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MikeAnother morning looking at <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/motability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motability</a> scheme cars.We've got a shortlist of two now which we'll arrange to take for a drive in a week or two. Ford Capri (the badly named car) and Hyundai Ioniq 5 are the choice. <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Ford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ford</a> is an American owned company so loses points, <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Hyundai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hyundai</a> seem to have long waiting times for delivery so lose points. Ford and <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Skoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Skoda</a> dealers in <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Leicester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leicester</a> score zero for their parking arrangements - and for dumping cars in the disabled spaces.

MikeTomorrow is March. Sacha has a <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/motability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motability</a> car lease which means that we have to change our car every three years - which is a mixed blessing. There's a window between when she *can* order a new car and when she *must* have ordered one. That window opens at the end of March.Advice we're seeing from other Motability customers is that we need to have made our choice as soon as possible before the window opens - partly because of some extremely long delivery times. Of course, the complication is that the list of available cars changes at the start of April!We've started looking at EVs and are currently smitten with the Hyundai Ioniq5, but we are going to look at the Skoda Enyaq and the badly named Ford Capri in the next couple of weeks. Test drives upcoming!<a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cars</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/pip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pip</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/fordCapri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fordCapri</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Hyundai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hyundai</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/skoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skoda</a>

MikeMy wife was advised to start looking for her next <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/motability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motability</a> car much earlier than usual - so we've been to visit 4 car dealers in <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/leicester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leicester</a> today.Three of the four had no disabled parking places available for their customers. Vauxhall & MG had cones preventing access to the disabled spaces. Renault had no parking spaces for anyone - the only obvious disabled space had a demonstrator car parked in it. Hyundai passed the test (and were extremely welcoming & helpful).I think this shows how they view not only their disabled customers, but all customers. It's a disgrace.More next week.<a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/disablility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disablility</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/pip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pip</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cars</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/carDealers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carDealers</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Vauxhall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vauxhall</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Renault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Renault</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MG</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Hyundai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hyundai</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/disabledDriving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disabledDriving</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disabled</a>

MikeG'morning!It's audibly windy outside but nowhere near as bad as previous storms (yet). For us, wind from the south-west is normally a worry as it's the only direction where we're exposed. We're in the English East Midlands, so nowhere near a coast.I've got a major tussle with the dentist later this morning - it's a 90 minute appointment to sort out the post crown that fell out on Christmas Eve. I don't expect to be doing a lot this afternoon!Sacha should be on-call for her volunteer job, but she feels that the organisation is falling apart and she can't contact her coordinator.We had a long talk about choices for our next car which we'll have to choose in April - and Sacha has agreed now not to rule out an electric car (our first choice is no longer available to us). I'll take that as a win.I hope you aren't troubled by the wind -from whichever direction - or any other sort of weather, and are able to enjoy your day.<a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Today</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#weather</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/dentist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dentist</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/motability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motability</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#volunteering</a>

AutisticMumTo3How are people supposed to pay for the lease on Motability cars & power wheelchairs without PIP? Currently you lose you mobility component of PIP to pay for it. <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Motability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Motability</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PIP</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ScrappingPIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScrappingPIP</a> <a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PIPReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PIPReform</a>

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