Mobility Scooters: Wanted - Tips, Warnings,Reviews.

Diwundrin said:
This liability insurance thing in the rules and regs specifically mentions the scooters separately.

Phil these things are registered for road use here to my understanding. I don't know if that applies to those used only on private land, or in retirement village confines though. Some on eBay have number/licence plates. They have a range of 20 to 50K and are classed as motor vehicles on public thoroughfares. They're used on public roads in country towns where there are no footpaths or bike paths and while it's lethally dangerous there's no other option for those out of town a ways but to run them on the road.

It's also highly dodgy legally here when it comes to even riding bicycles on footpaths let alone a vehicle with an engine/motor/ or power source in it. I'm not sure how it works yet but will research it. They are seen in shopping centres but how they get there I'm not sure, nor what the legalities of them are. They would cause as much damage to an elderly person as anything else that could knock them off their feet I guess.

We have a lot of different laws here to those in the US, this is just one of 'em. Unfortunately we have roughly the same ratio of hungry lawyers.
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I guess that makes sense after all - here in the states bicycles have to obey all traffic laws and can't ride on sidewalks (even though many do). I believe any engine over 49cc requires a license and insurance - thus, even a little 100cc moped needs a license, but one of those electric 2-wheeled kid's scooters does not.

As for the scooters in shopping centers, I've seen handicapped people pull up in their vans with the scooter mounted on a rack in the back; push a button, the lift lowers it and voila, they're off to stimulate the economy. Really can't understand how a license for that would cover roads, sidewalks AND shopping centers, though ... but evidently it does.
 

Jillaroo said:
Oh dear, Do you think i should inform management of the incoming terror, i can picture it now she will have all the elderly corrupted in 6 months

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My 39 yr old SIL got an expensive power scooter from someone on Craigs List in a swap of things that he often buys on there .
.... I think the above pictures capture what he had in mind when he brought it home ...:p
 
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I looked into the scooters when my Dad was alive and they were a lot more than $6,000. here. I'd be tempted to get a golf cart with a little canvas roof on them. If you don't golf, maybe you could rent it out to the others who do. Either way, I do know they have a place to put your drink!
 
THIS !!! D'aaaaawwwwww.




I'd have to get it converted to right-hand drive but, geeeeze, it's soooo cute!

Anne, those are 3 wheelers and they're cheaper here too. I had a look at the bigger 4 wheelers and they seem roughly comparable. The price is based on battery size and weight capacity, and 'horse power' and range, max speed, even the width of the seat. These things are getting to be a real learning curve.

Where I have to start is at the width of the seat and base all the other options around that because the whole thing is useless if I can't fit in the seat. I've lost a lot of weight but some of those things are built for skeletons! Yet another trap for the unwary... aaaghh.

Someone is selling spare batteries, on eBay, for around a grand each!!! That explains why the eBay 'Used' offerings are such 'bargains', they're clapped out and need new ones.

I don't want anything too big, like a golf cart, I have to park it somewhere, preferably out of the weather and space is tight. I think it may have to 'live' in the lounge room, like the rednecks and bikies keep their 'hogs' propped against their armchairs.
 
Ahh; didnt think about the seat width and all the other stuff that goes into it; easy getting ripped off no knowing all that. There must be a place they can keep those kind of things in the new place, I'd think?? Would think they'd want to accomodate those, these days.

Wish they'd make a scooter that looked this cool. Been wanting one of these babies since they came out - I'll be dead before I can afford it. :p

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I bought a Matchbox E-type Jag when I was about 20 and still have it. It's sitting on the window sill in my bedroom. (Put there as a joke on my nostalgic self when I found it unpacking, and it's been there ever since.)
I gave up on the 'real thing' very early in life.
 
Yeah, what the heck; they're just things anyway. But Di, those matchbox cars could be worth some $$ sometime, so hang on to it. :p
 
Anne said:
Love that little orange job, Pappy!! :D

This is in the states, but wonder if they're junk or how they can be this cheap?? (well, not cheap, but less...)
http://www.allelectricscooters.com/3-Wheel-Scooters.htm?ref=maincat
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Pride Mobility is about a 20-minute drive from me, and they're known for being high-quality manufacturers. The CEO is a really great guy, really big into the bicycling scene here, and does a lot of charity work. The workers for the most part sing the praises of the company, so although I don't have first-hand experience with their scooters (among which is the "Jazzy" line seen on TV) I've no doubt they're a good company with a good rep.

Their prices might be low because they aren't tricked-out, options-laden scoots - just the basics.
 
Sure I saw a few of that brand on eBay here I'll check 'em out again. The prices here reflect the costs of shipping from the States new, then again delivery costs on eBay, most are pick up only from 3 days travel away so big courier costs have to be added.

I'm busily trying to find something reasonable around the Central Coast area while my rels are visiting down there over Xmas, he can throw it on the back of the ute and drop it off for zero. But fortune seldom falls that way does it?
 
Fortune favors the prepared, so start stocking up on carnauba wax and 10W-30. :playful:

I hadn't even considered the shipping charges - they must be astronomical.
 
States freight always is, which is why I don't buy much from Amazon. But they're hot locally too, one wants $500 to ship from S.A. they can keep that one. No great rush for it yet, I can lurk in ambush for a month or two yet.

It seems a bit of a buyer's market at the moment, the oldies must be dropping off the twig at a faster rate. Or else they're too flash to buy scratched 2nd hand ones. No such hang-ups here.
 
Gum tree has some goodies Di and quite reasonable too in the Central Coast area .. remember Caddymag from old SHS forum..
he has just got himself a smaller one and suits him fine.. just around his village he uses it and he calls it Gus.. if you`d like his email
let me know and I`ll get it for you... just a thought..
 
Thanks Pappy but medical suppliers are the last place to buy anything around here, they are licenced to steal.
btw: read somewhere the other day we pay 14 ...thats fourteen... times more for some drugs here than they cost in the States. Same drugs, they 'adjust' the prices to the region they sell them. Then they have the hide to scream about protecting their 'intellectual copyrights'!

I used to buy supplies for Mum on eBay from the UK where they cost around 1/3 of what I could buy them for at the local pharmacy and that was after paying shipping!

Any mobility aids too are sky high from anyone vaguely resembling medical suppliers, hence eBay.

Wouldn't trust any from a flea market either, not that I can get to one these days. Too many 'horse traders' around these days.
 
DIWUNDERIN": You get what you pay for!. I would buy the strongest biggest available. 4 wheels, Largest motor(they use starter motors from cars), longest battery life.
Also look around & ask people who are riding around on them, they're the best & most honest opinions.;)
 
I had to walk to the pharmacy a little while ago to get meds for roomie, and with the ice and snow covering the sidewalks I thought how anyone in a scooter would have to be driving on the road.

Scary thought, unless you have something like GDAD mentioned with a big ol' motor and all-terrain tires.
 

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