Thank you @ChrisK for sharing your experiences, that actually helps me out quite a lot. As the new quarterly list is now out, the new Allspace makes a welcomed edition back on Motability. Will have a chat with adviser and see what they say in regards with fitted hoist and scooter combo choice. I am thinking of going for the Pride Mobility Colt Sport or something along the lines of same sized scooter as this accommodates my own body size comfortably. This scooter has a 68 kg total weight and 25 stone body weight limit, as well as front and rear suspension. See how things get on in the coming days and weeks.
Hi Midge
Just thought I’d better pop back in and update my advice?
All my ramblings above have been with the view of using a hoist and, very important, pavement scooter as in Class 2, 4 MPH scooters.
The “Pride Mobility Colt Sport” what I can make of it is a Class 3, 8 MPH road scooter so may require something along the lines of a van derived type car. The VW Tiguan Allspace could just about take the length of that scooter with seats up but will be a tight fit that needs double checking. The height of the scooter may well be a problem too as I think, but not overly sure, that the class 3 scooters have seats that are not designed to be removed on a everyday basis.
Hoist wise I don’t think would be a problem but I think would require the 150 Kg version of the Autochair hoist I have as I know for fact the hoist itself is the same size as the 80Kg version and I know this because I had one in a hire car a couple of years ago while my car was off the road for a week or two.
If your set on the Allspace pay a visit to your local VW dealer and ask there Motability specialist to get in touch with there hoist installers as they would know for sure but my last word is and thoughts are I don’t think a Class 3 scooter would fit in any SUV’s or MPV’s that are on Motability under normal times never mind now and God knows I’ve struggled finding cars that can handle a class 2 fully assembled scooter never mind a class 3.?