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Please help disabled driver choose a car

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  • #482
    CCOLGAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭CCOLGAN


    yeah its 6 months and then you need to apply again...

    Just saw this car on carzone which looks interesting
    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Peugeot/308/SE-Ecoma/201010197189885/advert?channel=CARS


  • #483
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    OP here again.


    Don't worry - I'm not thinking about changing my car:D!!!!

    I am enquiring about applying for a Toll Road pass for a disabled driver.

    1. What info/documents do I need?
    2. Is the pass actually a card similar to the parking card, or is it a tag that you fit on your windscreen(ie. Easy Pass tag)?


    Cheers.

    MM


  • #484
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,672 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    OP here again.


    Don't worry - I'm not thinking about changing my car:D!!!!

    I am enquiring about applying for a Toll Road pass for a disabled driver.

    1. What info/documents do I need?
    2. Is the pass actually a card similar to the parking card, or is it a tag that you fit on your windscreen(ie. Easy Pass tag)?


    Cheers.

    MM

    Ring them :D

    No seriously.
    Their office is near enough to me.
    I drove to them.

    Find your nearest one here
    >> Toll operators

    I think I only had to produce photo's and my tax disc for them to photocopy it as proof of exemption
    I got a car like the parking car only lighter Blue in color

    Hope that helps ;)


  • #485
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    vectra wrote: »
    Ring them :D

    No seriously.
    Their office is near enough to me.
    I drove to them.

    Find your nearest one here
    >> Toll operators

    I think I only had to produce photo's and my tax disc for them to photocopy it as proof of exemption
    I got a car like the parking car only lighter Blue in color

    Hope that helps ;)

    Thanks. I thought it would be one of those Easy Pass tags like the normal ones that people have in their windscreens.......?

    I got some phone numbers from people and I am waiting for the person to come back into the office before I get back in touch with them.....?


  • #486
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    Hi all

    Am thinking about changing car again

    Same criteria applies as before;

    Needs to be 3 door, plenty of room inside(none of that centre console shenanigans!). Automatic too

    Suggestions/opinions welcome


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  • #487
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Golf TSI DSG?


  • #488
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,893 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Budget?


  • #489
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Old thread but since it's the OP updating I suppose we can rock on.
    Moved to Buying.


  • #490
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Golf TSI DSG?

    Hasn't the golf got one of those big, awkward, centre consoles that I despise?

    I currently have a Golf TSI DSG


  • #491
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I thought you had a fiesta!


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  • #492
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I thought you had a fiesta!

    No lol. Changed that after 2 years......worst thing I ever did!


  • #493
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Is your leg hitting off the centre console or what?

    You wanna stick with something golf sized?


  • #494
    Audioslaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Audioslaven


    Prius all the way. Super car and no cheating involved!!!


  • #495
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    5 door though, so not great for wgat the OP needs (as in big door access)


  • #496
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,672 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    No lol. Changed that after 2 years......worst thing I ever did!

    Fiesta again?
    or a different model ford?
    There are great discounts on Ford model at the moment.


  • #497
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Ford don't really do 3 doors stuff apart from the fiesta and the ka.


  • #498
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Is your leg hitting off the centre console or what?

    You wanna stick with something golf sized?

    No Colm. The reason I don't want a console in the centre is cos it's awkward for lifting my wheelchair in & out. Its got an armrest/cubbyhole that gets in the way. I've discovered this with the golf. Most new cars seem to have them?


  • #499
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You'll have to explain what a console is, is it the kinda bit behind the armrest with air vents and stuff in it?
    do you put your wheelchair in the back seat?


  • #500
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    You'll have to explain what a console is, is it the kinda bit behind the armrest with air vents and stuff in it?
    do you put your wheelchair in the back seat?

    I mean the bit in the middle where the ashtray etc is. I put my chair on the passenger seat


  • #501
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,672 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Ford don't really do 3 doors stuff apart from the fiesta and the ka.


    Was thinking maybe B-Max?

    770x320_turnoutbis.jpg


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  • #502
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Oh sweet jaysus


  • #503
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,672 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Oh sweet jaysus

    Well.
    Loads of room there to get in and out.


  • #504
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Oh sweet jaysus

    Lol. The joys of having a disability. It's a friggin minefield


  • #505
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,672 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    Lol. The joys of having a disability. It's a friggin minefield


    Plenty of options.
    Friend of mine in a wheelchair as a result of an accident when he was in his late teens. many many moons ago.
    He drives a Scirocco 1.4 tsi with dsg.
    How about that?


  • #506
    Mental Mickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭Mental Mickey


    vectra wrote: »
    Plenty of options.
    Friend of mine in a wheelchair as a result of an accident when he was in his late teens. many many moons ago.
    He drives a Scirocco 1.4 tsi with dsg.
    How about that?

    How does he get his chair in & out?


  • #507
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,672 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    How does he get his chair in & out?

    Lifts it I assume?
    as far as memory permits I am sure he manages to slide it in behind his seat once he is in the car.


  • #508
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Scirocco would be fairly similar to a golf mk6 3 door size wise apart from the lower roof?


  • #509
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Two auto's. What's your budget?

    Mitsubishi Colt CZ2 1.3 Auto 5DR Hb - €8950

    lbeb3229c9aabbdacce46395e46ac11551.jpg

    =-=

    Mazda Demio 1.3 Automatic 5DR HB - €7950

    lb4c52455c25e29257b48ea9f05d9fef6f.jpg


  • #510
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,672 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    the_syco wrote: »
    Two auto's. What's your budget?


    He needs 3 door


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  • #511
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    What about a mini?
    2015-mini-cooper-s-interior-photo-572255-s-1280x782.jpg


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