On 19/02/2012 10:41, Bill Wright wrote:
polygonum wrote:

I have seen the paralympics, and none of the Asda sprinters seem to
bear much resemblance, for a start the Asda sprinters seem to favour
4X4's rather than manually powered traction units favoured by the
paralympians.
Big high cars are much better for carting wheelchairs and breathing
equipment about.

Not only that, but my late father found it far easier to transfer from
his wheelchair to the seat in a Discovery (and vice versa) than to the
much lower seat of a saloon car.

Colin Bignell