Luxury cars removed from the motability scheme

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https://news.sky.com/story/luxury-cars-removed-from-motability-scheme-ahead-of-budget-13475029

too little too late. As a full time worker I can’t afford to run a car, let alone a luxury car. Motability should be a standard car - available in automatic and manual, an option for wheelchair users, and that’s it.

If anyone on this thread actually honestly gave a shit about the ‘money’ they’d be banging on about the very shady and obscured amount of profit the four big high street banks that own Motability are making from the scheme.

But they don’t. What they care about is disabled people, that they see as very much less than them (irregardless of whether they happen to also be working taxpayers), getting something that they themselves can’t/don’t have.

They’re not only bigoted, they’re also quite alarmingly stupid.

I keep talking about the Jeremy Vine show today but doctor on there who used to do assessments for Motability was saying the reason the scheme is so open to abuse (and he said it absolutely is) is because PCP and HP finance is so costly now. Motability is definitely cheaper.

No one but you should get money👍

Clue. It was the Jeremy Vibe show

Astounding how often this needs repeating isn’t it?

Ah but they just must have a bitch about anybody getting something they can’t.

Nevermind the fact that they don’t have to live with a lifelong disability, if someone else does then they must live by their bare bones and with no joys or luxuries whatsoever.
That’ll teach them for having the audacity to have a disability and need benefits!

This thread is full of nasty, mealy mouthed, bitter commenters that seem to think everyone must struggle and suffer because they themselves can’t afford a luxury car and they’re able bodied so therefore more important!
Can’t someone just fashion a car out of a cardboard box and some roller skate wheels?
That’s all the disabled deserve, surely?

I despair, honestly.
I’m not disabled, thankfully. I also don’t begrudge those that want to pay a huge advance payment for a nicer car.

You don’t all have to have everything everyone else has and you’re not entitled to more just because you had the good fortune to be born able bodied and able to work full time.

Maybe, if people can’t afford luxury cars they should work harder?
People do enjoy spouting that line off to people who are on benefits or unable to get a mortgage, so go ahead and follow your own advice!
Maybe drink less takeaway coffees?
Apparently that’s the answer to everything, so there you go! Solved it for you all!

The whole thing needs overhauling. Too many scammers . Its too easy to claim all these benefits

Ah I see so the good doctor was making it all up?
There was lots of defence for it too surprise, surprise.

Why do you need help? Besides the obvious reason that you’re quite greedy and more than a little envious of <checks notes> people with disabilities?

Another person totally out of touch.

Don’t take the rags as gospel, you may actually learn something about real life!

I can't quite decide if this thread is bringing all the trolls crawling out from beneath their bridges, or if so many people really are this stupid, ignorant and self-centred. 🤷‍♀️

That’s why in addition to paying the basic lease cost those wanting to lease a more expensive car paid more on to of this, just like anybody else has to pay more to buy/ lease something more expensive. It literally makes not one penny of difference to the taxpayer.

Motability is a charity.

It negotiates with car manufacturers to buy their cars at a discount, thereby keeping order books full and thousands of people in work. It then leases those cars to disabled people for three years. After three years we hand back the car in, invariably, excellent condition which Motability sell on for probably more than they paid for it.

It is in Motability’s interest to make sure the cars are looked after, as this increases their profits.

@Yesimmoaningaboutbenefits Agreed 👍🏻

Omg there are some ableist cunts on here aren't there?

It’s cheaper because of economies of scale. The taxpayer isn’t “subsidising” anything. If the scheme was abolished entirely the welfare bill would remain exactly as it is now. Why are people unable to grasp this basic fact?

The latter.

Restricting it will also mean far fewer second hand cars are available and therefore prices for them will increase significantly. Enjoy.

yup CB needs to be stopped!!!

Not what the experts were saying but you know best.

Yes, those pesky children. Whose parents you seem to think are not “working people”. Do you think people take an 18 year holiday when they have a baby?!

Children are clearly the source of the country’s economic problems.

One wonders where you think “working people” will appear from if you think children are something that should be discouraged.

Wow. I only got my XC60 is September and its £354 including VAT a month.

I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make, but to cite one source and element of government funding: 2/5 of the value benefit to the claimant comes from tax concessions to the Scheme that are not available to other drivers.

www.gov.uk/government/consultations/how-public-funds-can-be-used-to-support-the-mobility-needs-of-disabled-people/public-feedback/motability-response#the-motability-scheme-value-for-money

No you’re missing the point - no-one was ‘giving out luxury cars’. The end user paid for the premium models.