For the past few years, I've been rather reluctantly making use of my deceased partners old Class 2 Rascal scooter, to sometimes get around, combined with buses, and the car for longer journeys. That scooter was bought for her, but she never made much use of it, so eventually the batteries died. I fitted replacements batteries, and began to make some use of it, but it just went at a fast walk.
I'm sort of limited to 100yards of speed walking, then collapse in a corner for a rest, then go a bit further.
Recently, I've been investigating getting something a bit faster, with proper lights and suspension, a Class 3 mobility scooter, and sort of settled on a Veleco Faster, then found the Gravis was a later updated version of that, with several improvements, so began looking for one, maybe second hand. I came across one a couple of weeks ago, which seemed might be an absolute bargain - bought new, then it seemed not used, just left to rot, parked in a dry garage, like my partners. It had had new batteries fitted, so was to all intents, brand new, ready to go, never even had any services.
I collected it yesterday, and it was exactly as described, and more. Not a mark on it, no evidence of any use at all, with full documentation, not even it seems DVLA registered. I've sent an enquiry to DVLA, just to check on that.
I've just had a quick run out, and back on it, to see how things work out, and I'm absolutely delighted with it. I wanted to get the feel of it, and to check out that third speed, to see if it was enabled. The have three speed settings, pavement 4mph, UK road 8mph, then 20mph in the EU - usually disabled in the UK. On a local, empty trading estate, I investigated the 3rd speed, and found it was enabled/disabled by a red switch, in the boot, next to the blue breaker. I had it up to the maximum speed of 25kph, and it felt very safe indeed. Each of the three speeds, seem to be pre-set limited speeds, they run precisely to the set limit and no faster. One thing I didn't like, was the tiny speed switch, it was difficult to know what position it was set in, when on the move. The full speeds also are maintained up inclines.
The suspension is perfect dealing with all the bumps, though a maybe a little too hard at the front, and there seems to be no damping at all. The rear drum brake lever takes much less effort, and is much more immediate, than the front disks brake lever. I still cannot fault the build quality, nor the driveability, especially not at the price, though I will be checking the build out some more when I get a roundtuit. The design seems to be light years ahead of many that I see, and certainly well ahead of my old Rascal.
From what I could make out, Veleco is a reseller network, based in Poland, the scooters are manufactured in maybe Taiwan, or China. Another company by the name of Greenpower, import a similar range, but they seem to have a terribly poor reputation for supporting their customers. Veleco, list lots of spare parts for their entire range, on ebay, and seem to be reasonable prices, should any parts be needed. Strangely, Velco scooters, seem to have a reputation where local dealers do not like them, and will not attempt to repair, or service them.
I'm sort of limited to 100yards of speed walking, then collapse in a corner for a rest, then go a bit further.
Recently, I've been investigating getting something a bit faster, with proper lights and suspension, a Class 3 mobility scooter, and sort of settled on a Veleco Faster, then found the Gravis was a later updated version of that, with several improvements, so began looking for one, maybe second hand. I came across one a couple of weeks ago, which seemed might be an absolute bargain - bought new, then it seemed not used, just left to rot, parked in a dry garage, like my partners. It had had new batteries fitted, so was to all intents, brand new, ready to go, never even had any services.
I collected it yesterday, and it was exactly as described, and more. Not a mark on it, no evidence of any use at all, with full documentation, not even it seems DVLA registered. I've sent an enquiry to DVLA, just to check on that.
I've just had a quick run out, and back on it, to see how things work out, and I'm absolutely delighted with it. I wanted to get the feel of it, and to check out that third speed, to see if it was enabled. The have three speed settings, pavement 4mph, UK road 8mph, then 20mph in the EU - usually disabled in the UK. On a local, empty trading estate, I investigated the 3rd speed, and found it was enabled/disabled by a red switch, in the boot, next to the blue breaker. I had it up to the maximum speed of 25kph, and it felt very safe indeed. Each of the three speeds, seem to be pre-set limited speeds, they run precisely to the set limit and no faster. One thing I didn't like, was the tiny speed switch, it was difficult to know what position it was set in, when on the move. The full speeds also are maintained up inclines.
The suspension is perfect dealing with all the bumps, though a maybe a little too hard at the front, and there seems to be no damping at all. The rear drum brake lever takes much less effort, and is much more immediate, than the front disks brake lever. I still cannot fault the build quality, nor the driveability, especially not at the price, though I will be checking the build out some more when I get a roundtuit. The design seems to be light years ahead of many that I see, and certainly well ahead of my old Rascal.
From what I could make out, Veleco is a reseller network, based in Poland, the scooters are manufactured in maybe Taiwan, or China. Another company by the name of Greenpower, import a similar range, but they seem to have a terribly poor reputation for supporting their customers. Veleco, list lots of spare parts for their entire range, on ebay, and seem to be reasonable prices, should any parts be needed. Strangely, Velco scooters, seem to have a reputation where local dealers do not like them, and will not attempt to repair, or service them.
