tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post1039971233041260315..comments2023-12-27T22:31:19.008-07:00Comments on The Bike Nazi: EXPENSIVE transportation!Bikeboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17379272663647894409noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post-39223058043631969572009-04-24T15:39:00.000-06:002009-04-24T15:39:00.000-06:00You should wear the title Scooter Boy with pride! ...You should wear the title <B>Scooter Boy</B> with pride! Sounds a little "superhero-ish"!!<br /><br />- BIKEBOY<br />(-;Bikeboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17379272663647894409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post-73875927003228901832009-04-23T13:40:00.000-06:002009-04-23T13:40:00.000-06:00OK, you're right. I keep my scooter in the garage...OK, you're right. I keep my scooter in the garage and I have a cover for it when I have to park it at work in the rain. <br /><br />So, I'm not treating it as disposable. I see the "disposable" mentality in scooters, bikes, cars, etc. <br /><br />But, since a former co-worker used to call me "Scooter Boy" I just had to defend it!!!! :)Michael Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728543663104336634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post-19711507214076347412009-04-23T11:12:00.000-06:002009-04-23T11:12:00.000-06:00Michael... I bet you baby that scooter too... don'...Michael... I bet you <I>baby</I> that scooter too... don't you? (Or at least have some sheltered parking for it.)<br /><br />The point I'm trying to make (and I'm sure bob t understands) is... even a scooter isn't "disposable." And it's expensive to consider only the MPG.<br /><br />My "other car" is a sweet Harley-Davidson motorsickle. It has a prominent spot in the garage. (It gets 40+ MPG, which would be pretty respectable on the scale, but is DISMAL compared with a bicycle's <I>infinite</I> MPG!)<br /><br />I put about 6000 miles on it a year. However, up to 4000 of those miles are over the course of 10 days or so each summer.<br /><br />I'd <I>love</I> to have a sweet Vespa, and load it up with auxiliary lighting, chrome, etc. (Think "Quadrophenia.")Bikeboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17379272663647894409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post-25633583054990178732009-04-23T10:52:00.000-06:002009-04-23T10:52:00.000-06:00Hey, a scooter is my "other" 2-wheeled vehicle, so...Hey, a scooter is my "other" 2-wheeled vehicle, so I must defend it. <br /><br />I get 100 mpg. I bought a full-face helmet and rode it to work at least once every month except May and June last year (and those were the months I rode my bicycle every day). <br /><br />The scooter cost $2000 and I saved that much in gas in the first two years, compared to my pick-em-up truck. So, how is that penny-wise and pound-foolish?<br /><br />Not to mention that I originally bought the scooter for my high-school-aged son and the money I saved on insurance alone over two years paid for the scooter.Michael Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728543663104336634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198843833237575122.post-8113138546118339112009-04-23T08:42:00.000-06:002009-04-23T08:42:00.000-06:00This is a good example of "penny-wise, pound-fooli...This is a good example of "penny-wise, pound-foolish".<br /><br />Many tend to vastly underestimate the cost of transportation (focusing on the price of gasoline, when in reality it encompasses so much more).bob tnoreply@blogger.com