Scooter Instead of a Hybrid

[erick99]

Originally Posted by twocents

Has anyone here considered buying a scooter instead of a hybrid? I am seriously thinking about it right now, only because I cannot afford the cost of a new hybrid vehicle. Scooters are not hybrids, but they are a lot more efficient than a regular car.

I am a 6' 5" male (thin) and I just think I would look too dorky!

[writersblock]

That is too funny! You are right, so many people that ride scooters do look kind of dorky....but hey, they are saving a ton of money.

[erick99]

If there was a big manly sorta scooter I would consider it for short trips around town. I googled and found this big guy

[twocents]

Originally Posted by Agent Fred

Speed and stability are not the only concerns of highway driving. Snow, for example.

I wouldnt drive it in the snow either, I was just suggesting it as another alternative to run around in.


Oh and there was a CNN special (or some other major news station) that did a story on the rising popularity of scooters. One of the main guys they followed was a really tall, 300 pound high school teacher.

[erick99]

Originally Posted by twocents

I wouldnt drive it in the snow either, I was just suggesting it as another alternative to run around in.


Oh and there was a CNN special (or some other major news station) that did a story on the rising popularity of scooters. One of the main guys they followed was a really tall, 300 pound high school teacher.

Was he driving one of the really big scooters like the one in my previous post?

[writersblock]

Originally Posted by erick99

If there was a big manly sorta scooter I would consider it for short trips around town. I googled and found this big guy

Erick~ that is a sweet scooter! You certainly wouldn't look like a dork on that!

[LissaValerian]

Originally Posted by erick99

If there was a big manly sorta scooter I would consider it for short trips around town. I googled and found this big guy

They call that a SCOOTER? WoW! Very nice. :-)

~LV

[erick99]

It really looks like a motorcycle with tiny wheels lol I guess everything can be taken to an extreme. But I would feel okay riding that.

[writersblock]

I think alot of guys would go for that scooter~ it does look like a motorcycle.

[faithib]

I wouldn't consider a scooter mainly because of the safety issues. I do not think they are as safe as a motorcycle and safety is important to me. I had a friend who was hit while driving one of these and she was wearing a motorcycle helmet(even though they aren't required by law while driving a scooter in my state) and had bad enough brain damage she had to be institutionalized for the rest of her life.
I also see people driving scooters as if they were toys, weaving in and out of cars in traffic and doing things I know aren't even legal when you are on a plain old bicycle.
I want to be around for my son and these things just aren't safe enough/