your opinions please

old boy

i have to get a high seated car, as i have mobility probs, it also has to have an auto box, and be a comfortable drive, and a max price of 2,000, my milage would at the most be 6,000 each year,what springs to mind is a suzuki vitara, what do you guys think, other makes will be also considered thanks in advance for your time and help.

bazz26

Toyota Rav4:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200946195837172

Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200938195253294

Honda HR-V:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200939195291402

old boy

thanks bazz66

colm_mcm

Yaris Verso 1.3 auto?

old boy

thanks colm, but my max is 2k.

colm_mcm

youd get a 00 or 01 in the UK for £2k, vrt about 500.

mossfort

you can get a vrt and vat exemption on a new or secondhand car if your disabled.
you only have to make a simple modification to the car and you might be able to buy a bit newer.
you are also exempt from road tax and get excise relief on fuel.
you will have to get a primary medical certificate.
you can find out how to apply from revenue or health board.

bazz26

Most medium MPVs have a high driving position too:

Zafira:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200951196198498

Scenic:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200946195826465

Picnic:
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=200947195945159

colm_mcm

mossfort wrote: »

you can get a vrt and vat concession on a new or secondhand car if your disabled.
you only have to make a simple modification to the car and you might be able to buy a bit newer.

Note: you'll need a primary medical certificate to get this.

mossfort

colm_mcm wrote: »

Note: you'll need a primary medical certificate to get this.

i just bet you to it

old boy

i am not eligable for the vat exemption, i am inclined to go for the pajero pinnin that bazz 66 pointed out.

colm_mcm

be very very careful with that garage.

old boy

bazz i had an mpv a few years ago, but as i became an unpaid taxi, and the old girl and i could go now where on our own it had to go,

old boy

guys please compare the discription of the pinin on carzone and on my wheels,
colm many thanks for your advice.

vectra

old boy wrote: »

i am not eligable for the vat exemption,.

How come?
I thought you were on an invalidity pension?
Do you not hold a primary medical cert??

ninty9er

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1074326

Pdfile

get a zafira, their the best ! i mean, if i have kids ill deffo buy one.... providing they actually make the things safe...

Buford T Justice

mossfort wrote: »

you can get a vrt and vat exemption on a new or secondhand car if your disabled.
you only have to make a simple modification to the car and you might be able to buy a bit newer.
you are also exempt from road tax and get excise relief on fuel.
you will have to get a primary medical certificate.
you can find out how to apply from revenue or health board.

If you are disabled, then in addition to the VAT relief on Fuel, and the VRT, ou should also be able to get an exemption on road tax, as the vehicle would be a necessity to get around, and not a luxury

colm_mcm

How to qualify for a primary medical cert and VRT exemption:

* Are completely or almost completely without the use of both legs or
* Are completely without the use of one of your legs and almost completely without the use of the other leg to the extent that you are severely restricted as regards movement in your legs or
* Are without both hands or both arms or
* Are without one or both legs or
* Are completely or almost completely without the use of both hands or arms and completely or almost completely without the use of one leg or
* Have the medical condition of dwarfism and serious difficulties of movement of the legs