GUTTED!

[DON]

Had my lovely Grey MG4 Trophy 8 months now 2k faultless miles, looks like due to wife's mobility issue's I will need to sell, and get something higher gutted

 

[Rolfe]

Oh, what a shame! So sorry to hear about your wife. Do you mean you need something higher off the road?

 

[IanMK]

My wife has difficulty clambering over the ledge (a running board !?). Always gets her legs wet when it's been raining, too.

 

[John169]

Don, we have just ordered an MG4 Trophy (due for delivery end of July) and the dealer recommended these:

BraunAbility Transfer Board (2-in-1) - ELAP

A simple solution to help you transfer to and from a car seat. The Transfer Board folds out next to the car seat enabling users to easily transfer over. When the Transfer Board is not in use, simply flip it up and fold it away, where it remains discreet ... Read More

www.elap.co.uk

There are other similar things available, but they might help your wife get in and over the sill.

Or another, much cheaper thought! My wife uses a leg lifter to help her get in and out of the car. There loads if you search for leg lifter on eBay - here is one example:

For Wheelchair Mobility Tool Physical Therapy Foot Loop Rigid Leg Lifter Strap | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for For Wheelchair Mobility Tool Physical Therapy Foot Loop Rigid Leg Lifter Strap at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Torryhun]

Don, we have just ordered an MG4 Trophy (due for delivery end of July) and the dealer recommended these:

BraunAbility Transfer Board (2-in-1) - ELAP

A simple solution to help you transfer to and from a car seat. The Transfer Board folds out next to the car seat enabling users to easily transfer over. When the Transfer Board is not in use, simply flip it up and fold it away, where it remains discreet ... Read More

www.elap.co.uk

There are other similar things available, but they might help your wife get in and over the sill.

Or another, much cheaper thought! My wife uses a leg lifter to help her get in and out of the car. There loads if you search for leg lifter on eBay - here is one example:

For Wheelchair Mobility Tool Physical Therapy Foot Loop Rigid Leg Lifter Strap | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for For Wheelchair Mobility Tool Physical Therapy Foot Loop Rigid Leg Lifter Strap at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

www.ebay.co.uk

That's exactly the device my wife used when recovering from her broken hip, worked a treat.

 

[Rolfe]

I've just volunteered to be a driver for the village transport-to-medical-appointments scheme that's being organised. I wonder if I should look at getting something like that? We're not allowed to lift people or take people with significant mobility impairment (unless they have a carer with them), but a bit of extra help to get into the car might be a good idea.

 

[DON]

Oh, what a shame! So sorry to hear about your wife. Do you mean you need something higher off the road?

Yes much easier to get into the kia nero may be going that way.

 

[Ian Key]

I've just volunteered to be a driver for the village transport-to-medical-appointments scheme that's being organised. I wonder if I should look at getting something like that? We're not allowed to lift people or take people with significant mobility impairment (unless they have a carer with them), but a bit of extra help to get into the car might be a good idea.

Well done you. As a bus driver the only help we were supposed to give to passengers was an arm to steady the infirm or to stop a wheelchair tipping backwards as it went up the ramp but we were not supposed to push it. Might seem a bit mean but if we injured ourselves what happens to the bus full of passengers?
Have you considered a handle that fits in the door catch to make it easier for your intended passengers?

https://amzn.eu/d/eeQ5zAF

 

[DBedford]

Well done you. As a bus driver the only help we were supposed to give to passengers was an arm to steady the infirm or to stop a wheelchair tipping backwards as it went up the ramp but we were not supposed to push it. Might seem a bit mean but if we injured ourselves what happens to the bus full of passengers?
Have you considered a handle that fits in the door catch to make it easier for your intended passengers?
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https://amzn.eu/d/eeQ5zAF

Not sure of the door will latch correctly after putting too much weight on it over time. And the paint work may get damaged.
Don’t look like a great idea to me!

 

[Rolfe]

We're allowed to get out of the car and open the doors for people! Also to offer them an arm or something like that.

I take an elderly neighbour to church sometimes - she had a hip replacement a few years ago and she's just slow, walks with a stick. I get out and offer her an arm to walk down the path to the car. I hold the door open for her and hold her stick while she gets in. Same thing in reverse at the other end. I see this as the minimum courtesy under the circumstances.

I asked the people organising the driving-to-hospital scheme if this was OK, because I couldn't see myself sitting in a car while someone like that struggled on her own, and was told this was fine. Just courtesy. It seems to me that having something like that on the car, that the passenger could make use of on their own, would be an extra advantage.

 

[bowfer]

My wife has difficulty clambering over the ledge (a running board !?). Always gets her legs wet when it's been raining, too.

Yup the extra wide sills of the 4 were a literal pain for my motorbike-racing knackered right hip.
Not something I’ve come across since getting rid.
Not that it was a reason to get rid, just something I noted.

 

[Rolfe]

I literally haven't noticed this, nor has the elderly lady with the stick and the hip replacement I drive to church.

 

[bowfer]

I literally haven't noticed this, nor has the elderly lady with the stick and the hip replacement I drive to church.

Maybe she’s twisting around to get out, not putting one leg out first like I do.
The hip extension needed to get one foot on the ground in the 4, without trousers hitting the sill & getting dirty, caused me noticeable discomfort that no other car has before or since.
It might have bugged me more over time, we’ll never know.

 

[Rolfe]

That's probably it. People do things different ways, it's a very individual thing. I said to her, people have complained that this car doesn't have a grab handle above the door, do you miss it? She said no, never use it. Neither did my elderly mother, who also had poor mobility, although the Golf did have one. I don't even remember seeing anyone use one, although they're obviously important to some people.

 

[tonybridge]

I literally haven't noticed this, nor has the elderly lady with the stick and the hip replacement I drive to church.

S’funny, the first thing my other (perfectly mobile) half said when we went for a test drive was, ‘ooh, I don’t like that sill, it caught my leg’!

 

[Rolfe]

I wonder if the Golf is similar, given that I don't notice it?

 

[bowfer]

I wonder if the Golf is similar, given that I don't notice it?

No it isn’t, either older ones or the current one.
My VW dealer keeps trying to get me back into a golf, given I’m easily into double figures of golf’s owned and he still considers me a ‘golf man’
I take the test drives anyway, it’s become such a dull dull car.

 

[Rolfe]

My 2009 Mk6 GTi was never that!

 

[Lovemyev]

Always been a BIG fan of the Golf myself !.
Had about 6 different Golf’s and about 4 different Polo models.
I think with them all combined, I only ever had 2 faults that required attention performed under warranty.
Mobility issues now dictates that a higher ride height is better for my old bones.

 

[Tight Git]

Off topic - I had a new MK2 8v GTI and it was the most disappointing car I've ever had! Snooty dealer once I'd bought it, loads of niggles (6 issues within the first month) including poor paint and I vowed I would never touch another VW again. MG dealer is far better so far .