Dad has not driven since his doctor told him he was not to drive after losing his car 5 or 6 weeks ago while shopping and also because of a few other driving incidents. I then put his car in our garage as an out of sight out of mind strategy. This seemed to make things a bit easier for him.
It is a motability car and today I took it for a quote for the damage that needs repairing, new front bumper, new front panel and new door where he scraped a parked lorry. Body shop people said to leave rear bumper for another time. He has only done 500 miles in it.
Anyway now Dad thinks his car is all fixed (it should be sometime soon) and he has suggested that I keep his car and that I can put my car in his garage for safe keeping to save wear and tear. To be honest my car is nicer than his car and bigger and also my husband would like occasional use of it but Dad is just trying to be helpful.
I am named on the motobility car insurance. Am I allowed to keep the car at my place and use it just for Dad as I am driving to his house everyday to take him shopping and various other reasons, cups of coffee, bit of cleaning, watch TV and fish and chips twice a week. I occasionally stay over. This would give my husband a chance to use our car for the things he needs to do like our shopping and various other things that he can't do when I am using our car to ferry Dad about.
I know we could send the car back and he would get the money instead but he could not get a bus and he would not like to depend on a taxi. He would rather I took him.
It just seems to make sense to me. Does anyone else have this arrangement. Is it ok.
It is a motability car and today I took it for a quote for the damage that needs repairing, new front bumper, new front panel and new door where he scraped a parked lorry. Body shop people said to leave rear bumper for another time. He has only done 500 miles in it.
Anyway now Dad thinks his car is all fixed (it should be sometime soon) and he has suggested that I keep his car and that I can put my car in his garage for safe keeping to save wear and tear. To be honest my car is nicer than his car and bigger and also my husband would like occasional use of it but Dad is just trying to be helpful.
I am named on the motobility car insurance. Am I allowed to keep the car at my place and use it just for Dad as I am driving to his house everyday to take him shopping and various other reasons, cups of coffee, bit of cleaning, watch TV and fish and chips twice a week. I occasionally stay over. This would give my husband a chance to use our car for the things he needs to do like our shopping and various other things that he can't do when I am using our car to ferry Dad about.
I know we could send the car back and he would get the money instead but he could not get a bus and he would not like to depend on a taxi. He would rather I took him.
It just seems to make sense to me. Does anyone else have this arrangement. Is it ok.