(STAR-TELEGRAM/RAUL VASQUEZ
Coppell police officer Andy Wheeler fills his one-gallon tank on his LML Stella scooter on his way home Thursday. The two-stroke scooter gets about 78 miles per gallon.)
Here’s a snippet from the Star-Telegram. Thanks to Clay Ehlers for pointing out the story!
By GORDON DICKSON
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITERSome drivers happily wave at Andy Wheeler when they see him on the road, while others sarcastically yell for him to “Get a car!”
Wheeler’s response, in so many words: Get a clue.
The north Arlington resident commutes several days per week to his job as a Coppell police officer on a two-stroke scooter.
“I love the wind and the freedom of not being surrounded by metal,” he says.
He also loves the spare change in his pocket.
By car, Wheeler’s 42-mile round-trip commute costs about $6 a day — but on the “scoot,” as he calls it, the tab is only about $1.25 a day.
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13. September 2006 at 3:42 am
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