The difficulties in finding a suitable new car.

The difficulties experienced in trying to find a suitable new car that can easily carry a wheelchair in the boot.

The problems when you are looking for a car online to do your research and find a vehicle that is within your budget and is also suitable to fit a wheelchair into the boot.  That is the experience that we have been experience of late.  We were excited that we had found a small car that I met the requirements of having four doors as we often have three people in the car and could also fit a wheelchair in the boot.  We had found a car we liked only to ring around the dealers to be told oh sorry we don’t have any in stock, ring the next dealer and be told the same, oh but we have a used one with only a few kilometres 40,000,  no sorry only want a new car, especially that amount of kilometres would take us years to clock up.  Ring next dealer oh sorry no Hyundai Accent Sedans available only two in Australia and the dealers wont let us have them.  Until today Hyundai still have Hyundai Accent Sedans advertised on their website.

So now back to the drawing board however that also means a much higher jump in price.  Now what to look at now oh a sedan or a hatch, oh do I have room to get the wheelchair between the boot, watch out for the hinges, is it too narrow or not.  Hatch is the boot deep or too narrow.  Or do we need to look at an SUV so what should have been a simple task has become a never ending headache, especially when you have to find time to actually go and look for vehicle between caring, shopping, cooking and cleaning, and juggling appointments.  Then when you do go to a dealer and then you need assistance and are waiting for thirty minutes standing around and nobody even cares that you are actually wanting assistance and you are joining a queue of three to four other parties that are all wanting assistance.

So the saga continues and you end up leaving as you don’t have the time to wait any longer as you have to be at appointment and still do the shopping.

So back to the drawing board of finding a car that can fit a wheelchair into the boot.

A note to take a tape measure and when a car dealer hands you a book and tells  you the dimensions are in place they usually are only in litres and not in metres or feet and inches.

So take your tape measure with you.

Hopefully one day I will be able to tell you that I have finally found a car that is suitable for all parties involved.