TheScooterScoop

Wallstreet Journal – Preaches to choir

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

(This video is only partially related to the story by J.Welsh, but it’s a nice view) Bravo to Jonathan Welsh at the WJS for kicking out a pretty all-encompassing scooter article today. It’s one of those pieces that, if you were just beginning your scooter research, you’d could read it and hold an intelligent conversation […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this one…

Monday, May 19, 2008

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High gas prices are driving scooter sales up – Autos- msnbc.com (M.Spencer Green/AP – Johnny Scheff of Motoworks in Chicago helps a customer try out a scooter. Business is good, he says: ‘April was a terrible weather month in Chicago, and the things were just flying out the door.’) The 51-year-old restaurant owner bought a […]

Gasoline prices push scooter sales

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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by Paul Wyche | The Saginaw NewsMonday May 05, 2008, 7:46 AMRELATED STORIES:• Experts: Abandon hopes of cheaper fuel•Consumer behaviors change to meet gasoline price increases Don’t blame that buzzing you hear this summer on the mosquitoes. As fuel prices increase, more people are looking at motorcycles, scooters and mopeds to get them where they […]

Scooter Sales Soar Along With Gas Prices

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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By CHAD TUCKERFOX8 News GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — These aren’t your father’s motor scooters. For drivers looking for relief from gas prices at $3.50 per gallon, today’s scooters offer high miles per gallon and highway speeds. As a result, scooter sales are at an all-time high — having tripled in the past year. Most scooters […]

RE: Gas prices – Say "uncle", SAY "UNCLE"!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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Oil rallies to record near $120 on supply worries | Business | Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil surged to records near $120 a barrel on Tuesday on the weaker dollar, export disruptions from Nigerian rebel attacks and concerns a Scottish refinery strike could hit North Sea production. Further support came from data showing demand […]

Scootershops experiencing "grudge purchases"

Monday, April 7, 2008

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(SUVs are hiking up their tires at the price hike) Here’s a little story in the Austin-American Statesman that seems to be following an interesting phenomena that I’m hearing at some dealerships. Consumers come to the scooter shop just after they’ve filled their car at the service station to buy a scooter because they are […]