Mobility Scooters: Wanted - Tips, Warnings,Reviews.

I'm thinking along those lines too, Gdad, and Phil. I hate little wussy machines, too used to being around farm and mining machinery perhaps.
We all lived 'big'. I look at some pictured and can't imagine being perched up on those dinky little kiddy toy wheels with 3 inches of ground clearance. I'd look like a Saturn rocket being towed to the launch pad on it's trolley, and be moving about as fast.

It may be overkill if I only use it for getting from the unit to the office and community block and back, but there is a long 'nature reserve' opposite the village, with paved walking paths, that runs along the river, It looks enticing for an outing, except I can't walk that far so more robust, 'all terrain' transport would be nice.

I don't recall seeing anyone on one in the nearby town where I shop. It's really hilly so guessing the scooters can't handle the grades. There is a fair grade where I'm going so have to get one with enough oomph for that.

Still have a lot of researching to do, the more I learn the more complex it's getting. Keep the suggestions coming, the more I can learn about these things the better. :)
 

I think I'm in lurrrrve! :love_heart:

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It bears connotations of:


and that can't be a bad thing.

But seriously that EV is the kind of thing I had in mind and want, whether I can afford one is another matter.
 

Yeah, cool as in coffin! have you had your specs upgraded lately? I'd have as much chance of squeezing into that as this.

I'd rather try it with this actually.
Nice find Jilly, thanks, I saw their site but didn't think to look if there was a branch up here, thought they'd be city based.
 
Phantom said:
G-o ggo--:)
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Shaddap Phants! :lofl:


Not yet thanks Jilly, still researching the things, the more you know the less great they get.

Bleeding hell!
Now I found out that the range depends on what unit of measurement they use and is always rated on dead flat going. Think used car salesmen.
They have different types of drives, belt or gears, there's even varying types of batteries all with their own little fallibilities.
Some are for indoor and flat surfaces only, some 'all terrain' ones can't handle grades without draining their batteries, they've all got different wheel sizes and of course the replacement parts prices differ vastly on different models and they have to be 'serviced' regularly or insurance doesn't cover them. Plus all have different seat types and sizes! Think I'll build a billy cart!

Won't be buying new anyway if I can help it, I don't tick that way. I'm bargain addicted. There's hundreds of used ones always on the market due to oldies dropping off the twig so they can't all be lemons. A goodun will turn up, no hurry. I'd like to get a tour and a test drive from the Coffs place one day though. I'm hoping to take the cuz with me, they won't bamboozle him when comes to talking amps/watts/drives/and things that move on wheels.
 
Diwundrin said:
Now I found out that the range depends on what unit of measurement they use and is always rated on dead flat going. Think used car salesmen.
They have different types of drives, belt or gears, there's even varying types of batteries all with their own little fallibilities.
Some are for indoor and flat surfaces only, some 'all terrain' ones can't handle grades without draining their batteries, they've all got different wheel sizes and of course the replacement parts prices differ vastly on different models and they have to be 'serviced' regularly or insurance doesn't cover them. Plus all have different seat types and sizes! Think I'll build a billy cart!
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Basically you're buying a pygmy car, so I guess it isn't surprising that you have to deal with all those specs.

There's hundreds of used ones always on the market due to oldies dropping off the twig so they can't all be lemons. A goodun will turn up, no hurry.
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If you see a buggy you like and decide you don't want to wait anymore, you could always just turn the "Caution! Poisonous Snake Area" sign backwards ... voila! Free buggy!
 
Got that right! .. 800k on the clock?... mmmm. The more I learn about these things the less I like 'em. I'm leaving it to someone who knows about the technicalities of what makes 'em go to look into it. I'll need one that can handle a fair grade and most can't.
 
Diwundrin said:
Got that right! .. 800k on the clock?... mmmm. The more I learn about these things the less I like 'em. I'm leaving it to someone who knows about the technicalities of what makes 'em go to look into it. I'll need one that can handle a fair grade and most can't.
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Yeah, isn't 800k something like 500 miles?!?

What, did they do coast-to-coast runs? :confused:
 
Diwundrin said:
Got that right! .. 800k on the clock?... mmmm. The more I learn about these things the less I like 'em. I'm leaving it to someone who knows about the technicalities of what makes 'em go to look into it. I'll need one that can handle a fair grade and most can't.
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$200k / year for 4 yrs

I used to power walk 6ks a day (12yrs ago but when my dog died I gave up)
6k's not far in a motorized vehicle ??
 
It is over an extended period of time Phants, their drive systems wear out from what I've read, depending on the types, also the electricals get dodgy. It depends on how good they were to start with too and that brand wasn't top of the range (not top price, if that's an indication) so as with 2nd hand cars it's caveat emptor.

Thanks for the link though, appreciate that. Any I come across I send to the cuz and he can usually pick out the pitfalls of them. He's going to have a look around his area (where I'm heading anyway) to check a few out as they come on the market.
 
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