It's hard to believe but my Vespa is now 5+ years old and through lots of commuting to work, the grocery store and around town errands, I rolled 11,000 miles on it yesterday. (The photo is me commuting to work one February during a rare Dallas snow day.) I've never had to do any repairs on it, other than scheduled maintenance.Economical? Let's see... the Vespa gets 65 mpg. The Benz gets 23 mpg in town. That's a delta of 42 mpg savings... that's a savings of 262 gallons. Assuming an average fuel cost of $3.00 / gallon (they both use Super Premium), that's a savings of ... well only $786 over 5+ years.
Hmmmm.... I guess I do just ride it for fun and lifestyle after all. :-)
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I rode my Vespa to work one day last Dec and it was 37 degrees. It was a long 5 miles. I wish I could say mine has only had routine maintenance in the 1.5 years I've owned it. But it is running great now and I am optimistic!
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