Hi Deb and everyone else on the list.   I too, stay in the background.   I just recently got a new minivan.  I get in with a power chair but I can get into the front seat on my own.  I took hand control lessons but hated it.  I can, however, drive with my right leg but put the hand controls in just in case.  What is a chair topper?   I get in the van on a ramp. 
    I do not have a real diagnosis.  My neuro thinks I had a spinal cord infarction(stroke) but all my symptoms sound similar to TM - that is why all your input is interesting to me.  I can do just about anything but walk on my own.  I use a walker at times but I am actually walking with my hands.  Cant stand on my own.
    I know someone who trades his minivan in when he wants another one but I dont know anything about re-sale value.I imagine that most of the cost is lost in the trade.  I would be uncomfortable buying a van from a private p arty.  Would rather go thru a dealer.
    Anyhow good luck with driving.
        Rosalie from New York  (on the way to Fla. soon in my new minivan)

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