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Ive been needing a new mobility scooter but I couldnt afford to buy one but thanx to one of my benefits I am getting one thanx to the fact Im on HIGHEST mobility allowance. This means that I contacted a local mobility firm and told them what Id like (if possible). They came through with a very nice one. I tried it out and was happy with it. I wasnt allowed it there and then. What then happens is they gol back to their firm and wait till I told them to go ahead with it. They then contact DWP who should send a form to the firm. They will fill it in and if accepted (which it should be) is DWP stop some of my benefit and adjusts payment to the mobility firm and me. DWP will take 25 squid from me and pay the mobility firm. After a few weeks DWP will have adjusted my payment and will give me a refund of what they held back. I wont be getting this scooter for another 2 weeks but looking forward to getting it. Every three years the mobility shop will ask if I want a change or if I see one a bit better then Id tell them. Id get it the contract renewed. It MAY cost me more. Id have to see but in reality its not costing me anything. The one Im going for is a TGA Mystere. Its a class 3 model.
@agachino wrote:@lhasa.two .... It's not the shifting of the scooter into the back of the car that's the problem, it's just that the battery runs out of power before the scooter gets to the top of the hill.
I realise that about the battery etc, but my thought was that by having a hoist it would at least save you time undoing and redoing the scooter... You'll just have to save up for the "big" one. My cousin lives on a hill too and she has a scooter she calls Boris, no idea what make it is but I'm happy to ask her if you'd like me to. 
