Wheelchair user in RX-8 with adaptive hand controls demonstration
My wife and I BOTH have silver 2004 RX-8's. We are also both wheelchair users. She is also Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2018.
She made a video to show how she gets into the 8 and how the hand controls work. Check it out :D: :Peace: |
cool op. i have three chair bound friends who all drive. two like your wife does and one who needed a heavily modded van. we have/had a member here from nj who had a similar set up in his 8.
question tho, how do you check the oil? |
Originally Posted by 200.mph
(Post 4852556)
question tho, how do you check the oil?
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Here is a thread I started a LONG time ago that shows how I did the wheelchair stuff a few months after I got my first one
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discuss...ontrols-92246/ |
i have some left over interior pieces in my part out thread if ya want to replace some best up stuff. i would probably donate some stuff to ya if you want
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Good to hear about other chair users!
I 've been getting weaker with C M T type MD since 13 and I'm now 66. I bought a $700 Karma (funny name for med device) 19# chair that folds in middle, and fits perfect in back seat of 07 auto RX8. I use a Momo brake stick, and right leg works some for gas. I should have done this in 07 , but I was able to walk to car and ran about 20track days. Most tracks are run by scaredy cats, and I don't think a guy that can't run from a car fire will be let on track. I just did a brake pad change from chair which made it less tiring. |
That's pretty cool :)
I have actually driven a manual transmission Miata track car one with nothing but hand controls. It's not easy to pick up.. TOO many things to do at once with just 2 hands. but After a few minutes, I got the hang of it. It worked better as just a track car because you don't do a lot of stopping at red lights and stop and go's like daily driving. But yeah, I can imagine a lot of tracks get more and more hesitant about it. |
Nice to see you are still around man.
And you too Darrell! |
Originally Posted by 200.mph
(Post 4852563)
i have some left over interior pieces in my part out thread if ya want to replace some best up stuff. i would probably donate some stuff to ya if you want
I DO need a couple of very random parts though. I'll drop you a PM |
I found a picture of that Manual transmission Miata I drove. You can see the "clutch" on the shifter knob. The brake is the big handle next to the steering wheel and the gas is the ring behind the steering wheel.
The brake lever is supposed to have a "clutch lock" on it, that fully engages the clutch when you press it, but it was removed. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...b98bcfbfd9.jpg |
Originally Posted by 40w8
(Post 4852565)
Most tracks are run by scaredy cats, and I don't think a guy that can't run from a car fire will be let on track.
I just did a brake pad change from chair which made it less tiring. |
Originally Posted by NotAPreppie
(Post 4852587)
I'm pretty sure you'd be welcome at NASA Great Lakes Region events since one of the HPDE instructors is wheelchair-bound.
The guy running HPR near Denver said to come run, but driving 600 miles there is tiring enough. I took my Bmw X1 to HPR and would like to run the Rx8 for comparison. |
Here is part 2, that shows her actually driving with them
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