I know very much about how I should have taken up getting a car when the government awarded me that part: I was fine with my now-husband's car (I can't medically drive, so he drives me places) until it started costing more to repair than what his 18 year old ford fiesta is worth 😬 I only started going and getting one when his car started having expensive issues back in April, and I bit the bullet, no longer caring about swapping it every 3 or 5 years. I got a Kia Sportage, and I'm very happy at how easily I can get in the front passenger seat. I love how we don't need an adaptor to needed to fit into what used to be a cigarette lighter back in the old days just to play stuff on your phone. I love how there's usb ports in both the front AND the back so you can charge whatever up. I love how there's a touch screen in the front, just above the handbrake part, that can be used for radio, songs on your phone, and even video when you go into reverse! I ordered it in April this year and, because the cars have had to be shipped into the UK because of short supply, I'm finally able to pick it up on the 2nd of October 💃🙌 will need my husband to come along with me, as he's the only one named driver that can drive the car. He's excited too, but a bit grumpy because it's the 1st new car he's getting (rather than 2nd hand) but it can only be in my name 😅 he's excited at being able to put my wheelchair in the boot, without having to drop ALL the back seats. He does understand that he can't drive it without doing something for MY benefit, but I'm hoping that I could write a note saying that he's driving it to go to work when the trains aren't running and thus is for my benefit, or he's driving to a shop to do our shopping so I don't starve 😅 or when he goes away for a week and needing to use my car, he's going because I told him I'm going to my mum's for a bit of a mini-break from everyday life, and I've given him permission, as long as he doesn't wreak it 🤣 That should do it 🤔😏 will ask when we pick it up 😊
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PIP and Motability win!
Awesome news!
Congratulations! I don't know how things work in the UK, but as someone who spent years in the US business world the unspoken policy was always that it was easier to get away with things if you just do them like it's the most natural thing in the world but don't talk about them. That many things are forgiven after the fact, but if you ask about it upfront then it becomes a Big Issue and too many people get involved because they have to consider everything that could possibly go wrong. Would it really hurt anything to just stay silent on the fact that he might be using it sometimes without you in the car? Surely the gov't is aware that a married couple is a team but they're not necessarily glued at the hip.
congratulations!
Congrats on the new car!
I 'm considering this one I saw on TEMOO...😅
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Congratulations on your new mode of transportation, Cwright170994 ! 🤗
Not here yet, I (and my driver) will be picking it up on Wednesday! I got Feeder's Buck Roger song in my head randomly today, and it'll be carrying on for a loooong while after 🤣
Edit: won't be Wednesday, because the car isn't technically ready by then, but Monday instead 🙄 now, the Kia we're picking it up from closes at 17:30, and husband can't really get home on the train until 6ish. He's maybe asking his manager if he could go home an hour earlier by working through is lunch, but if that doesn't work, I've got a man for the task: his dad! He's happy to be added as a Motability driver, so he can pick it up with me. He's also happy to use it if he needs to take me to appointments and stuff 😆# goodguyAllan ❤️
Treat your driver to a chauffeur hat, Cwright170994 , for the occasion! 😂
🤣 that's a really good idea! Will buy one off amazon on Tuesday and, because I'm a Prime customer, it'll be here by the day I can get it! He's at work during the day, so it'll be a surprise for him when he gets home 😏
My husband always reminds me that he would like one, Cwright170994 . I am buying him a cowboy hat to remind him that I want a horse! 😝
🤣🤣🤣 nah, buy yourself a cowboy hat and wear it everywhere you go, lasso and boot as well! He's bound to get the idea 🤣
Ha, I mean, yehaw, Cwright170994 ! 🤠
🤣 that had me proper laughing!
