fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
I can drive, but I can't walk far. I was thinking of getting one of those scooters. It's got to be something I can take out of my trunk. Anybopdy have one?
Does anyone have one of those scooters?
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Timetrvlr
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- central interior B.C., Canada
Yes, we have 5. Two lightweight travel scooters that are easy to separate into four components that will fit in the trunk of small cars. Then we have two large luxury scooters that are great for cruising the streets with, which we really enjoy. We call them Senior Recreation Vehicles (SRV's). Then we have a small power chair that's also considered a travel chair that separates into four pieces.
The travel scooters are rough-riding on the street because they have solid wheels and no suspensions but are ideal for shopping malls, theme parks, or even shopping in the large stores and strip malls. The small travel chair is ideal indoors for getting around the house because it is small and agile and not too poweful. We had a large power chair for a while and we were both afraid of it, it was too fast, too large for use in the house, and too fast.
The two large scooters are ideal for the street because they have pneumatic tires, suspensions, and plusher seats.
We bought all of our scooters and the power chair used. We bought them all long before we needed them so we had time to pass over many overpriced units until we stumbled over a really good deal. In one instance, we found an estate sale where the kids had bought their elderly father the biggest, fanciest scooter and little power chair they could find. their father didn't use either one but very little before he died. We got an exceptional deal on those. Estate sales like that are not uncommon. One caveat though, be prepared to spend $300-$400 on new batteries. No one seems to take care of batteries.
The travel scooters are rough-riding on the street because they have solid wheels and no suspensions but are ideal for shopping malls, theme parks, or even shopping in the large stores and strip malls. The small travel chair is ideal indoors for getting around the house because it is small and agile and not too poweful. We had a large power chair for a while and we were both afraid of it, it was too fast, too large for use in the house, and too fast.
The two large scooters are ideal for the street because they have pneumatic tires, suspensions, and plusher seats.
We bought all of our scooters and the power chair used. We bought them all long before we needed them so we had time to pass over many overpriced units until we stumbled over a really good deal. In one instance, we found an estate sale where the kids had bought their elderly father the biggest, fanciest scooter and little power chair they could find. their father didn't use either one but very little before he died. We got an exceptional deal on those. Estate sales like that are not uncommon. One caveat though, be prepared to spend $300-$400 on new batteries. No one seems to take care of batteries.