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British Gas offered us a fixed tariff before our last fix ended last month. I decided not to fix as I’m thinking something will be done by the government regarding pricing, the projected increases in October and January as so extreme, people are going to be priced out of energy.
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What about the weight of things like heated seats, add motorised adjustment and you’re talking a very heavy seat. What’s driving round with all these unused extras going to do for fuel efficiency? Remember the episode of Top Gear where they tune the Renault Avantime, taking the seats out made a difference.
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JojoeParticipant
I had this dilemma when my last Sky contract was up. I had the ability to get sports elsewhere but really like the Sky Q platform. I was thinking of a 4k freesat box as it could plug directly into current Sky Q dish. I did the maths, including paying for the new box and a decent VPN , I didn’t think it was worth the hassle. Got 58mb BB, Sky sports, movies, cinema, go, all channels bar kids and Ultra HD for around £59 a month.
This reply was modified 12 minutes agOh, forgot, and Netflix included.
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I had this dilemma when my last Sky contract was up. I had the ability to get sports elsewhere ? but really like the Sky Q platform. I was thinking of a 4k freesat box as it could plug directly into current Sky Q dish. I did the maths, including paying for the new box and a decent VPN ?, I didn’t think it was worth the hassle. Got 58mb BB, Sky sports, movies, cinema, go, all channels bar kids and Ultra HD for around £59 a month.
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Martin Lewis has sent me an email, seems energy prices are going up, up and away! They are changing the frequency of the price cap change from every six months to every three months so expect a change in January ’23 too. This is too scary, something has to be done.Something will be done, lots of people simply can’t afford to hear there homes. Think of a pensioner or someone on Universal Credit. It’s getting to a point where the energy bills will be 50% of their income.
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I’m sure I read Sunak recently spent a week in the USA speaking with big health insurance firms. Will this lead to privatisation of the NHS? Is getting private firms involved with the NHS a bad thing? My GP already sends us to a private hospital for scans.
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The one thing I do agree may be a positive for Motability customers, is inflation and cost of living. They’ll almost certainly be less retail customers with people feeling the pinch. Will this mean manufacturers flood back to Motability, hopefully!
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BrydoParticipant
Jojoe just read my post again and it came across a bit rude. That wasnt my intention i just have a laugh when people talk about hydrogen as a replacement for electric vehicles as its never going to happen.Sorry if i offended you.
Don’t worry about it Brydo, I’m very thick skinned ?
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I hate having to get tradespeople in, the whole rigmarole of getting different quotes. I now just use the local government Buy With Confidence scheme (many local councils Trading Standards departments administer it) to choose a trader. I was on the scheme myself when I ran my business and know they do genuine checks, not like the schemes which are all about making money.
I do remember paying a decorator to do the living room, I had to get him back after it had dried as it was streaky, I absolutely picked holes out of it. I’ve done my own decorating since.
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He’s not wrong, Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. No digging up dirty precious metals for batteries.
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What about putting pressure on the social landlord to provide a communal charging point, if there is an area for it. Like it or not, they can’t ignore EV’s.
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I would think the MPG should go up, the MPG is based on the last few miles, it’s probably done a lot of stopping and starting. We have a 1L Skoda Octavia and it averages 45mpg round town and 65 on a long run.
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WigwamParticipant
Thanks for that kezo and Joejo. I thought things were bad and Motability profits have been discussed here a number of times, but reading that makes me angry. Scotland is free to use another provider. Let’s hope it does and the rest of the UK use the example to demand the same.Thanks for the praise Wigwam, but it wasn’t me it was @Smoggy who found the report, I’m just an annoyed bystander lol.
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Smoggy
They just where investigated well a study type thing by an independent disabled body in Scotland.Aps too high
Wages too high
Operating costs inflated
There was a few other pick ups by them.
It won’t let me post the link but if you Google the following then will find the report
Motability: a Briefing Paper on value for money by the Mobility and Access
I’ve just read that, I’m now even more annoyed. The money Motability gives to charity is from disabled peoples advance payments. ? The net assets of Motability are now £2.88 billion.? Motability operations is owned by Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, TSB and RBS. ?
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Yes, and with the lack of new cars, the value of used cars is going through the roof so they are going to make even more money.
The thing I find annoying is the lack of a good deal if you want to buy your car at the end of the lease. You’ve paid £10k in PIP payments towards it, but they will sell it to a dealer who’s going to make a profit from it, for a far cheaper price than they will sell it to you. I think that needs to be investigated by the government.
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AP’s are ridiculous. We need an auto estate, there’s almost always a couple with nill AP. This quarter the cheapest is an Astra at £949. Looking increasingly likely we’ll be buying privately.
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W had exactly the same issue at end of last lease. Skoda said tyres were crispy and gave an advisory, Kwick Fit said no, I went back after another 1500 miles and they said no again. I think it’s down to the staff at the branch you go to and maybe how they are on their monthly targets.
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Our car came around 3 weeks before new reg date, we didn’t even contact Motability, just asked dealer if we could wait and register it with new reg, they agreed. Petty I know, but it’s was nice to have the very latest reg for a few weeks.
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WardyGTCParticipant
Three major hurdles;VAT
Charitable status
Credit scoring
All of which could easily be overcome.
VAT – Government already offers VAT free purchases on items for disabled people, extend it to cars.
Charitable Status – Let Motability stay but only handle the finance, transfer of PIP to manufacturers, they could also handle insurance and breakdown recovery. Allow them to make a little profit and raise charitable funds elsewhere.
Credit Scoring – See above
Motability have gotten too big and unruly, too many people taking a piece of the the PIP pie.
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<p style=”text-align: left;”>However, speaking to a VAG group sales guy whom has recently retired. The profit on Motability cards is so low and the paperwork so involved, they would now only like to sell to private customers. Many dealers want out of the scheme altogether but fear the bad PR that will come from it.
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This would explain why SOME of the sales staff who deal with Motability can be clueless, we’ve had this a number of times. The Motability dealer is frequently the youngest most inexperienced member of staff. Apart from our local Ford dealer who had the same guy dealing with Motability for 20 years.
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Donna
This week I am selling my vehicle to a trader. It currently has a disabled market on it for free vehicle tax. I have bought another vehicle and I intend to tax it on the same day. How do I get my free tax on the other vehicle if my current vehicle is the one I’ve registered as disabled? T I aI think you need to deregister the one you are selling with DVLA. You can only have 1 road tax exempt vehicle at any 1 time.
Have a look here:
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax
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