Anybody drive a car out there? I am getting a car after having driven a van for about 13 years. I'll get a car topper put on it, a new folding chair, an adapted gear shift (if the shifter is the kind that sits between the seats), the usual hand controls. I've been eyeing this '04 Malibu that has 30k miles and is still under warranty for the rest of the year. Here are my two biggest problems: The seat and parking brake.
No seat is perfect, in fact, no seat seems to work for me and will need some kind of modification. I have driven in a car with no drivers power seat. It was fine but at that time I had more assistance and don't remember too well. The power seat was necessary in the van, with the swivel seat base because I HAD to move it around to get in and out. So, I may be able to get away with having a seat that is not power. THEN I will have to build up the seat somehow (a pillow?) to get it at the perfect height and then cover it with a leather or vinyl cover for easy transfer. Any good methods on building up a seat and making it easy for transfer? The parking brake situation...I think I can deal with the kind that sits between the seats with the little button on top. This Malibu has a pedal, though. So I would have to pay at least $900 for an electric brake. maybe twice that much. So I'm thinking to maybe go with some sort of manual device. I had something like this with my Astro- a rod with a big ball at the end. I rarely used it though because once you push it down, once you release it again, it would smack your hand really hard. I don't know yet if there have been improvements on this. I just don't want to pay $1,000k for something I rarely use. Anybody do any home jobs for thse pedal brakes? This is driving me NUTS thinking about all the what ifs! Why can't independance be easy?! I should have asked about this a while ago...help! -Kaye -- "The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke." -Octave Mirbeau
