Vehicle for 4 ppl + mobility scooter?

Jun 16, 2006 27 Replies

A van would be fine... I had sort of thought about a Vanette window van, or a Cabstar double cab (*if* I could find one to fit the budget)... I could then borrow it for carting stuff about! I don't know whether I could swing it for these rather industrial choices!

If the scooter really is that big.

I'll try and get 'em! From the Inner Net, it's an Evolution 8, length 1480mm x width 640 mm, height I don't know.

A trailer has been suggested - possibly a good idea.

Buying another "scooter" to fit in a car boot has been suggested, but these sort of ones don't deal with other than billiard-table terrain too well (+ the person who'll be using the "scooter" is very scared of "tipping up".

Obvious is for cleverer people than me...

Terrain... the easily-transportable ones don't seem to have the "oomph", although this could be an idea... the other problem is that the "rider" is scared stiff of tipping up, so something stable and solid is greatly desirable...

Chris Bacon ( snipped-for-privacy@thai.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Have you considered an ex-London taxi...?

A suitable non-oversized trailer will almost certainly be OK on a standard B licence. However, trailers can be a pain as a general solution, due to security issues and problems parking.

Christian.

You should have asked 2 months ago. I had a Fiat Ducato X plate in a two row seven seat configuration with loads of room behind. The Ducato has a very low floor pan, so ideal for ramps. Sold it for not much over 2 grand.

Christian.

Did you ever look at this one on 3bay? Only 7 hrs to go.

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Tim

Chris,

Another idea I'd forgotten about the other day is this:

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Then you could go for pretty much any vehicle you wanted.

Just another possibility.

So I said to them............. ( snipped-for-privacy@group.ok) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Eww.

I do not like that idea much - even the 4mph scooters can be pretty damn heavy, let alone the 8mph ones - all of which (plus the 30kg of the "trailer") is going to be taken as noseweight by the towbar - outside the wheelbase.

Around 150kg hung out past the bumper. On a towbar rated, probably, for around 50kg noseweight.

In short, it's going to drive like a drunken hippo on iceskates...

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