Wherein I also refer you to #1
I'll have a more complete writeup on the handling and plusses and minuses (great, lots, not many), but until then here's a quick update.
80 miles per gallon. Suck it Prius and Insight. Perhaps I should borrow/steal Amy Alkon's SUV idea and start tagging hybrids. Bwah ha ha ha.
80 mpg is great, but you could have gotten over 100 mpg with a Bajaj Chetak.
ReplyDelete(will you be disappointed if gas hits $2 a gallon by Thanksgiving as recently reported?)
Nah, it's fun. I really should be commuting by bicycle, but that requires getting back in shape. And probably a new knee.
ReplyDeleteI'll get around to mentioning the Bajaj. Sounds like a good machine, but briefly, the Indian factories (for everyone) have had some problems and I was unsure of the local dealer support.
That's reasonable, I almost got a scooter in 2001 as a means of commuting the 70 miles between Santa Monica and Riverside twice a week, but chose the train and friends instead. (I could even take my bike on the train, so long as it wasn't during rush hour)
ReplyDeleteI just liked the idea of a manual transmission, plus it seemed mechanically simple enough to DIY.
It's hard to convince folks that small cars are safe, let alone scooters, though.
The death issue is a big problem. I feel frightened enough in my tiny Honda Insight. I use the horn with great frequency. Rather be annoying than squashed like a bug by some gigundo SUV.
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