{"id":114,"date":"2008-05-26T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=114"},"modified":"2008-05-26T04:00:44","modified_gmt":"2008-05-26T10:00:44","slug":"scooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Scooter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tina pointed out to me the other day that I haven’t ever made a post about my new scooter.<\/p>\n

\"Scooter<\/p>\n

I typically drive a dark blue 1996 Ford Explorer XLT. It gets about 15 MPG and has a trailer hitch. I love SUVs in that I can haul people, things, and trailers. Gas prices, though, have caused me to rethink my love.<\/p>\n

A couple of months ago, one of my co-workers (Adam) at DuPont was pointing out that he saw some scooters on KSL.com for $950. The company was based out of Roy and sells various kinds of boy-toys, among them, scooters.<\/p>\n

Other conversations led us to discuss how other companies sell scooters for 2-3 thousand dollars, and so comparatively, a scooter at this price is outstanding. The thing only needs to last one-third to one-half as long as the expensive models to justify the cost.<\/p>\n

Also, regarding justification, I cranked out the math. If the scooter gets 80 MPG, gas costs $4 per gallon, I drive 300 miles a month, wear & tear on the Explorer + gas is roughly $0.50 per mile, etc. I would need to drive the scooter for 8 months for it to pay for itself in cost savings (That included tax, title, and registration). If I drove more, it would pay for itself even quicker (5 months if I drove 500 miles per month). Fortunately, I only live 1.3 miles from work and don’t drive much anyway.<\/p>\n

I am now the proud owner of a 2006 SunL SL150-12B<\/a>. It is a 150cc, 4 stroke, air-cooled engine. Max speed is 59 mph, although I’ve only seen it do 52. I imagine 59 would be downhill with a tail wind.<\/p>\n

Bridget loves putting on my helmet. I used my old Arctic Cat helmet since I don’t own a snowmobile anymore (that’s a post for another day) and the colors match. Here’s some pictures of her wearing it.<\/p>\n

\"Bridget<\/p>\n

\"Bridget<\/p>\n

Note the gang sign.<\/p>\n

\"Bridget<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t typically have gotten this bright green color. I personally think that scooter drivers look like fags driving around. Since I don’t have to defend my manliness and want very badly to be seen by other drivers, I was okay getting something so bright. People can think what they may, I’m thinking 80 MPG as I drive around. It just makes me want to groan, “Man! 5 dollars to fill up my tank this time! This is out of control!” I’ll do it overly loud, too, so that the husky, greasy guy in the wife-beater filling up his gas-guzzler can hear me (and hopefully not kill me).<\/p>\n

Please don’t run me over if you see me.<\/p>\n

\"Dave<\/p>\n

Did I mention Tina is also working on getting her motorcycle license? I wonder if anybody will care about the carseat strapped to the back…<\/p>\n

\"Tina<\/p>\n

Please don’t run Tina over, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tina pointed out to me the other day that I haven’t ever made a post about my new scooter. I typically drive a dark blue 1996 Ford Explorer XLT. It gets about 15 MPG and has a trailer hitch. I love SUVs in that I can haul people, things, and trailers. Gas prices, though, have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}