Here’s the kicker for the silver foxes: if you’re over state pension age, you generally cannot get PIP. You might get Attendance Allowance instead, which is brilliant for care needs but utterly useless for getting a car.
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles and Car Adaptations with Sirus Mobility
It’s a bit of a plot twist. You could be 72, still driving your old banger, but your knees have turned into rusty gate hinges. Unless you got PIP before you turned pension age, the Motability Scheme door is firmly shut. No car for you, even if you need one more than a fish needs a bicycle.
However, there is a silver lining: the Blue Badge. That’s your permit to park like a king in disabled bays. It’s easier to get as you get older, and it doesn’t need a mobility allowance. It’s not a car, but it’s a really good parking space.
