Mobility car information
Hello
I wonder if someone could help me please.
My car is due to run out March 2027. Dose anyone know if you can keep the car you have currently for longer?
My first 3 years in having a mobility car and not sure how it all works. I really like my car and dont wnat to get rid of it. The guy said when we got it that they would let me be without a car but I would like to keep this one if I can.
Thank you in advance for any help
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An elderly neighbour of mine, he was allowed to extend his lease a further two years, but that was only possible because he had kept it immaculate, and had driven very few miles.
I would talk directly to Motability, not the dealership.
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Hi @clare_1. Typically you would have to give up the car at the end of its lease but there some exceptions to that. These seem quite rare though so please bear that in mind. Here's the information I found:
Maybe you are able to get the same car again if you're comfortable with it?
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Last week Motability sent me a text message offering me a 15 month extension to my current three year lease which ends 15th October. The text had an option to click accept or decline extension. I clicked decline. Motability have slowly been fazing out offering extensions for the last 2 or 3 years but when they do offer them there appears to be no standard extension length because some people are offered 12 months, others 15 or 18 or 24 month extensions.
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You're just after saying you don't have £20 for a dating site, how will you manage £80pw for a car, plus possibly an advance payment?
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There is still a Kia Picanto available for no advance payment, i just looked. They still require £80pw from your PIP, even a fairly basic, 1.0 litre petrol car.
If I was taking out a lease today, I would sign up for a Skoda Fabia 1.0 with automatic transmission. For a car so small, it has the same boot space as a VW Golf.
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Can't say I've heard of a stigma attached to Skoda apart from they used to be considered cheap and a bit rubbish. We have one and it's amazing. It's very reliable.
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My next Motability vehicle will be the Ford Puma ST Line Black Edition (hopefully it'll arrive mid October) and i can't wait. Its got a tiny 1.0 litre 3 cylinder turbo engine but looks so cool with its two-tone matt grey and black colour job, 18in wheels instead of the standard 17in wheels on other Puma Models, and back wheels instead of the standard silver wheels. Advance payment £695. So, goodbye Ford Kuga ST and hello Ford Puma ST (black edition).
Fun Fact:
The Ford Puma is Britain's best selling car.
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I despair at the SUV epidemic these days, I remember I used to go up the Angus glens in the winter, with nothing more than a 1988 1.6 litre VW Golf, not even winter tyres. Today some need a Land Rover Discovery to go to Tesco! 🙄
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'What do you call a Skoda with a sunroof? A skip'. Those were the kind of jokes people told about them 40 years ago, when they were on a par with a Lada. They are very much like VW, Audi, Seat these days, all owned by the same group. Obviously Audi would have a higher spec and attention to detail, but a very similar platform.
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My paternal grandfather had two Lada Riva saloons, one after the other, they were absolute rust buckets. I remember the last one had a bit of a mishap on a dual carriageway, that is a section of the rotten through floor fell out of it! 🙄
They would probably have been better ploughing a field, rather than transporting a family from A to sometimes B! (The horror! The horror!).
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But only because Ford stopped making Fiestas. Now people who wanted Fiestas have to buy Pumas instead.
If those sales were split between Fiesta and Puma, the best selling car would be the Kia Sportage. It was a clever trick by Ford to get them top of the list again. 🙂
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I slap imaginary road fund charges on every SUV that passes me, the heavier and more idiotic ones get clobbered.
An average car with quality all season tyres, it will embarrass any SUV running on summer tyres. They have bought a heavy car, with the aerodynamics of a brick, less luggage room than an estate, that to top it all, is usually front wheel drive; what's the point?
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Manufacturers are very happy to sell us SUVs, as they are more expensive. We have lost so many practical and family friendly hatchbacks and estates, all discontinued in the name of flogging these **** panzers!
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You should be very careful saying that. We have a PIP car, it is an SUV. We need the height for my wheelchair partner to transfer easily. We need the boot space for a wheelchair. We need other space in the car for her supplies, oh and space for two kids.
53 MPG overall, so not to thirsty.
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Heavy vehicle damaging the roads, more chance of causing a fatality if hitting a pedestrian. Enjoy.
Btw, an MPV, such as a Citroën Berlingo, it has a raised driving position and greater luggage space than most of those vanity vehicles.
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Heavier and taller vehicles can pose greater risks to pedestrians and contribute more to road wear, but you're making it sound as though SUVs are uniquely responsible for these problems. They vary enormously in size and weight, and an MPV like a Berlingo isn't magically exempt from the same physics. Calling SUVs vanity vehicles is an opinion rather than an argument.
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You are correct, a Berligo is lighter 25KG.
We did not get a SUV as a vanity car, we spent 7 months trying out many different makes and models. It came down to two metrics. First how easy it was for my partner to transfer and secondly the MPG.
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Hello Ross, I was a cab driver for a long time. From what I saw with the "ruts" and road damage, it was more obvious in the bus lanes. You can draw your own conclusions with that.
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Thank you all very much for your help and insights.
Ill have a speak with mobility and see what they say. I have untill March next year, so still a way off but just wanted to get some insights of people
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