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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: rodi on September 02, 2006, 04:01:14 AM

Title: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: rodi on September 02, 2006, 04:01:14 AM
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7687/people150silvfc4.jpg)

...or fuel efficiency? Are they easy to steal, like motorcycles?
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: etiolate on September 02, 2006, 04:02:30 AM
I don't know about the easy to steal bit, but I think they're fun, fuel effecient and some of them quite styling.  There is also a sense of freedom in manuevarable two wheel vehicles.
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 02, 2006, 04:41:28 AM
If you live in the city I think they can be quite useful, but I like owning a car.
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: G The Resurrected on September 02, 2006, 06:08:58 AM
Most scooters have small tires but you can lock them up to bike racks if your uber cautious which i would be in the bay area. But still worth it cause of the gas and all.
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: Cyanista on September 02, 2006, 11:34:30 AM
(http://www.gamasutra.com/galleries/student/daniel_cornibert/flcl.jpg)
I want a vespa painted like this one.   :-[
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: Bacon on September 02, 2006, 11:44:02 AM
I drive an SUV. Fuck the environment.
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: G The Resurrected on September 02, 2006, 11:59:45 AM
(http://www.gamasutra.com/galleries/student/daniel_cornibert/flcl.jpg)
I want a vespa painted like this one.   :-[

I love FLCL you best too
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: Christopher on September 02, 2006, 12:39:05 PM
i wouldn't be caught dead riding that
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: Cyanista on September 02, 2006, 02:14:08 PM
I would ride it everywhere and be adorable. <3 :heartbeat :zelda :spin :banplz
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: CrystalGemini on September 02, 2006, 02:59:50 PM
(http://www.gamasutra.com/galleries/student/daniel_cornibert/flcl.jpg)
I want a vespa painted like this one.   :-[

I love FLCL you best too
I had to watch that three times.  The whole thing's crazy.   :duh
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: rodi on September 02, 2006, 05:34:14 PM
How about hills? I hear they can't go up hills.


Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: etiolate on September 02, 2006, 08:25:20 PM
They're extremely common in San Francisco, so I think they could handle hills.
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: rodi on September 02, 2006, 10:07:35 PM
They're extremely common in San Francisco, so I think they could handle hills.

I have to stop listening to my sister's friends. I thought it bullshit.  :S
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: BlueTsunami on September 02, 2006, 10:13:49 PM
I've re found the usefulness of riding bikes. I've gotten bored of driving (cars) in general. Not sure about a Scooter though.
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: Bacon on September 02, 2006, 10:14:28 PM
I want rodi to take me for a ride if she gets one. I will hold on tight. :tophat
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: Polari on September 02, 2006, 11:05:38 PM
I was going to buy a scooter but then I realised everyone looks like a cunt on scooters so I didn't.
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: Shuri on September 02, 2006, 11:17:26 PM
They are awesome if you are 12  :o
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: bork on September 03, 2006, 12:14:35 AM
I had a scooter last year, and the city I live in is completely flat...I couldn't imagine using one in San Francisco!  But I got rid of it after I had an accident; went to make a turn in wet conditions, slipped, and the scooter fell on and broke my right leg.  That was the end of it; got a car instead.  But that accident aside, the problems with scooters are:

-No extra space for storage.
-Sucks in anything but sunny, dry weather.
-Forget about using it during the winter if you have snow

Basically it's just like a bicycle, and hell if you aren't going to far, just use a bicycle instead.  It's cheaper, too.  I got myself a nice folding bicycle, so it's easy to store and I can even take it on busses or trains if I wanted to.

I wouldn't have been able to use the scooter all year round due to the large amounts of snow we get here, and also having no storage space sucked...forget about the grocery store or any other store where you might end up buying large amounts of items or simply a large item.  Forget about the highway, too.  Since you're pretty much restricted to the city or town you live in, the scooter is nothing more than a bicycle for lazy and old people.  Probably explains why I see no one but the elderly using them.   :P
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 03, 2006, 12:23:50 AM
I ENJOY MY CAR
Title: Re: Are scooters more than just looks?
Post by: etiolate on September 03, 2006, 12:58:05 AM
They're extremely common in San Francisco, so I think they could handle hills.

I have to stop listening to my sister's friends. I thought it bullshit.  :S

It probably depends on the CC.  Some, like I think the 250cc vespas are CA Highway approved.