Hi Tim,
Thanks for comments, advice, and offer.
I think I could persuade Barbara to "approve" (her pension is bigger than mine) a battery powered Series, but MY priority is getting her out of the house and into a car. She drove her Hyundai for the first time for a long time (with one usable limb), and seemed OK, but commented that using the clutch hurt a bit. Her main difficulty is transferring from the car to her basic wheel chair, at "destination". Getting from the wheel chair back into the car is "somewhat fraught". The driver's seat is easier to access, as she can use the steering wheel as a struggling bar.
Transfer from her
power-chair to the car , and back again, is easier, but I have not yet tried getting her power chair in/out of the Hyundai. I suspect that humping Barbara, in her basic wheelchair, sideways (in the house) is what put the ki-bosh on my knees (but don't tell her that).
As mentioned previously, both our present cars are "high maintenance" (VED and insurance), so the plan is to buy (possibly Personal Contract Hire, if the dealer can explain it to us.) a DACIA DUSTER type thingy, which we both feel has an acceptable appearance ... or a DACIA LOGAN, which looks similar, but is longer (and more expensive), to replace both our current cars, until such time as it makes sense to go battery power.
Our electric meter box is on the side of the bungalow, close to the "front" door, alongside where the Hyundai usually parks. OT ... the bungalow was built mid-1980s, but still has a fuse box with
fuse wire on plugs.
It would make sense to get that changed at the same time, pay for only one call-out. Then discuss solar panels.
Both the Freelander and Hyundai are un-entailed, with the Hyundai having it's first MOT a couple of months ago.
It's just a matter of getting our fingers out, and phoning the main dealer.
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