Ex-motability?

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From comapring prices Ive found theyre usually cheaper and usually lower mileage. Anyone had any experience of buying ex-motability? Any benefits/downsides?
 
Both our focus autos have been ex mobility, only thing we had to do was change the tax class on v5 (think it's that, from disabled to plg).

One had low miles, other had loads. Both were serviced on schedule and didn't miss a beat.
 
electric ant said:
From comapring prices Ive found theyre usually cheaper and usually lower mileage. Anyone had any experience of buying ex-motability? Any benefits/downsides?
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If you keep the hand controls for the throttle and brake, it'll be a doddle to rig it so that you drive from the rear seat TG style :cool::o
 
Possibly more likely to have been used for shorter journeys (esp if low mileage), but difficult to say for sure on any particular example.
 
Based solely on the fact that my gran had one (no license) and my step dad and two brothers did a fine job of not really looking after it as it wasnt there car, I wouldnt touch one with a barge pole.
 
Motability cars are fully serviced as they are all still under warranty. Thats one benefit i can think of. But yes the people that have them don't own them or their partener may be the main driver. Its just like any other car i suppose. Sometimes luck
 
You need to make sure any mods haven't damaged trim etc as sometimes they leave screw holes or scratches. Apart from that, usual rules apply.
 
Personally provided the car is fine on inspection there is nothing particularly wrong with ex-motability cars. They are low mileage cars and as such have suffered mainly short trips but thats the case with any low mileage car.

I see no reason why they would be any cheaper than any other car, mind - they are disposed of through auction and purchased by members of the trade, who then retail them like any other used car at the same value as any other used car. There is nothing about them that would make them worth any less.

I'd be suspicious of a cheap car where the low price is being justified by the fact it's ex-motability. Ex-motability stuff is usually prime retail stock as it's nearly new, low mileage and fully serviced.
 
Bloke down my street has a car on Motability. His wife uses it for work while he potters about in an old Daihatsu. :D
 
LeeUK said:
Bloke down my street has a car on Motability. His wife uses it for work while he potters about in an old Daihatsu. :D
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don't you just love it. My brother actually qualifies for one but as kind of semi pro athlete he's too embaressed to take one and bough his own lol.
 
A Motability car is just like any other 3 year old ex-lease car. Some will have been looked after, others will have been thrashed and abused.

But a big problem with the really low mileage ones is often exhausts. My father had a Polo on Motability and usually did just 2 miles a day, with maybe only one longer trip every month on average. The short trip was just enough to get condensation in the exhaust but not long enough to heat up the exhaust enough to dry it out. Got through an exhaust in two years !!! So probably half way through the replacement by the time it went back for a new car at 3 years.
 
My Panda 100HP was ex-mobility (Yes I know why would anyone choose this on mobility? Suspension is back breaking!) No problems so far and was beter condition that similar aged cars
 
LeeUK said:
Bloke down my street has a car on Motability. His wife uses it for work while he potters about in an old Daihatsu. :D
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iirc she wont be insured to use the car for work? Least that was the case when i had the mobility car. The car can only be used by someone other the disabled person for domestic and pleasure?
 
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