# What's a good used car for my disabled wife to buy?

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**Created:** [August 7, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-used-car-for-my-disabled-wife-to-buy/66936 "2011-08-07T23:54:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![lionstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@lionstar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lionstar)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-used-car-for-my-disabled-wife-to-buy/66936/1 "2011-08-07T23:54:24Z")

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My wife is a large woman with heart arrhythmia and a bad hip. The Mercury Gran Marquis she drives has become more difficult for her to get into.
Does anybody have any suggestions for a recent used car with large doors (probably 2-door model), low entry height with no in-frame obstructions, movable seat?
Should be powerful enough to tow motorized wheelchair in a lift trailer. (Mini-van with drive-in ramp is not practical choice. Domestic car preferred.)
Thanks for your good information.
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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-used-car-for-my-disabled-wife-to-buy/66936/2 "2011-08-07T23:59:01Z")

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In this situation, this becomes a highly personalized. I’d start looking at crossover vehicles and small suv’s. She will need one where the seat is at the exact height from the ground for her. A good starting point would be a vehicle whose front seat is the same height from the ground as her knee is.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-used-car-for-my-disabled-wife-to-buy/66936/3 "2011-08-08T01:12:42Z")

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I have a friend who is a REALLY large man. He’s both tall and heavy. His favorite car for ingress/egress is a VW New Beetle. Apparently the doors open very wide and tall, and he can get in and out easily.

He moved from a Crown Vic (same as a Grand Marquis) to a New Beetle and he’s been very happy.

Worth a look.

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**Author:** ![sccubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@sccubsfan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sccubsfan)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-a-good-used-car-for-my-disabled-wife-to-buy/66936/4 "2011-08-08T03:54:50Z")

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I’m also disabled, and we bought a 2008 Chevy Equinox. Has enough room in back for a wheel chair and the rear seats push back far enough that I can get my walker in between the seats. The front seats are at a decent height not too high or low to get into. Ours has the 3.4 V6 so it should have enough power for your needs,