Mobility scheme

You need to be claiming either Enhanced mobility PIP/ADP or high rate mobility DLA to join the scheme.

You exchange the mobility payments for a vehicle of your choice. The only thing you pay for is your fuel. There are some vehicles that you need to pay an advance payment before collecting your car.

How long it takes will depend on the dealership waiting times, they are all different. It also depends on the make, model and spec of the vehicle you choose.

Lots more information here.

https://www.motability.co.uk

There are age restrictions on some of the vehicles. If you're under the age of 25 you are restricted to a BHP of 120 or less, so please be aware of that. It will give you all that information next to all the vehicles if you search for them on their website.

I didn't choose my car because I was in a hurry. I chose it because I loved it. It's a Nissan Juke, such a lovely car to drive too.

What were the garish colour schemes? Have they bought back the Harlequin Edition. Most of the new cars I see are in drab boring colours. 🙁

I got the Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate, I regret doing it because I paid a huge advance having just got my back dated pay and then even had to pay extra to get the car sooner so as not to have to wait 6 months. (As I have discovered with my new car, this is a bit of a scam the salesman use on people).

I love my Ioniq 6, which is fully electric, but it is too big and no longer suits my needs, the supposed charge point at my residence was disallowed because there is a verge of Council grass in front of the house, Motability and their contractor find any reason not to install a free charge point, and before even coming up with this excuse the contractor was already telling me they didn't have capacity for an assessor to visit, when they found an excuse, they very quickly shot the whole charge point down in flames.

Because I have to charge locally without a home charge point I have to use a rapid charger and with the cold weather, electric does not do well in cold weather both for charging and for economy, because of no home charge point I have to pay 85p per kwh instead of 7p per kwh and sitting at a charge station with no facilities is no joke.

I am thinking of changing my car to a hybrid, self charging, either on Motability or not, I feel as if I am driving around with all this extra space I don't need and don't use, boot is too small and impractical for a wheel chair and I have some other issues getting in and out of the car, thought of getting modifications, but actually I would rather own the car if I got those.

I have spoken to Motability and they have agreed that it is ok to change it, despite it only being a year since I got it, but finding something else that suits my needs is difficult.

Thinking of a Renault Espirit Alpine, it costs about £25k new, not worth it on Motability, tried test driving it, but struggled with the accelerator, feels like a clutch pedal on the automatic?

Renault captur petrol hybrid is a really nice car to drive. We also have a kia stonic very low not easy get in and out of