TheScooterScoop

Buddy BLOWOUT!

19. July 2010

Hey! Got a Genuine Buddy scooter? How about one for your office? If not, you’re in luck! But, you’d better act quick! You’ve got less than 6 hours to get a $17 Prima Buddy Model for just $6 BUCKS! You can also get any short sleeve T-shirt for $9 BUCKS! That’s more than HALF OFF! […]

53 MPH with pedals? Check out the Twike!

19. July 2010

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53 MPH with pedals? Check out the Twike!

We recently got an email from Bas Putter, and in it he asks if we had heard of the Twike. The first time I read it, I saw “Twinkie”, revealing my years of childhood television commercial programming. It’s actually “Twike”, a combination of “Twin” and “Bike”. Bas says: I see them quite a lot here […]

RIP PT Cruiser, long live Fiat 500!

18. July 2010

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The Fiat 500 is the car that put the Italy on 4 wheels, we already know what put them on two wheels ;). Discontinued in 1975 and back in late 2011 from the Mexican manufacturing plant that spent its time cranking out PT Cruisers (about 150,000 of them) will now be cranking out this cute […]

Help out ‘TheScoop’ and vote!

16. July 2010

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Each year our local news and events paper, The Austin Chronicle, holds their Best of Austin poll. This year, in the Media category, they have an option for Best Blogger and Best Blog. It would be great if you’d help us out by nominating us HERE> Monday is the last day to vote! So, do […]

Far out custom Vespa in America

14. July 2010

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Shouts out to April from Scoot! Mag for her coverage of this wild piece of award winning work from Hank Norush. What do you think? It’s so far out it almost looks like something you’d see in Malaysia.

This oil spill has gone on long enough!

13. July 2010

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It’s day 85 of the BP oil spill disaster. Are you tired of hearing about it yet? You shouldn’t be. No, at this point it would be more appropriate to feel sadness… or maybe if you’re past the grieving stage, then it would be alright to feel frustration… AND if you’re already beyond frustration, then […]