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The Black box, if (when) it spreads to all members is the big fat cherry on the cake but the decrease in mileage is the issue that, from the end of my current lease, makes it impossible for me to stay.
I hope people start adducing to the forum alternatives they have found as they leave the scheme.
I can understand people getting upset over the changes, it’s only natural.
To me, Motability seem to be moving from a charity designed to help the disabled to a business benefiting from us.
Im disillusioned by many of the changes but I’m fortunate that I changed my car 8 weeks ago so I’m, hopefully, immune from the proposed changes.
It gives me the better part of 3 years to observe the choppy waters ahead but I have to admit, I feel this may be my last car on the scheme. Living in a rural area with 130 mile hospital trips, I can see 10k a year being a problem let alone what else may crop up.
i genuinely feel sorry for my fellow members facing changing cars in the future but we seem to be an easy target.I recently went through the process having changed my car.
I contacted DVLA on a Friday and completed the process. By Monday afternoon my MB online account showed that my car registration number had been updated to reflect the change and I received the Retention document within a week. I passed it onto the dealer and my personal plate was on my new car when I collected it.Using parking mode will drain the 12v battery. Apart from maybe plugging a battery charger one night per week to keep it topped up, the inly other option is to run the dashcams from a seperate powerbank and charge that up when requited. Parking mode wiuld be good, but its a power drain you could do without. Or just dont switch on parking mode? Realistically do you live in an area where you need that to happen? I dont care, its not my car….lol.
Thats true but if somebody bumps into your car and drives off you will have to pay the excess and it will go as a claim against you.
That’s a primary reason I took the dealer fit front and rear dash cam for my new car.I placed an order for a factory build my26 on 23 October, the day my window opened. Dealer quoted within 3 months at the time and couple of weeks ago, quoted 12 January delivery.
I appreciate I’m not supposed to have a ‘hard’ wired dash cam fitted after having taken delivery of the car. Anyone know if it would it be OK to have one ‘hard’ wired if I go back to the dealership who supplied the car? Don’t really like the idea of dash cam cables hanging around the windscreen.
My understanding of the Motability rule is to ensure that the car car electronics are not interfered with by improper wiring leading to warranty issues. Whilst most will use a professional installer, many people install themselves so I think it’s easier to have a blanket after market ban.
I would imagine that if they permit the supply and installation of one by the dealer pre installation, there would be a good chance they would permit it retro fitted under same terms.
Like everything, only way to be sure is contact Motability.Lol,nso (Peugeot,Renault, Opels and JLR are not EU compliant? Bet those three EU car manufacturers will stop building is tge EU them lol What utter nonsense.
Compliant goes beyond physical features. It involves going through lengthy paperwork processes. There are GB countries that won’t import into Northern Ireland because it’s too expensive and time consuming to ‘comply’
If you live in GB you are probably not aware of the various ways we are treated differently. If you want to go on holidays with your dog in England, Scotland or Wales, all GB residents can just pack up and drive. However, if you want to visit Northern Ireland, you have to apply for a pet travel document!
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.
Not quite the same. If I bought and registered a car in England and brought it to NI, it needs no EU compliance. So, for example, if I relocate from England to NI and bring my car, it is legal.
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.
Ant I totally except it was not aim at me, but yes you cannot call Reform racist for starting what some of the public are voicing, unfortunately all parties have some questionable members
I would say that Ant aimed nothing at you, he was clearly talking about the Reform Party.
I agree that you cannot brand a party by its lunatic fringe but when the leadership is racist to its core then that’s a different matter.If these people get near power, Motability will no longer exist in any form we recognise it as now.
From the recent news it appears that the EU is going to drop the mandate completely so it won’t matter who is in power, they will be bound to follow.
As a Northern Ireland resident, we are bound by EU car regulations so it won’t matter to us if GB follow.
You are not forced to enrol in the scheme, in fact 60% of HRMC don’t. Without the scheme you can still buy or lease, but not at such a preferential rate Many already use their benefit for pre owned cars.
A very disingenuous post.
The reason a great many don’t have a Motability car is that they require the PIP to live on and /or they live in urban areas with good transport, have family with cars etc.
A lot of people don’t have the spare cash to pay for a car or credit to lease one or run it. In case it has passed you by, the whole purpose of Motability is to provide a vehicle that is safe and reliable and not breaking down because we are forced to buy an old unreliable car.
I can get my head around dropping ‘prestige’ cars for optics but this lousy government is actually using disabled people as a source of revenue generating and that is a line I thought a mainstream political party would not cross.
Disabled drivers with a blue badge are automatically exempt from congestion charge if their vehicle is registered as disabled class by DVLA.
In addition, any blue badge holder can open a Congestion Charge account with TFL that will allow them to have 2 additional vehicles congestion charge free , petrol, diesel or EV.
