Yeah, you're more than likely right about the weight of the Jazzy, John. I've never had occasion to weigh the thing. Someone (salesman) told me it was 85 pounds, but maybe he forgot the "1" in front of the "85."

It takes a while to get used to driving it. I've found that for maneuvering indoors and in fairly tight spaces, I have to set the speed knob at about 1/4 to 1/3, otherwise I tend to knock over furniture and crash through walls. When outdoors and moving at flank speed, I have it at about 3/4. Much higher than that, the steering seems to get unstable. When going either up or down grades, I have to back it off some or it starts to "hunt"; angle away from a straight line, and when I try to straighten it up, I wind up inadvertently overcompensating. Very touch!

After an afternoon of terrorizing the neighborhood, when I return and park it in the hall of our apartment, I have to back in over an inch and a half door sill. I have to set the speed knob at about half, then when I pop over the sill, get off the joy stick real fast or I'm liable to end up in the kitchen.

As I say, it took some getting used to, but it sure expanded my range of activity. Seattle's buses have wheelchair lifts, so I can go pretty much wherever I want.

Don Firth