Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

Pooky

The batteries are around £40 a pair (they have 2 in the plastic casing), easy to change as you just unscrew the case and take the old ones out, plug 5e new ones in and do it all back up. The batteries are kept in place in the plastic housing by strong Velcro at the bottom and that can be a bit of a nightmare to unhook them from but nothing DS wouldn't be able to help you with. The battery case lifts off the scooter in most cases so you can take it in to charge...they like a long (trickle charge).

beanielou

Thanks Pooky.
Very helpful
When do you move?

Sun_Addict

Mr SA keeps his scooter outside under a covered area (just a lean to with corrugated plastic roof). Glad you're getting one, you won't regret it. Mr SA rents his via Motability.

So sorry to hear about Jill She's spending her last days in a loving home, bless her xx

beanielou

Sun_Addict wrote: »

Mr SA keeps his scooter outside under a covered area (just a lean to with corrugated plastic roof). Glad you're getting one, you won't regret it. Mr SA rents his via Motability.

So sorry to hear about Jill She's spending her last days in a loving home, bless her xx

My car is through mobility so unfortunatly cant do scooter
through them xx

Pooky

Is there room for a small shed/bike storage type thing in your front garden or do you have side/rear access to your garden where you could put one? You also need to think about what type of scooter you want. The ones that fold/come to bits for the car are great for short trips and lovely flat even ground but if you need something for hills/bigger kerbs etc then you'd need one of the larger more sturdy road legal types that can go up to 8mph. DH has one of each, both have fittings for the hoist so either can go in the car depending on what we're doing. A walk across the fields and countryside near here for me is fairly flat but DH needs the bigger sturdier scooter for that and we save the smaller one for supermarket/town centre stuff.

You could always speak to motability about changing your car early and getting the hoist fitted then your scooter can just stay in the car and you can remove the battery for charging when needed. They were so helpful when we did that, we'd only had the last car a year before we needed the hoist and it was all done and sorted within a month for us.

And moving wise...no dates set yet, the seller of the bungalow we are buying is having trouble finding something suitable, luckily our buyers are renting and happy to hold on so fingers crossed it won't be long. I'm so excited.

beanielou

Thanks Pooky.
One scooter at the moment will be enough for me :eek:

teafor2

Morning Beanie hope all is well in your world. Lots of good tips about the scooter for you to think about when the time comes. Have a lovely day. xx

sashybo

Hi Beanie, just popping my head round the door as you visited my diary recently. :hello:

Your Best Boy is a grand age for a cat, I hope he is keeping well. My old cat has just turned 11 & I thought that was old! He is a Siamese though & they have been so inbred for years that they generally don't live much past 12. Hoping against hope that my old cat lasts much longer than that as we've had him since he was a kitten & he's my little kitty shadow. Would be heartbroken without him. Oh dear that turned a bit maudlin. :rotfl:

Also wanted to join in the "cries at Casualty" club - I blame my pregnancy hormones as the slightest thing sets me off. DH just laughs at me. :rotfl:

milann

Brilliant news about the windfall :T:T I’m so pleased for you.
I’m sure the scooter will make a big difference to you. Have you seen the electric wheels that can be added to a wheelchair. My brother uses a chair a lot of the time but is struggling recently and he can’t manage to put a scooter into the car as it’d be too heavy and has no where to store one. Someone suggested these motorised wheels to him - he’s just had them fitted (took a while) but he can take them off to put in his car like he did before although they are heavier they’re not as heavy as a scooter. I haven’t seen him since he’s had them but he is chuffed - might be worth looking at to see if they’d be suitable for you. They were quite expensive but I don’t know how expensive scooters are.

beanielou

teafor2 wrote: »

Morning Beanie hope all is well in your world. Lots of good tips about the scooter for you to think about when the time comes. Have a lovely day. xx

Had a good day.
Mr N was 19 today & not FRiday.
DS & GF popped in to see him earlier:T xx