Sully wrote:Internal combustion engines equal noise which is a huge draw back in my opinion. And the speed available puts an engine driven Off Road wheelchair into a different class of vehicle.
They also have the many motor vehicle restrictions in plenty of locations in the USA. You lose the advantages of being in the same consideration as a wheelchair.
Single purpose electric small vehicles are way overpriced and if they use lead/acid batteries they have all the negatives of that mode of power.
Look at all the bruhaha over Segways even with permanent seating installed, and where the only real visual differences is the lack of two casters, and some sort of tippers.
Available as built Speed exceeding running/walking speed, width, and user safety is written into what constitutes a power wheelchair under ADA and Handicapped Durable Medical Equipment rules, where "Off Road Personal Transportation" stuff like scooters are adjudicated differently. Even though most current enforcement agencies (in the USA) say very little, as more chairs exceeding the basic rules governing our wheelchairs, and as more conflicts with motor vehicles occur, and as wheelers push the current envelope, expect to see more enforcement of those old and obscure laws. And then hopefully some jury nullification of them.
Because not everyone is a quad w/ upper-body strength.Burgerman wrote: Why anyone buys a overpriced "mobility" off roader with batteries always baffles me.
I'd love to convert a chair to something that can go "mudding" and hill climbing. A true outdoor chair with a motor.Burgerman wrote:Well it is. But really its not so hard.
Easy to say if you know how, I know.
But think, if you bought a 4x4 simple 4 stroke single twist and go like the post just above, you need 3 things to begin.
All I have done is point out that it is quite easy to have a go at something that has not been objectively tested therefore any views are going to be subjective ones, as is evident by the past posts. Until then, it seems to me morally wrong and objectionable to have ago at something where there is no actual personal experience of driving the ‘TerrainHopper’, under the conditions purported by the manufacturer.
Pure speculation. Attacking someone on religious grounds has nothing to do with the question and how far they live from you, just seems narrow-minded spitefulness, as a way of trying to deflect from not dealing with the question. Unless you or someone else on the forum has driven the ‘Terrainhopper’ then it has not been reviewed, which is one of the purposes of the forum, which has NOT been met.
The question remains, a review of the ‘Terrainhopper’. Which I have been asking about and posted links to the ones I have found. I believe this is what is meant by being objective by posting reviews of the ‘Terrainhopper’, which was requested.
If it was two years (2012/3 depending on visit) ago as you said that the manufacturer visited you, there would have been significant improvements, modification etc., and its 2015 that was two years ago will not be the same now. AS THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYONE, INCLUDING YOUR GOOD SELF ACTUALLY GETTING INTO A ‘Terrainhopper’, and DRIVING IT, then all you’re saying is pure speculation.
Come on Burgerman, ‘objectivity’ is the key here, ‘not subjectivity’, ‘speculation’, ‘guess work’, ‘hearsay’, ‘according to’, ‘I think’. Get in a ‘Terrainhopper’, drive it and then we can all benefit, from the objective review, if you are able to be objective. Based on what you have said about the manufacturer so far (which was uncalled for, petty, small minded and prejudiced) does not help us in making an objective decision about buying according to our personal preference and needs. It’s beginning to undermine your credibility, as one able to be honest, fair and objective, without the need to stoop so low as to have ago at someone for holding a particular point of view different from your own (which has nothing to do with creating their product). This is not the kind of thinking my family and others fought for in the 2nd World War.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests