Hi struth
Down the folding scooter road with a smaller car is a way I’ve looked at before but two things put me off that ideal, one being all those moving parts that carry my weight, not that I’m over weight, well not by much anyway, but I fear reliability problems with something that so expensive to replace I’m not risking it.
Number two, although 90% of the time the scooter is in use (more or less every other day) the scooter is used in flat supermarket type stores and on pavements however from time to time it does get a bit of rough treatment over gravel, grass and sandy roads that I don’t think the folding types can handle with there very low to the ground clearances.
If your just doing shopping runs and the likes I think the folding way plus smaller car is the way to go.