Nothing will change for a Disability driver of an EV after the imposition of the charge.When I ordered my current car late 2022, as we no longer needed two cars, I px our car which covered the AP of the new one.
I chose the dealership that was part of a group that had a dealership with my existing car as well as my new one. This means they had connections set up.As you are trading in a BMW for another one, the only sticking point should be if you can agree a price.
Good luck.
Obviously the word of a representative on a trade stand is not gospel and I would never take it as such. With equal respect, if a manufacturer temporarily withdrew supply of cars to the largest leasing company in the UK, logic would say it was to cool demand rather than because they were not selling enough. If, as claimed by said rep, they return next month then logic would again back it up.
If demand for a vehicle exceeds the limits of what a manufacturer first thought they would shift to Motability, the manufacturer will remove it from the scheme temprarily or permantly. Not because of overall market demand is too great, but rather the manufacturer is selling at a loss to Motability. By removing it, the manufacturer can renegogiate the value of the vehicle with Motability and put it back n the scheme, with an higher AP, similar to what Skoda has done with the Elroq recently.
Thats kind of like saying Ford sold more cars on Motability than they had budgeted for, demand exceeded expectations so they removed to stop demand and bring it back after re negotiating. Exactly like I said in my opening post.
I attended the Motability Road show in Belfast on Saturday and spoke with the folks manning the stands. Many were local dealers but some were employees of the manufacturer. I spoke to the Ford guy who said that the Capri and Explorer were removed because of excessive demand. The agreement they have with Motability does not allow them to alter price mid quarter so they can only control demand by removing cars completely. I was led to believe they will return in October but most likely with a higher AP to slow demand.
With respect, those with a vested interest in selling them are never going to say that demand for one of their cars is below expectations, but the facts speak for themselves. Ford, like many manufacturers, are going through major changes due to poor sales and this is bound to have some knock on effect to Motability availability.
Obviously the word of a representative on a trade stand is not gospel and I would never take it as such.
With equal respect, if a manufacturer temporarily withdrew supply of cars to the largest leasing company in the UK, logic would say it was to cool demand rather than because they were not selling enough. If, as claimed by said rep, they return next month then logic would again back it up.I doubt the new GLA will be on. I suspect, like Audi with the Q3, they are using Motability to offload old stock before the updated models arrive.
I attended the Motability Road show in Belfast on Saturday and spoke with the folks manning the stands. Many were local dealers but some were employees of the manufacturer.
I spoke to the Ford guy who said that the Capri and Explorer were removed because of excessive demand. The agreement they have with Motability does not allow them to alter price mid quarter so they can only control demand by removing cars completely.
I was led to believe they will return in October but most likely with a higher AP to slow demand.It isn’t as easy to find as before. BUT if you use the SEARCH button on the website and type in the word FAVOURITES, the first link takes you to your favourites. Just checked and mine are still there! Good luck.
Thank you, have done so successfully.
However, whilst my favourites still remain, the ability to add more isn’t visible so I hope it’s just a website glitch.Glos Guy,
I think some do but when I looked at my policy, the premium increase was higher and benefits less and, unlike a home claim, there is no excess. With key cover, if you lost your keys and were away from home, they would arrange car recovery, taxi home, replace locks on your car and house etc.
Never had to use it but the peace of mind is worth it.
I always worry about lost or damaged keys and the cost and inconvenience involved. I searched some form of insurance and found one called keycare that gives cover.
You get a fob that attaches to your key ring that pairs with your phone so if you lose your keys you can search for them. It covers the loss and replacement of any key including house keys, pays for locksmiths and replacement keys and a host of other things.
Very handy thing for £4 a month.Obviously as it is a Motability list, final pricing will be decided by the relevant decision maker within Motability. That price is influenced by a number of factors not least the price offered by the manufacturers.
Very often when manufacturers have surplus stock or end of line models to shift, they will reduce price.About 10 years ago Volvo were launching a completely new XC60 in the new year so the current model came on the list at an ap of about 2k. I ordered New Years Eve and the car was off the list the next day and never been on since.
Im hoping the i4 drops with the new one appearing but stays on long enough for me to order.
The i4 is getting a major update this year with body styling and a larger motor so dealers are probably off loading stock at a discount. Prices on Motability may reflect this in the next quarter.
I’m in the process of narrowing down my choice and have visited dealers to view and discuss cars. I’m waiting until next quarter before test driving but so far Cupra, VW, Ford and BMW have all offered me test drives in July.
I live up on the North coast of Northern Ireland about 70 miles from Belfast. Increasingly I am finding dealers within a 20 mile radius losing franchises and either becoming used car dealers or service agents and Brands focusing on large franchises in Belfast.
Yesterday I started looking for my next car and was told by the VW dealership that they would stop supplying new cars after September. Fortunately the BMW dealership is not planning to change.
