April 16, 2011
by Jim Zeiser
(Deposit, NY)
The price of gas has been draining my wallet but with winter sticking around, there wasn't much I could do about it. I had to drive the car to work. This week the weather finally relented and I was able to use the Milano for work and grocery runs and save wear and tear on the car.
It got to do three 36 mile runs to Sidney, NY and about four or five runs into town, one, ironically enough, to buy pieces to fix the Big Ruckus. So my little scooter went from idle to about 140 miles in no time.
In terms of gas saving, it's important because it's like getting a raise on the job. I'm not burning two gallons of gas getting back and forth to work, more like half a gallon. The other good thing is that, despite only being able to do about 45 mph, it takes me a little more than five to ten minutes longer to get to work so I'm not suffering a huge time penalty.
So far the scooter is handling the half hour run each way well. This could be the summer I double the mileage I usually put on it and prove that Chinese scooters can be a transportation alternative.
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