Please help disabled driver choose a car

Mental Mickey · 20-12-2020 07:37PM

PowerToWait wrote: »

Import a C class coupé. You’ll not be charged VRT or Nox.

Class C Coupé?

colm_mcm · 20-12-2020 08:09PM

I think I might have asked you last time but would a Ford B-Max work for you?

Gael23 · 20-12-2020 08:53PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

do g?

Meant to say you can’t get many 3 door hatchbacks any more. Only the Foesta or Mini that I’m aware of

Mental Mickey · 22-12-2020 12:10PM

I think we're going to have to go down the separate cars route.....?

colm_mcm · 22-12-2020 01:35PM

Can you make a list of the requirements again?

You also have a disabled passenger, isn’t it?

Wildly Boaring · 22-12-2020 04:57PM

I'm struggling

Left field a small van?
VW Caddy?
Sort the seat and bulkhead

Mental Mickey · 28-12-2020 05:01PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Can you make a list of the requirements again?

You also have a disabled passenger, isn’t it?

My wife is also a wheelchair user and has her own set of requirements

selectamatic · 28-12-2020 05:10PM

Maybe the pcp route for a new van type yoke would be a viable alternative.

You'll have to drop petrol from the list of requirements but a new tdi dsg caddy would surely tick a lot of boxes. No real worries about reliability either since you'd have the option to change for something newer again in 3 years.

colm_mcm · 28-12-2020 05:23PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

My wife is also a wheelchair user and has her own set of requirements

Ok, I was wondering if you needed something to do both.

Mental Mickey · 16-05-2021 07:05PM

We're going to have to go down the separate cars route. It's too much hassle trying to get a car that will suit us both. Going to have to take out a loan.

Mental Mickey · 17-05-2021 10:34PM

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

What you get in the end in 2016?

I didn't. My current car is 11 years old.

selectamatic · 17-05-2021 10:59PM

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-3dr-automatic-hl-2-0tdi-150bhp-sa/22954382

A wheelchair user who lives pretty local to me owned this golf from new. He upgraded about a year ago so there might be room for a good cash deal with Al Hayes now that it's been on the forecourt a while.

The paintwork isn't great some marks from the wheelchair on the sill and drivers side door but it's an honest car all the same.

Mental Mickey · 18-05-2021 12:20PM

selectamatic wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-3dr-automatic-hl-2-0tdi-150bhp-sa/22954382

A wheelchair user who lives pretty local to me owned this golf from new. He upgraded about a year ago so there might be room for a good cash deal with Al Hayes now that it's been on the forecourt a while.

The paintwork isn't great some marks from the wheelchair on the sill and drivers side door but it's an honest car all the same.

I'm in Kildare.

User1998 · 18-05-2021 12:38PM

Al Hayes is only 1 hour 30 mins from Kildare

Mental Mickey · 18-05-2021 04:31PM

User1998 wrote: »

Al Hayes is only 1 hour 30 mins from Kildare

Am not going to Galway for a new(ish) car.

Mental Mickey · 18-05-2021 06:07PM

How much would I get a 3 door automatic Mini on import for?

Altreab2 · 18-05-2021 06:16PM

selectamatic wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-3dr-automatic-hl-2-0tdi-150bhp-sa/22954382

A wheelchair user who lives pretty local to me owned this golf from new. He upgraded about a year ago so there might be room for a good cash deal with Al Hayes now that it's been on the forecourt a while.

The paintwork isn't great some marks from the wheelchair on the sill and drivers side door but it's an honest car all the same.

Im going to presume mental mickey can claim back tax on cars here. That car if it had VRT and VAT claimed back previously wont be allowed to do it again.

Mental Mickey · 18-05-2021 10:21PM

Altreab2 wrote: »

Im going to presume mental mickey can claim back tax on cars here. That car if it had VRT and VAT claimed back previously wont be allowed to do it again.

Oh yeah......f**k that.

PowerToWait · 18-05-2021 10:31PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

How much would I get a 3 door automatic Mini on import for?

I’m not being funny here, but why don’t you have a look around yourself? That’s what most people do, look at car adverts sites and figure out for themselves.

Mental Mickey · 18-05-2021 11:31PM

PowerToWait wrote: »

I’m not being funny here, but why don’t you have a look around yourself? That’s what most people do, look at car adverts sites and figure out for themselves.

I am. Completely bamboozled with it all though.

Altreab2 · 19-05-2021 09:12AM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I am. Completely bamboozled with it all though.

and after finding the car with the specs you want go visit the dealers to see what the cars are like to use. Im finding that there are loads of cars that look great on sites but when i actually check them out i find they are unsuitable for me.
For example the Peugeot 5008 ticked every single box for me until i went to try it out. Seat height was way too high for me transferring in but even more so trying to assemble the chair getting out. So best thing is make a list and spend a few days checking them out in the garage

There is just no other way around it

Mental Mickey · 19-05-2021 03:40PM

Altreab2 wrote: »

and after finding the car with the specs you want go visit the dealers to see what the cars are like to use. Im finding that there are loads of cars that look great on sites but when i actually check them out i find they are unsuitable for me.
For example the Peugeot 5008 ticked every single box for me until i went to try it out. Seat height was way too high for me transferring in but even more so trying to assemble the chair getting out. So best thing is make a list and spend a few days checking them out in the garage
There is just no other way around it

Will wait until I get my 2nd vaccine

Mental Mickey · 19-05-2021 07:04PM

Altreab2 wrote: »

and after finding the car with the specs you want go visit the dealers to see what the cars are like to use. Im finding that there are loads of cars that look great on sites but when i actually check them out i find they are unsuitable for me.
For example the Peugeot 5008 ticked every single box for me until i went to try it out. Seat height was way too high for me transferring in but even more so trying to assemble the chair getting out. So best thing is make a list and spend a few days checking them out in the garage
There is just no other way around it

I have one of those Electric Seat Raisers, which can be transferred from car to car.

Mental Mickey · 25-05-2021 05:57PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Fiesta or Mini are probably best options then. Kia feed I think is 3 door too

Kia CEED aren't 3 door are they?

selectamatic · 25-05-2021 06:20PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Kia CEED aren't 3 door are they?

The ceed pro gt line can be got in 3dr.

Very rare to see an auto one though.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-ceed-pro-1-0-t-gdi-98-2-isg-53-per-week/24661049

3dr petrol one here but manual box

Mental Mickey · 25-05-2021 06:43PM

selectamatic wrote: »

The ceed pro gt line can be got in 3dr.

Very rare to see an auto one though.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-ceed-pro-1-0-t-gdi-98-2-isg-53-per-week/24661049

3dr petrol one here but manual box

No good. Can only drive automatic

Mental Mickey · 26-05-2021 05:57PM

What about a Ford Fiesta MHEV Auto?

colm_mcm · 26-05-2021 06:12PM

Do they do the auto in a 3 door

Handy price list shows ex VRT and VAT pricing

https://www.ford.ie/content/dam/guxeu/ie/Documents/Pricelists/Cars/PL-ford_new_fiesta_2021.pdf

Mental Mickey · 26-05-2021 07:14PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Do they do the auto in a 3 door

Handy price list shows ex VRT and VAT pricing

https://www.ford.ie/content/dam/guxeu/ie/Documents/Pricelists/Cars/PL-ford_new_fiesta_2021.pdf

On import AFAIK

colm_mcm · 26-05-2021 07:55PM

Try and find somewhere with a 3 door fiesta and see if it will actually be big enough for you to get the chair in

Please help disabled driver choose a car

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