Really nice van Dave,
Wish I had use of my hands so I could drive again, I really miss driving!
Silas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Driving
I love my mini. Use left handed controls and that's it. My passenger
needs to move her seat over to drive - no big deal. two snap[s and bada-bing
bada-boom, she's driving me home.
Dave Dave's Van
In a message dated 2/13/2007 4:20:00 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL
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I’m having a problem with my driving equipment. Once I get in the training
van, I have to moves my armrests to get the gas/brake and wheel in the correct
area for me to use it. So it would not be very independent. Part of it is the
braces they use to hold their equipment, they are just too big. But I use the
gas/brake on my left. It has to fit between my chair and the van door. But that
doesn’t leave much room. Unless they attached it to the door, but they don’t
like to do that, opening and closing the door can cause too much banging on the
equipment. I don’t want a full size van, but not much room in a mini.
Do you C5 drivers use a mini van?
How is the equipment mounted?
Can it fold away for non quads to drive?
I’m training with a mini wheel for steering, but was just reading about a
joystick that was just like gas/break, but you push forward for break, pull
back for gas. Have any of you tried both?
So far, getting over 30 mph gets a bit tricky. Any bumps makes my gas/break
hand jerk a bit, causing a rocking motion.
The mini wheel is hard work, as in lots of turning. They said it is meant
to be that way. So that hitting a bump and turning the wheel a little, wont
make you turn into a curb or something. I understand that, but you have to turn
a lot more than I though you would.
Thanks,
Greg
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