DIFFICULTY FINDING A MOBILTY SCOOTER.

I did not realise it would be so difficult choosing a mobility scooter.  I am a larger lady, (shall we say voluptuous!) and am tall, 5 foot 10 inches tall to be precise, although I have actually shrunk, I used to be a little under 6 foot tall and I have really long legs. My problem, in choosing a mobility scooter, has been the length of my legs. I thought I might go for a 4 wheel scooter this time, I wondered if it would feel safer and more stable, but the 4 wheel models have wheel arches in the place I would put my feet on my old 3 wheel scooter, so making me sit with legs bent under me which I found uncomfortable with my poor arthritic knees. I have only been looking for a short while, so I am as yet unaware if the wheelarch height differs, I shall have to try a lot more scooters before making my final choice, but if the wheelarch on the 4 wheel scooters is as high on all of them I am going to encounter problems as with my long legs I cannot comfortably sit with my feet on the wheelarches, as a shorter person would, because my legs are then bent up into an unnatural position! I may be forced to go for the 3 wheel model but I prefer the seat with the higher back which seems more comfortable and which appears to me, to have better back support and so I am a bit stuck. Sitting with legs bent for 5 minutes is perhaps okay, but for 15, 20 minutes with the legs in such an unnatural position would be too hard. I shall have to look around more, perhaps there are better alternatives out there, I have seen a scooter which resembles a motor bike, with 3 large wheels and which would probably be a very good option, but the price is out of my league, I may aswell learn to drive and use the car than pay out that kind of money! Hopefully I shall find the solution if I keep looking!