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Curbie
- Jan 1, 1970
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My Jag when to the shop a few months back for some repairs which is
par for the Jag course and after a couple weeks the Jag repair
department called saying they where having problems isolating the
problem. Seeing that it is my only transportation, I thought I would
buy a scooter until the repair department got things sorted out and
when the car was repaired I would have backup transportation.
After a little research on the web I decided to get a cheapo Chinese
scooter because I only drive an average of 1000 miles a year and it
was intended for backup while my car is in the shop. I bought the
scooter on-line, it was shipped by truck and dropped in my driveway. I
had to charge and install the battery, bolt on mirrors and trunk,
check and tighten loose screws, bolts, fuel and vacuum lines, check
fluids, and general dealer prep stuff before firing it up, all of
which I knew going in to this from my research.
So by the time the repair department finally called with an estimate,
I was all licensed (another story), legal, and driving around. My car
is a Jag which I bought from the same place that has always done my
repairs and I've had it for 20 years. I'm used to large bills, I have
never got a repair estimate for under $1000.00 no matter what it goes
in for, so when the estimate came in at half the price a paid for the
car (complete re-wiring), I started talking with them about buying
another Jag, but after thinking about it, I only put 20,000 miles on
the one I had.
After thinking about for a while my scooter get 70mpg, goes 60mph,
insurance if $100.00 a year, I can get 6 bags of groceries in it, and
I'm have a good time driving and tinkering with it, so I decided (for
a time anyway) to uses it for my primary transportation to see if I
get sick of it. But for now, I'm having fun driving the thing around
and have put on 800 miles in 3 months (way over my yearly average).
The bottom line is, if anyone is looking for back-up transportation
and likes tinkering with stuff, these scooters may be worth looking
at, 70mpg may really come if handy when the next wave of fuel shortage
come around.
Curbie
par for the Jag course and after a couple weeks the Jag repair
department called saying they where having problems isolating the
problem. Seeing that it is my only transportation, I thought I would
buy a scooter until the repair department got things sorted out and
when the car was repaired I would have backup transportation.
After a little research on the web I decided to get a cheapo Chinese
scooter because I only drive an average of 1000 miles a year and it
was intended for backup while my car is in the shop. I bought the
scooter on-line, it was shipped by truck and dropped in my driveway. I
had to charge and install the battery, bolt on mirrors and trunk,
check and tighten loose screws, bolts, fuel and vacuum lines, check
fluids, and general dealer prep stuff before firing it up, all of
which I knew going in to this from my research.
So by the time the repair department finally called with an estimate,
I was all licensed (another story), legal, and driving around. My car
is a Jag which I bought from the same place that has always done my
repairs and I've had it for 20 years. I'm used to large bills, I have
never got a repair estimate for under $1000.00 no matter what it goes
in for, so when the estimate came in at half the price a paid for the
car (complete re-wiring), I started talking with them about buying
another Jag, but after thinking about it, I only put 20,000 miles on
the one I had.
After thinking about for a while my scooter get 70mpg, goes 60mph,
insurance if $100.00 a year, I can get 6 bags of groceries in it, and
I'm have a good time driving and tinkering with it, so I decided (for
a time anyway) to uses it for my primary transportation to see if I
get sick of it. But for now, I'm having fun driving the thing around
and have put on 800 miles in 3 months (way over my yearly average).
The bottom line is, if anyone is looking for back-up transportation
and likes tinkering with stuff, these scooters may be worth looking
at, 70mpg may really come if handy when the next wave of fuel shortage
come around.
Curbie