My solution to the gas price crisis

[Sundoggy]

I took my stimulus check and a little extra and solved my personal energy crisis.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26831750@N02/2612769713/



I'm not advertising which brand of electric scooter this is, because cool and apparently solid as the scooters are, the company has an absolutely awful reputation. I'm a good machinist so I took a chance. If you really want to know you can find out easily, or PM me.

These are street-legal, classified as powered bicycles (pedals not attached in photo), no license required, no tag, nothing.

Two of these, and a less than five mile commute for each of us... Next problem, please, this one's solved.

[Ian David]

1. Wear your damn helmet! Geesh! n/t

[Sundoggy]

3. It's my damn driveway, geesh! lol...

[colt equalizer]

2. Cool! I still like my Harley, gets 40 MPG. NT

[Sundoggy]

4. No doubt!

I'm going for a Can-Am Spyder later this year.

[Ganja Ninja]

12. I saw one on the road last night for the first time. n/t

[liberal N proud]

5. Looks like you live in a climate that allows year round use

Here in the Cleveland area, 5 month out of the year there is snow on the ground. And the other 7 months are rainy 30% or more of the time.

But we have been looking at scooters 90mpg is attractive

[Ian David]

6. I wonder if my wife would commute to work across Boston Harbor on a Jet Ski? n/t

[wtmusic]

7. Rock on.

Shh, don't tell anyone about clean electric power. :hide:

[Sundoggy]

8. I already blew it

by showing a picture of just how pleasant it is here in Texas. We try to keep that a secret. Hence the intense propaganda campaign about rednecks and cowboys etc., it's all a front.

[frazzled]

9. If it's only 5 miles, why not a regular bicycle?

You'd get some exercise as an added benefit that way, and five miles would take you only about 20 minutes.

[Sundoggy]

10. Did someone say something?

I could have sworn I heard something.

:P

[Meiko]

11. Nice scooter

Good idea for short trips and commuting to work, as long as there are no freeways involved...;-)

[taterguy]

20. Someone's asking you a legitimate question

But for some inexplicable reason, you're refusing to answer it

[Sundoggy]

21. Sorry, this is the wrong room for an argument

It's apparently "abuse" in here, my self-righteous friend. Are you under the impression I need to defend anything I do to you or anyone else?

Have some ice cream and relax. There are much more productive things to get worked up about than my laziness.

[frazzled]

26. No argument was intended

I'm kind of shocked you saw it that way. I was simply saying that a bicycle could be another good way to beat the high cost of gas if your commute is just 5 miles and you live in an appropriate climate, and that it gives the commuter the added benefit of exercise. What's wrong with that?

There's no issue I have with an electric scooter. Great if you want one, and have the room to store it (some people live in apartments.) I was just suggesting that someone could get a bike, too. Please try not to read something into people's posts that isn't there. There are many solutions to a problem, and different strokes for different folks.

[Sundoggy]

28. Basic misunderstanding here

I was not responding to your post but to someone else's.

[taterguy]

32. GD isn't a room for arguing?

That's news to me.

[elocs]

13. Which is why I would never consider a scooter.

In the city where I live there is nowhere I would want to go that is more than 6 miles from where I live, so I can simply and safely ride my bike which is a recumbent (it's all about comfort). I have a cargo trailer I can pull with it that is covered and will fit about 4 bags of groceries. Plus, my city has lots of biking/hiking trails I can enjoy that do not allow any kind of powered vehicle.

[Sundoggy]

14. One problem with hanging out with lefties, lol

I swear you could post that you'd invented an energy-free desalinization plant that generated vanilla ice cream as its only byproduct and someone would sniff that a properly responsible machine would deliver chocolate.

;) :P

[plcdude]

15. How did you determine

to buy that particular one? I would like to research this alittle more.

[Sundoggy]

16. Basically

I just did Google searches for "street legal electric scooter". There aren't very many to choose from, though. Amazing, huh? Some American company could clean up here, seems to me.

For those that don't know, there are also very easy ways to electrify bicycles. Google "hub motor". The best seem to be from the Crystalite company.

Once more, if you go with the company I chose, buy FROM THE COMPANY, not from any other dealer, and go into it with your eyes open. So far I am VERY satisfied, indeed, pleasantly surprised, by this scooter, but your mileage may definitely vary (chuckle chuckle).

[plcdude]

18. Thanks I will

do that.

[elocs]

17. All I'm saying is that I have no need for a scooter or a powered bike

when what I have already suits my needs perfectly. I don't need to spend another cent on anything else.

[Sundoggy]

19. Excellent for you

Not sure what it has to do with the subject of this thread, though. That is very cool however!

[elocs]

23. Simple. Your subject: "My solution to the gas price crisis"

frazzled in post #9 asked: "If it's only 5 miles, why not a regular bicycle?"

My initial response to post #9 was simply that a bicycle served me well, that I have no need of a scooter or a powered bicycle and so that is my personal solution for myself to the gas price crisis and is certainly applicable to others as well. I sorry that you cannot see how this could possibly by any stretch fit within the subject of this thread.

[Sundoggy]

24. Did everyone take their "touchy" pills this morning?

Jesus Christ.

I post a little note about a pretty cool way to quit paying for gasoline and the vast majority of the responses are sniffy remarks and self-righteous screeds about how I SHOULD be doing it?

Get over yourselves. Have some ice cream.

[elocs]

25. Didn't your post tweak me with:

"Not sure what it has to do with the subject of this thread, though."?

I was making conversation that was well within the parameters of the subject. Nobody could post anything that dealt with how they deal with the gas crisis unless it fits within your narrow definition of the subject? Remember, you are the one who questioned that I was not on subject. So who is really the touchy one?

Goodbye, I won't be reading your posts anymore. I hope you can get over yourself.

[Sundoggy]

27. Wow

You sure make enemies easily.

I post a thread proud of my new scooters. You respond with why you would never consider a scooter.

Do the math, spoilsport.

Edited to add:

Let me get this straight: The phrase:

Not sure what it has to do with the subject of this thread, though.

gets you angry enough to ignore me?

Damn. I'm GOOD.

[taterguy]

30. Sniffy remarks?

I don't nose what you're talking about.

[texanwitch]

22. Very nice.

Powered bikes like this are great.

They are not for everybody, but I would like to have one.

[Sundoggy]

29. Thank you

Amazing to me that this turns out to be a controversial topic. I'm starting to think I don't really belong here.

[texanwitch]

31. I am sorry for some of the posts you have received here.

What you did was a good thing, helping to save gas and the earth.

We will see more small bikes like yours in the coming years, I will be happy for that.

Gettting into a car to go a few miles is silly, if you can jump on a powered bike.


I have a bike I ride but Houston isn't bike friendly, one has to be watching traffic really close when riding.

Your bike looks really cool, have fun.