I tend to disagree with some of what you are saying. I have a Yamaha
which may sound like Japanese but it's made in Taiwan which
technically is China. I've had it for over a year, and ride it daily
to work. I get 118 (real life) MPG and so far had no problems. I do,
however, agree that buying something that by definition has no parts
or service is not very smart. On the other hand, I paid $2000 for mine
while a similar no-name costs about a grand so even if works half that
long, I can replace it for the same money...

Samantha Hill - remove TRASH to reply wrote:
mountain wrote:
I never thought there are these many brands and makes of electric
scooters. Check this out Neal ----
http://www.largoscooters.com/electricscooters.html
Yes!! Yes!!! Danny, the guy who owns Largo Scooters, is a friend of
mine, and even better yet, he is now located in the town next to the
town I grew up in (No, I didn't know him from there. He used to live on
Key Largo, Florida.). Great place, great scooters (although personally
I would avoid the X-Treme brand ones because there are some reports that
they don't hold up in the long term. There were a number of guys who
had the Pacelite scooters and felt they were durable and held up in the
long run.

Currietech also has some electric scooters that, if gently used, work
okay.

Avoid the el cheapo Chinese-made models that did not have supervision by
an outside country, and especially those that don't have parts available.

And remember to cut the manufacturer's stated range in half when
calculating what range you can expect to have when riding in the real
world with turns, stops, etc., and run the scooter in its mid speed
range to get maximum mileage.

I just finished my "gas saving" journey to Walmart on my electric scooter.

Going there was fine, except the cracks in the sidewalk beat the living hell
out of me! Then, when there was a really bad place in the sidewalk, the
scooter would go from 8 mpg to a complete stop instantly!

Inside Walmart was okay, but I had to slow down the speed quite a bit.

Going home, I noticed the "gas gauge" dropping perilously. It went from
green to yellow to red in a hurry. It stopped. I had anticipated that
possibility and called Martha. She came.

I don't think I use all that much gas going to the store anyhow.

Neal, how old is the battery you are using? Maybe a fresh battery that
you keep charged will make a big difference.

If you run some of the older-technology batteries way down, they will have
a hard time recharging.

Maybe you just need to get a lighter scooter with better range and then
use Walmart's accessibility scooter while you are there.

Neal wrote:
I just finished my "gas saving" journey to Walmart on my electric
scooter.

Going there was fine, except the cracks in the sidewalk beat the living
hell out of me! Then, when there was a really bad place in the sidewalk,
the scooter would go from 8 mpg to a complete stop instantly!

Inside Walmart was okay, but I had to slow down the speed quite a bit.

Going home, I noticed the "gas gauge" dropping perilously. It went from
green to yellow to red in a hurry. It stopped. I had anticipated that
possibility and called Martha. She came.

I don't think I use all that much gas going to the store anyhow.

I'll quit sweating sometime tomorrow.

Now we have to measure the psychic cost of riding on the scooter. I
wouldn't mind having one to go to the grocery store at the bottom of the

I'll quit sweating sometime tomorrow.
Now we have to measure the psychic cost of riding on the scooter. I
wouldn't mind having one to go to the grocery store at the bottom of the
hill I live on, because on a bike, I can't really pedal back up to home
with many groceries.

Unfortunately, electrics are not good at going up hills.
Darn!