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Patrick Engeman has an antidote to the high cost of gasoline: He sells scooters that get up to 80 miles per gallon. So they’re perfect for commuting, or just tooling around town.
His customers get to hang out with other scooter enthusiasts at his shop, Javaspeed in Providence, a combination sales room, repair shop and coffee bar.
“I personally think I make the best cappuccino in town,” Engeman says proudly.
Engeman and his partners, Christian Reeve and Greg Woodbury, opened Javaspeed more than three years ago. He said they saw a sales opportunity in selling and repairing scooters, which are steadily growing in popularity, and they figured the coffee bar would help foster camaraderie among scooter owners.
“It’s a marketing tool,” Engeman says of the coffee bar. “It answers the questions of ‘Who else does this?’ and ‘Who can I do this with?’ You can head down to Javaspeed and have a cappuccino.”
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Sun, Feb 26, 2006
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