Gas Prices

Man, is the price of gas crazy or what?!? Here in Phoenix it's gone up more than 50 cents a gallon in the past month alone. I have to fill up about once a week, and I tell you what, I put almost six whole dollars into my scooter! SIX!?! I know! Crazy I tell you! That's about a dollar more than it cost this time last year. And what's worse is that I have to use premium! Grrrr!
That means one less dollar menu item a week now, sheesh. Pretty soon I might have to scrap eating out all together! Hmm, now that I think about it...maybe high gas prices are a good thing. :)

Goodbye Scooter!

I finally sold my smaller scooter this last weekend. It was bitter-sweet, because that thing treated me very well when I was using it back in Michigan, but it was time for it to go as it didn't fit my lifestyle out here in AZ. My bigger scooter is nice. It gets about 60 mpg, goes about 60 mph and is way cheaper to maintain than a car. But that little Honda Metropolitan got 100 mpg...however, it topped out at only 40 mph, which was the key point for selling it. It just wasn't practical for the type of roads I currently live near. Anyways, here's one last tribute to the scoot that got me started...

This was the first day that I got it... :)


And this was one of it's last days... :(


We had some good times buddy! I'm gonna miss you! :)

Good thing it's just a scooter, or else I might be sad for more than five seconds, haha. And pertaining to Rod's sermon from Sunday about death...it's not like I can take it with me when I die anyways! In that case, good riddance! Haha.

Alright, I'm done now.

Scooter

I want a new scooter. Actually, just a faster one. Now that I live in a city that has practical access to interstates and freeways, it drives me nuts some days how my current scoot tops out just under the necessary speed to keep up with traffic. Notice I said traffic, and not speed limit. Technically I max out at the speed limit, probably slightly over by a couple mph. But seeing how 99.9% of traffic drives 5 - 10 mph over the speed limit, it's not exactly the smartest idea for me to be out there slowing people down.

As I gain more riding experience, unfortunately, I've come to realize rather quickly with each new scooter, that I would like more speed. And after much thought lately, I think I would be totally satisfied with a 250cc scooter which equates to about 80 mph. That way I can realistically hop on the interstate if I need to get across town quickly, but yet still obtain maximum fuel efficiency. Problem is, more cc's equal more money. I've looked around at quite a few models, and even the best deals start at about $4500. But the one I would really like to get, the Vespa GTS 250, starts at $6000. That's half of a Smart Car.

So alas, logic takes over and says I need to wait till I can get rid of/pay off the two scooters that I have. And really, when it comes down to it, my Kymco does great for what I use it for...mainly commuting to work. I just have to take the side streets which are usually about five minutes slower.

Sounds like a perfect opportunity for another ING savings account :)