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Title: Electric scooters
Post by: funtimefrankie on September 12, 2010, 07:23:20 pm
My Uncle in law (87) is wondering about getting rid of his car and getting a scooter,
Any constructive advice, best make, range etc......
thanks
Frank
Title: Re: Electric scooters
Post by: DickyD on September 12, 2010, 08:03:22 pm
Take it this is not a Vespa or Lambretta you are talking about.
Title: Re: Electric scooters
Post by: Wasyl on September 12, 2010, 08:15:40 pm
A friend of mine,s father,who has just turned 90,and who i might add smokes 10/20 a day and has done since he was 18,recently gave up his car and opted for a 4 wheel scooter its 24v and has a top speed of 8mph and a range of 30 miles it has front /rear lights and a shopping basket on the front,Although could have got one through the Motability scheme,he opted for buying one privately,and Rob his son got one on ebay,that was like new,..new cost £2300 Rob paid £700,

Wullie
Title: Re: Electric scooters
Post by: Wasyl on September 12, 2010, 08:19:23 pm
Quote from: Wasyl on September 12, 2010, 08:15:40 pm
A friend of mine,s father,who has just turned 90,and who i might add smokes 10/20 a day and has done since he was 18,recently gave up his car and opted for a 4 wheel scooter its 24v and has a top speed of 8mph and a range of 30 miles it has front /rear lights and a shopping basket on the front,Although could have got one through the Motability scheme,he opted for buying one privately,and Rob his son got one on ebay,that was like new,..new cost £2300 Rob paid £700,

Wullie
Here,s one here Frank,this is very similar to Rob,s ..dads scooter,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CTM-HS-360-Motability-Scooter-/140450141977?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Mobility_Disability_Medical_ET&hash=item20b37b1719

Title: Re: Electric scooters
Post by: Hobie21 on September 13, 2010, 12:20:45 pm
I have had a TGA Breeze 4 scooter for the past three years and found it to be a perfect machine, I am a paraplegic. Buy quality not necessarily the cheapest - like most things in life.
Ken  O0
Title: Re: Electric scooters
Post by: fatcat123 on September 14, 2010, 10:05:04 am
I hired a Nero 8 for a while after my accident to get around town.

Great little thing!

I didnt buy one though, I hired one for a massive £1 a day for about 6 months.

Dan
Title: Re: Electric scooters
Post by: Netleyned on September 14, 2010, 10:40:46 am
Was that a one off special price Dan?
Hardly worth buying one at that hire rate
After two years when the batteries get a bit tired
Swap it!

By the way could it get up the Khyber?

Ned