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I’m looking to purchase a wheelchair mobility vehicle. As my partner is now over 65 she is no longer eligible under the Mobility scheme.
I wonder if you could possibly help with the problem of selling a 'Suzuki Life' wheelchair-driven petrol car. My friend is disabled and no longer fit enough to drive. The car is a 2005 Suzuki Wagon R adapted...
Can you recommend a 'not enormous' vehicle that will allow me to drop a ramp, wheel a passenger in a wheelchair into vehicle and secure them in space? It would also be a great advantage if there is a vehicle...
Is there such thing as a stylish and well designed car for a wheelchair passenger? We have glanced at the Fiat Qubo, Toyota Auris (with swivel seat), Skoda Roomster and Mercedes-Benz Vaneo. Have you any...
Recently you advised that the Ford B-Max would be an ideal car for a Wheelchair user - in your review you state "And the disabled can stash a wheelchair behind themselves without having to summon help."...
I currently have a 58-reg Peugeot 107 but my father is increasingly needing to use his folding wheelchair. Dimensions folded are 29” (74 cm) high, 36” (92cm) back to front, so lying down in a boot that...
My 16-year old daughter is a wheelchair user. She plans to take her driving test and start driving by the end of March 2013 (when the lease of our current Motability Ford Galaxy which we, as her parents,...
We have decided its time to change our Daihatsu Fourtrak and our Autosleeper motorcaravan for a smaller vehicle. We are interested in ex-Motability van derivatives as we have a mobility scooter, and for...
My wife and I are both in our late 70s and we have a disabled son (spina bifida) who is 50 years old. We have two cars, one a Skoda Roomster, which my wife drives (and which is registered disabled for...
Which new small car would be best for my friend's occasional use in the Isle of Man? It should be suitable for a disabled passenger (himself) to enter and exit the front seat, provide adequate space for...