Hello / independent Car adaption specialist nearby

Timros
Timros Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
in Start here and say hello
Hi

Just registered on the forum as being relatively newly effected by my disability, I am finding the need to discuss and find potential routes of help / aid.

Start with a question then! Does anybody know of any independent vehicle specialists who could perhaps advise on transfer of hand controls from  vehicle to another (same model of car etc)

Thanks


Tim
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,535 Championing
    Hello there @Timros and welcome to the community,  thanks for your query :) Can ask if you have a Motability vehicle? 

    If you are currently using hand controls, how are you finding them? 
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  • Timros
    Timros Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    Yes Motability car on order with controls  but thinking in terms of existing car short and longer term.  The idea is keeping cost down when we swap to a newer model of the same vehicle and reusing the same kit etc...

    Hope that makes sense.

    Tim
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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,535 Championing
    I think it does @Timros yes, you've got your current car with hand controls etc., and you want to transfer these into your Motability car when it comes, have I got that right? 

    Have you spoken with the dealership you've ordered your car from about this, as they normally have a list of suppliers for any adaptions, at least this was the case with my own Motability car, and the cost of these was all covered in the lease agreement.

    I don't think I paid extra for my adaptions (a left foot accelerator and steering ball), but I appreciate that some are more expensive than others, and may well incur an extra cost!
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  • Timros
    Timros Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    No

    Mobility car ordered with hand controls.

    It is a second (family) car that we will adapt with hand controls. Then I am talking of transferring those at a later date to a more recent model etc. Hence talking to an independent engineer as the usual routes say new car / new gear etc even the same model. Otherwise it is the cost of new controls £700 whenever we change.... 


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