Bevvy7andover said:

so how on earth when you get an indefinite award can you still get PIP? I won my last tribunal and now 18 months later I’m facing another tribunal I’ve got to give my car back on the 7th I’ve had the car 16 months and I’m losing it surely it’s not cheaper to let clients keep the cars and not have to give a car back if they lose the case if you win then financially everyone gains???

If you are no longer receiving the enhanced rate PIP for mobility how would you propose Motability are paid for the car if the claimant wants to keep it?
You can't have people without the relevant award in place funding it out of their own money. If you did that everybody that would like a motability car should be given one.
Not everybody goes to the Tribunal, many give up after the MR as they don't see the point or could not face the stress of an appeal.

It's quite black and white - get the award then you can have the car, lose the award and the car goes back.

It makes me wonder why people actually bother with renting a car from Motability. For the £265 a month that you lose in renting you could easily buy a car worth about £10,000 on finance over 5 years and have change left over to pay for the insurance, tax servicing etc.

poppy123456 said:

I think this has been discussed before. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to get finance on a car, which is why people have no other option but to chose motability.

I don't agree, finance is available for almost anyone excepting undischarged bankrupts. In fact some garages offer a guarantee of getting credit.
Also I have a friend who bought a twenty two month old Vauxhall Insignia using HP from Motability. There were no questions asked if he was good for the money. He took 4 years to pay Motability off and the car was his.