Re: Electric buggy/scooter/W.H.Y.?
- From: "troubleinstore" <troubleinstore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:23:23 +0100
"Chris Bacon" <chrispbacon@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> troubleinstore wrote:
> > "Chris Bacon"wrote...
> >>Anyone heard of an "Evolution 8 scooter"? On offer
> >>here: http://www.total-mobility.net/. Anyone dealt
> >>with this firm? Does it look like a "good" offer?
> >
> > I haven't heard of the above company, but this scooter is
> > sold under many badges. I have jsut purchased one from
> > Michael's Mobility http://www.michaelsmobility.co.uk/ and
> > it is a cracking machine. The one I have is called the
> > Scoot Deluxe and is made for
> > http://www.ev-technology.co.uk/Scooters1.htm.
> > If you have heard of Sunrise Medical, then it comes from
> > the same factory that make the Diamond and Swift.
> > Hope that helps
>
> It's bought. Unfortunately, she's a bit frightened of
> it. I wonder what the best thing to do is? Just lots
> of practice, I suppose, on low speed. The rear view
> mirror doesn't seem to be much use - I guess it fits
> inboard of one of the grips? Anyway, she's also very
> embarrassed by the "BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" when reversing.
> Is there a way to quieten this down? I was thinking
> of fitting a switch, so that the reversing beeper
> could be switched off when she's using the scooter
> where no-one's about. Thoughts?
>
> Apologies, I've had to multi-post this to u.p.d
> and u.p.d.t as I don't know where you're posting
> from, and Mozilla TBird seems to have gone potty.
Posting to uk.people.disability
Get intouch with the company that sold the scooter to her. The reversing
bleep can be turned off by the engineer connecting a programmer to the
controller unit and telling the controller to switch off the bleep. Can be
done in a matter seconds. If they tell you it can't be done, then they are
lying, it most definitely can.
As for her being frightened of it, I know the feeling. My wife refused to
drive my Shoprider Cordoba, saying that it was much to big, a propper blokes
toy, not a girly machine. She now drives the Scoot Deluxe which, is infact
0.5 cm longer than and is doing really well on it. She was used to a Winner
4 and a Sunrise Medical Star+ in the past.
Practice does make perfect. Slow speedy is definitely the way to go. Perhaps
and this is the way I got the wife more used to the machines, is to tell her
that the pub is only just down the road and call in for a soft drink and a
packet of crisps. Now everytime we go out, she thinks all roads lead tot he
pub, especially since she can have an icecream as well.
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troubleinstore
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