TheScooterScoop

This one is specific to Texas… but found it in the Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune news : Near West: “Riders who choose machines that can get up to 85 miles per gallon, and a fill-up costs about $5. Compared with the average big SUV, which can cost $50 to fill up, that’s quite a selling point, riders say.

‘I’ve had my Vespa since August, and I ride it everywhere, even to work,’ said Albert Uresti, 34.

He said his scooter, a high-performance 200-cc model from Piaggio, gets at least 50 m.p.g. ‘It would do even better than that if I went slower, but I like to drive fast,’ he said.”