It’s contagious, Cwright170994 😂 😂 😂
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Got my car yesterday, with help from his dad, because hubby was at work 😁 I bought a chauffeur hat so hubby could wear it when we drove around when he got home 🤣 he took the hat off when we went in macd's for tea (dinner), and put it on my head 🤣I read the manual when we were in macd's, and found out how to get my phone connected to the car via Bluetooth, just so I could play music on our way around 😜 just need to get his connected so he can take calls hands free 😜 he found out how everything works eventually 😅 he loves how the song information appears on the dash board part where he can see his speed 😜
Got the chauffeur had ordered just then 😜 will definitely surprise him when we pick the car up or he takes me to hospital for my bloods at 16:30 on Monday 🤣 he may, or may not, find it funny 😆 He's going to book a half day for Monday, so he might be able to take us to Kia anyway to grab my car 🤷♀️ he sold his last night, so we'll still need a lift from his mum or dad, but they'll be alright with that 😜 his manager may not like it, with it being short notice and him not having anymore holidays he can book 🤔 but, he'll hopefully be able to do it 🙏🤞
Wishing that everything goes without a hitch, Cwright170994 ! I also hope that he finds humor in his new hat! If not, you can always blame me! 😝
He should do 😆 we are literally 2 halves of a whole idiot, so we have the same sense of humour 🤣
Now we have 1 1/2 idiots amongst the three of us, Cwright170994 🤪
Congratulations! My daughter's friend had her husband learn to drive because she was eligible to get a car due to a brain injury. We don't have that here in the US.
Oh shit 😳😢 it's not fair, is it 😕 having MSERS across the pond who don't necessarily need to pay for healthcare (apart from National Insurance if you can work), and get money & stuff from the government just to help your expenses 😭 I dread to think what would have happened if I lived in the US. I commend you ALL for living with that expense 🫂❤️
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🥳🥳
Congrats! That is very exciting!
Marvelous perk, if there is such a thing with MS. Good for the government there to recognize that need for disabled people to need quality transportation. I have driven Kia’s for years, on my third one, and I love them. I do not like auto correct. I didn’t mean to put an apostrophe on the word Kia with the s, but it insisted! Back to the hat…perhaps you could add a chef hat to your order if your hubby cooks also. I bought one for mine when I was married and he loved it. He actually wore it often. He loved to cook and I think he had a secret fantasy of being a chef! 🧑🍳 Enjoy your car, send a picture.
Will be taking pictures of course! Might have husband posing with it, with his chauffeur hat on when he sees it 🤣 he might do, he might need our friends to jokingly pressure him into doing it 😏 and I will be uploading when he's not looking 😂
He does enjoy cooking as well! 🤔 might have to get him a chefs hat too 😏 he makes mean homemade beef burgers and homemade jambalaya 👌😜 I think he's just loving being able to cook whatever we (I) fancy, within reason 😅 I also think it's more because he never really had free access to a kitchen when growing up, we've got many herbs and spices that he can use, and he's not having to cook for himself 😜
I think it's been because people with bad injuries from wars and stuff fought against the government. I know the NHS was formed when someone stood up to the government during/after WW2 and petitioned, or something, saying, "healthcare should be free at the point of use!" Might have worked in the US, and a lot of people over here were kinda celebrating when Obamacare came out, but it's not generally the case everywhere 😭
Hi, I'm very happy for you. Just to let you know your husband can drive it to work, as it does benefit you, if he doesn't work there will be no money coming in to support you. My husband drives ours to the shops as well as I am unable to shop anymore. If you look on the mobility website it should give you all this information. You will find it's the best thing you have done, as it gives peace of mind. If you break down, fingers cross you won't but you have complete breakdown cover and classed as priority, also if something goes wrong with the car, which it can even being new as I have experienced this, they will give you a courtesy car or provide a taxi if you have a hospital appointment, so it does take a huge amount of stress from an already stressful life. Enjoy xxx
I love the idea of getting a complementary taxi to appointments 😍He normally doesn't have to drive to work, as he uses the train that's on a direct line from our house to where he works, but that's a really good thing when there's strikes, the line's shut because of work on the actual tracks, or because there's been extremely heavy rainfall somewhere on the route (like what happened the other day). Thankfully I am able to go out shopping using my manual wheelchair in places like Sainsburys or in hospitals! That's really fun, especially when I'm going downhill with husband holding himself up on the handles 🤣 I laugh like a little girl, and it makes other people laugh! 😆 we've had that before, doing our shopping where husband's pushing me with the trolley and I nearly pmsl! Which got another shopper nearly phsl 🤣🤣🤣 anyway, will double-check everything on the Motability website and double check with the car bloke 🙏 will probably have to get husband to do the "plausible deniabiliy" thing if he gets pulled over or something 😏
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