My sister's Model Y is incoming, which is exciting.
Her use of cars is a little unusual. She is a wheelchair user. A very able and independent one. That means transferring from chair to car followed by taking the wheels off the chair, passing them and then the chair itself over her lap onto the passenger seat or behind. So the metal chair frame hits the sill while she's in it, rubs the sill as she transfers and then unwieldy bits of metal come into contact with dash and seats. She also has 2 young kids, so more of the same in the back as she lifts them in and out and all the rest of it.
Her cars take quite a beating. Paint wears off sills and dash soft plastic covering gets scratched and torn. In 2 or 3 years they look worse inside than mine after 200,000 miles.
I don't expect to keep the thing pristine, far from it. However I would like to take a few measures, if I can, to limit the damage and give the car a chance to last.
I have suggestested she get PPF in key areas and think I might add some tougher runs of tape on top in a handful of impact areas, like the line along the sill she'll hit.
I'll have a look for a screen protector, which feels like a necessity. What's the best option there?
What other ideas can you think of to help?
(to my disappointment, she chickened out of white seats
)
Her use of cars is a little unusual. She is a wheelchair user. A very able and independent one. That means transferring from chair to car followed by taking the wheels off the chair, passing them and then the chair itself over her lap onto the passenger seat or behind. So the metal chair frame hits the sill while she's in it, rubs the sill as she transfers and then unwieldy bits of metal come into contact with dash and seats. She also has 2 young kids, so more of the same in the back as she lifts them in and out and all the rest of it.
Her cars take quite a beating. Paint wears off sills and dash soft plastic covering gets scratched and torn. In 2 or 3 years they look worse inside than mine after 200,000 miles.
I don't expect to keep the thing pristine, far from it. However I would like to take a few measures, if I can, to limit the damage and give the car a chance to last.
I have suggestested she get PPF in key areas and think I might add some tougher runs of tape on top in a handful of impact areas, like the line along the sill she'll hit.
I'll have a look for a screen protector, which feels like a necessity. What's the best option there?
What other ideas can you think of to help?
(to my disappointment, she chickened out of white seats
)
