Saturday, April 7, 2012

Who says wheelchair = minivan

Well I finally got it!

Yes, Oliver the Element has arrived. We let Jaz choose the car name this time since it is her car and I am completely in LOVE.

Here is a quick pic of the modification in our 2008 Element SC with the XWAV conversion.
It is a drop floor conversion with fully automatic ramp system. This vehicle still has the original back seats that still have full function and the back cargo area is still available. The only real down side to this modification is that it cannot be done on the all wheel drive models.

This vehicle has the person using a wheelchair riding in the front passenger seat so it is not for everyone. Our daughter is 13 and does not interfere with anything while sitting up front. She is also adult sized and prefers to ride next to me since most of the time it is just the two of us.

This vehicle = freedom for me. The amount of transfers we were doing in our previous van with the Bruno Turny was too much for both of us and we found that we just stayed home.

Now we simply drive in and put the tie downs on.
Here I have included the link to the dealer that does this modification.
http://www.fminow.com/

We will be sharing far more adventures now that we have the freedom to go as we please. In the next few months we will be traveling to Lincoln City, Newport, Seattle and sailing aboard the Disney Wonder to Alaska.