So about a month ago Justin took me to a bike shop in American Fork to "look" at scooters. I was naive and thought we really were just going to look at scooters and then maybe ride a few just for fun. Um, no.
Justin pretty much had been scoping out these scooters for some time now and had every intention of buying one that day. Ha. I was like, "why do we need to drop a wad of cash on something we don't need when we are in the middle of buying a house???" Then we test drove one. Has anyone ever driven one of these things? WAY easier than the 1980 Honda 80's that I first learned to drive at my cabin with 3 gears that you have to change, heavy as crap, and if you happen to tip over on one, well...its over.
Justin was pretty quick to tell me all the good things about getting a scooter and as soon as I heard that it only costs $4.00 to fill up the tank and that it will get 100 MILES PER GALLON -that deserves repeating- 100 MILES PER GALLON!!! - I was sold. We bought it right then and there and we have loved having it!
We take it everywhere we possibly can instead of the cars. We drove it from the point of the mountain all the way down to Rice Eccles Stadium on the frontage roads to watch David Beckham play Real Salt Lake and it only took like 15 minutes longer to get there than if we had taken the freeway, plus you basically park wherever the heck you want in that thing. We go on all our dates on it, plus you get these sweet nerdy half-helmets to wear and when you catch your shadow while you are riding, you look seriously ridiculous but it is so fun! Justin and I joke about getting chaps and skull-and-crossbones jackets just to look stupid. I think last month we saved almost $200 in gas.
So now we have 4 vehicles - we are still trying to get rid of the piece of #$%& Acura - but I love the scooter.
10 REASONS TO GET A SCOOTER
1. 100 mpg
2. Park anywhere you want
3. Little kids think you are cool
4. 100 mpg
5. Comes with sweet helmets - anyone ever seen Wedding Planner? (Mossimo)
6. Your husband can pretend he's riding a Harley Davidson - Justin knows this is the closest he'll get to one any time soon
7. 100 mpg
8. You can do the cool motorcycle nod to the other bikers out there
9. It has a sweet racing stripe
10. Oh, and 100 MGP!!!!
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