Some of that was my usual tong in check stuff.  I did leave out the scooter,
small moto options tho not on purpose.  Is the Vespa a two-stroke?  CA
allows 49.9 cc two stroke power.  Not particularly clean by nature but clean
by pollutants per mile compared to vanagons.  Certainly a viable
alternative.  Doesn't beat a bicycle but more time efficient for longer
trips.

Pensionerd.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Richard Golen <rgolen@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Move to NYC?? Never! Nice place to visit...wouldn't want to visit. Would
> love to live where I could use an efficient public transit system (like most
> of Europe) and would have to rely solely on a car. That isn't going to
> happen unfortunately....
>
> However, I bought a Vespa 50cc scooter. 90 mpg..my Vanagon Westy gets 19
> mpg. So doing "fuzzy math" if I drive the Vespa for every mile I drive the
> Westy, then my average mpg is 49.5! So I drive the scooter back and forth to
> work...for errands and other short, one-person trips. Obviously I won't be
> "scooting" much once the weather turns cold...but its a start!
>
>
> Ric
>
>
>
> > You could move to NYC and ride public transit or walk and just pass the
> diva
> > on to some appreciative soul who promises not to sacrifice her in her
> dotage
> > as a 'clunker' to a future 'discount' on a brand new fluffmobile in which
> > you cannot sleep.
> >
> > What else does the group.wisdom think would improve our sorry lot?
> >
> > Pensionerd.
>
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