease ends 17th July, so I would come under the new mileage cap due to handover being past 1st of July?
This is what they said so you should be OK…
If you order before 1 July 2026
If you collect your car after 1 July, you might need to pay VAT on some payments, such as excess mileage or early termination fees.Your Advance Payment will not change, no matter when you collect your car. Our price freeze means the price at the time you apply is locked.
Sorry just noticed your on about milage so that will effect you if you drive more than 10K
Wrong model besides I don’t think there’s anything you can do about the reduced AP (£700) because the AP is set at the rate of the day of ordering.
Some dealers will reduce the rate to the current rate if it goes down between the order date and collection date however once the car has been signed for there nothing anyone can do.
This time around it is different, they are taking out the energy infrastructure that takes years to rebuild. It is very very different this time.
Well it certainly will be if Iran gets a few Nukes in their arsenal. Better to cut the cancer growth out now before it gets any worst.
I’ve took delivery of a Ford Kuga FHEV almost 3 weeks ago and can’t believe they want to ban these types of cars.
It’s early days for being a 100% accurate on MPG but so far I’m recording 42 MPG on very short journeys below 3 miles, 52 MPG on mixed Motorway, A roads and urban with journeys over 3 miles and an unbelievable 70 plus MPG when stuck in traffic jams. A full tank of 51 litres give a range of 500 to 600 miles.
As for the skirmish in the east as a 74 year old I’ve seen it all before, I’ve actually still got my petrol rationing book from the 70’s that thankfully was never need in the end but yes, it was same old war back then too.
Don’t forget to load up on toilet paper too because all the paper we use comes through the Straights of Hormuz because that’s where all the forest are.
My main issue is that Motability Operations can summarily say they’ll cancel the contract arbitrarily. Simply because the paperwork hasn’t caught up yet! And, I might add, the lease agreement was originally in our name – so they’re more than 2 years out of date themselves lol
Total jobsworth madness.Forgive me for my long post but its just to show how much MB have fallen from a five star service to two stars service in my view.
I think its part of the new Motability, well Motability Ops ethos and we don’t really care about you because we have our rules.
This is their lack of any understanding on the two little problems I’ve had. Two weeks before collecting my new car the dealer changed the handover date, only by a few days but it was inconvenience for myself so just to inconvenience them I suggested to MB that I might cancel the car and go elsewhere. Their answer to that was that’s fine but your lease ends in less than two week so I would have to get a new order in very quickly.
I took that as a gun to my head, not that I was actually going to cancel the car but just shows they don’t give a Monkeys and will hold you to the T and C if it suits them and they don’t care.
I also had to contact MB again the day after collecting the new car because the satnav wasn’t working (I think the adaptions installer broke something behind the dash) and the dealer said that can’t even look at it for two weeks hence the call to MB and there answer again was more or less that they can’t tell the dealers to give a priority and we have to go with whatever the dealers say. For a car that’s only been on the road for 20 miles and them supposedly being then biggest buyer of cars in the UK. It’s no wonder AP’s are going through the roof because MB Ops couldn’t even negotiate themselves out of a paper bag.
So not so much jobsworth but more like we don’t care because we got your money and there’s nothing you can do about it.
At least mine were minor compared to yours Bob and wish you luck in getting the people, whoever they are, to get off their butts and doing their job. Seems like even the Royal Navy are working from home these days. LOL
Total jobsworth madness.