VAT chance

My brother wants to buy a brand new car, he is a carer for our Mother who is disabled. He uses his car to take her everywhere. Is it possible for him to reclaim the VAT on a new car? If necessary the car...

Undergrand carriage

I'm currently helping my mum chose her next Motability car. She has arthritis and needs a high driving position, an automatic gearbox and ideally she would like to keep the keyless ignition she has with...

Wheelchairs within wheels

I'm looking to purchase a car £6,500-£7,000 inclusive of trading in an 02 Nissan Almera Tino. I need a car that is fairly high (as the Almera Tino) to sit in but smaller in length as I have arthritis in...

Badgers’s best

My father in law (75 and a disabled badge holder) is struggling to get into his old Escort, which is on its last legs (his aren't much better). We have a Zafira which he finds easy to get into as the doors...

Ramp consumerism

My wife and I are in our 80s. She is partially disabled and uses an electric scooter for mobility. Our automatic Honda Jazz has served us very well for five years, but lifting the scooter in and out of...

Drive-in move me

After my stroke two years ago, my husband purchased a Renault Kangoo 1.6 petrol, automatic, Lewis Reed conversion with ramp to transport me in my electric wheelchair. The conversion necessitates the halving...

Moby trick?

I qualify for Mobility and would like your advice. Up until now I have always claimed the allowance and purchased a used vehicle approx 3 years old, such as a basic Ford Focus, and paid my own insurance...

Wheel them in

I don't know if you have any ideas, but I am looking for a vehicle that I can have modified to take a wheelchair-bound person, which I guess principally means having a lot of height. I have seen such a...

Mobile hones

I have just been given the highest rate of DLA mobility allowance and therefore am entitled to make use of Motability. Is it worth me doing this? At the moment my 2006 Focus 1.6 Zetec Automatic is behaving...

For the sake of the party

A friend came to help us prepare for a big party and went to the local M&S to pick up some pre-ordered food (£200 worth). She unthinkingly parked in their disabled space and went to collect the food. She...