More are scooting to save gas

[Radar]

Dealer: Scooters pay for themselves in fuel savings over one to three years. Even people who don't fit the biker mode are buying, he said.

Article here: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/w...?eref=rss_tech

This is not news to anyone since we see more scooters than a year or two ago, but the article is from the USA where I thought everyone would still be attached to yank tanks and big SUVs.

[DMNTD:Me]

Indeed,I've sold 6 scooters in the last month to people simply trying to save a few dollars. They are pleasantly surprised to find out just how much will be saved in a short amount of time too.
I bought myself a second hand one last week to commute to and from work

[Storm]

I bought myself a second hand one last week to commute to and from work

Let me guess- its a limited edition 400 hp model that everyone on the site will be jealous of?

[DMNTD:Me]

Let me guess- its a limited edition 400 hp model that everyone on the site will be jealous of?

Heh! No,sadly. It's just an old('07) 50cc scooter that was used for a postal route. It will however be sanded down and painted up as a 0049 Poocati...black with red rim tape,obviously!

[Chickenlegs]

Well, I was working out yesterday, at an average of 30km/litre, I use 33ml per km.

I work 2,5km from work, so use around 166ml of fuel to get to work and back...

[nallac]

Well, I was working out yesterday, at an average of 30km/litre, I use 33ml per km.

I work 2,5km from work, so use around 166ml of fuel to get to work and back...

just think how much more you'd save if ya walked
or rode a pushie to work.

166ml x 5 = another 830ml saved
thats nearly a litre @$2
i hope ya don't spend it all at once.

[Chickenlegs]

just think how much more you'd save if ya walked
or rode a pushie to work.

166ml x 5 = another 830ml saved
thats nearly a litre @$2
i hope ya don't spend it all at once.

Did you stop to think this was a MOTORBIKE forum.... That was the reasoning behind the post... In a thread about scootering and saving gas...

Fuck, imagine that...

I could have been a wise-ass and told everyone to walk or cycle too.... But, I refrained from treating my fellow bikers like idiots and let them draw their own conclusions...

AND, to show I'm not a complete fuckwit, I do cycle to work at least 50% of the time.... Though cycling home at 3-4am in winter, with all the smoke around, aint exactly fun...