Comment by missy on November 6, 2008 at 9:06pm

hey matie--i started a forum post a few months back about scooters, that kinda devolved into something else...but it might be worth a look here. i never ended up getting one--i got a prius instead. several scooters seem to show up on craigslist on a fairly regular basis. good luck with your search!

Comment by Nora on November 7, 2008 at 7:28pm

I do. Here's the pros:
*Gas is practically free
*Maintenance at Downtown Scooter is cheap
*You get to know the city a lot better because you are going slowly and not taking freeways/big streets
*You can smell wisteria in spring and honeysuckle in summer
*People assume you're cool without knowing anything else about you

Here are the cons:
*You will not be able to feel your hands in winter
*You will otherwise be really cold in winter
*You will go really slow
*Cars will be an asshole to you
*If you get hit you will probably get hurt real bad or die
*It is really hard to go somewhere else to do laundry if you don't do it at home
*Grocery shopping is a lot harder because you cannot carry nearly as much as in a car

Comment by Black Market Goods on February 18, 2009 at 2:07pm

Mattie, hey I had a scooter for a few months. It was fun, cool, cheap, and almost care free. I got hit-and-runned at Yale and Central, the scooter rolled over my ankle and caused seven fractures in my shin, ankle, and foot. If I had been in a car the same accident would have been a couple hundred to fix a dented panel and some paint (which I likely wouldn't have repaired). Because I didn't have a frame around me I was out of work for two weeks, medical bills, and I ended up selling the scooter it wasn't cheap in the long run...

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