Motorscootering -- frugal and fun
The return on investment for an inexpensive scooter is superb with gas
costing over $3 a gallon. Mine paid for itself in well less than a year. Here's a simple breakdown: (With permission from In Praise of Motorscooters: http://abacus-es.net/motorscooter/economy.html) The scooter is free! -- Well, not really, but in practical terms, with the payback point being what it is, a scooter is one of the most justifiable investments any driver with significant local traveling to do can possibly make. (besides being a gas saver, it's also stylish) Here's how to explain it to your spouse: Each mile in an SUV costs in gas PPG/MPG where PPG is the price per gallon and MPG is the mileage of your vehicle. If the price per gallon is $3.00 and your vehicle gets 12 miles per gallon, 3/12 = a cost of $0.25 per mile. Now calculate cost/mile for a scooter at 85 MPG: 3/85 = about $0.035 - about three and a half cents a mile. With these figures, it is simple to see that each mile on a scooter costs $0.215 less than it would in an SUV. Thus, you can see your savings on your scooter's odometer. When it reaches 5000 miles, you will have saved 5000 * $0.215 or $1075.00. It is clear that, if you have purchased an inexpensive scooter (see Best Motorscooter Deals http://abacus-es.net/motorscooter/buyscooter.html), before your scooter registers 10,000 miles, it will have paid for the cost of the scooter and insurance, and be keeping significant savings in your pocket - even if your car gets a good deal better than 12 MPG. A similar analysis to this one, using different MPG assumptions appears in this MSNBC article by Denise Ono (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9087878/). |
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