Smaller drive from wheelchair van

[Burgerman]

These are pretty good, full sized powerchair etc. Good on fuel. Sirus do the best conversions for a factory look out there. They also do other VW vans, and everything they do looks perfectly finished compared to the original car. Take a look here:

[Burgerman]

http://www.sirusautomotive.co.uk/ Forgot!

[redandwhite]

I currently have a Kia Ceed estate with hand controls and a rear wheelchair hoist and have to transfer in and out using a board. I need help to do this and then for my wife has to load the chair in and out of the back of the car. It is a great car and although now 2.5 years old has only done 2000miles because of health issues.
I do see major advantages in a drive from wheelchair vehicle and I think the smaller size of these would suit me better than the larger vehicles like yours but boy they are just so expensive, I simply cannot afford one.
It really is such an expensive buisness being disabled.

[Burgerman]

Being disabled isnt cheap. At least if you want some real quality of life. Its like this, you HAVE to find a way or you are screwed like so many others.

I cant run my busy life without my own home built chairs, and the chrysler drive from van. As well as electric bed, adapted house and gardens, etc. The whole thing works together. Without it I would be unable to function properly in society or to live alone.

[Martin O Refurbisher]

Red and white
Another alternative is to have an internal seat transfer.
Here you can load by ramp. then slide across from the powerchair to a 6 way seat which comes back on rails to park alongside the powerchair.

Best,

Martin

[ex-Gooserider]

Cool - a wind powered car! Neat concept but what do you do in order to handle tall bridges or calm weather days

Seriously, it does look like a nice conversion....

ex-Gooserider

[Burgerman]

Its stowable, only used on windy days on long straight roads. They will do anything to not buy fuel nowadays.

[Tarkus]

That looks like first class work.
Glad to see options besides full size cargo or mini vans.
Thanks for the link.

Be Big,
AMAC

[Burgerman]

glad to see options

Well heres a really small one! Called a kangeroo, Or Kenguru or some such... And its electric, plugs in the wall.

[Burgerman]

And more:

[Burgerman]

They have them in shopping centres for kids too I think...

[ex-Gooserider]

Yes, just had an article on them in the latest New Mobility electronic supplement (You can sign up to get this w/o subscribing to the mag through the NCSIA website - definitely worth doing for US folks, not sure what they offer for non-US, but they send me lots of freebie info...)

Apparently the car was originally made in Czechoslovakia, and the plant folded. Some lady has purchased the assembly line and moved it to Texas, so it is now a US car... Limited application though, as it only does about 30mph, so not capable of going on highways, just city streets. However might be good for folks living in cities that need mobility w/o needing to leave town. Also they are only about $25K max - as adapted; or about the same price as a bare minivan BEFORE sending it off for price doubling (or more) conversion....

Wouldn't meet my needs, but glad to see it as an option....

ex-Gooserider

[Burgerman]

When all the (envoiro) mentalists get their way in a futile attempt to stop natures quite natural global warming, we will all be forced to drive a twin tub like that.