TheScooterScoop

Toyota now officially in the "Segway" business for 2010

Friday, January 9, 2009

Our friend Aki in Japan gives us this scoop. Toyota has announced that they will be selling 25 of the Toyota Winglets in 2009 to be used in large factories, parks and airports. The price is around $3,500 US and it will weigh 22lbs. Don’t look for large scale production until around 2010. Go here […]

CNN Money: Gas prices begin their ascent

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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CNN Reports: After topping out at more than $100 a barrel in July, oil hit a four-year low of $32.40 a barrel on Dec. 19. Prices have since crept up to $47 a barrel on Monday. Jason Toews, co-founded of GasBuddy.com, says: Oil companies “don’t like to shock us, they like to ease us in […]

Live in the south? Got $2 bucks to fill up yer tank? Then it’s RIDIN’ SEASON!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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(Tillamook’s got more than cheese baby. They got beautiful roads. Image source) Across the southern states it’s already riding season. Temperatures in the mid 50′s to low 80′s stretch from coast to coast. Can you southerners believe it’s already time to check your tire pressure, top off your fluids, and give the scooter a good […]

The wacky world of knock-offs

Monday, January 5, 2009

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This is a bit off topic, though scooter fans are no strangers to seeing knock-offs coming from China. Over at the the Industrial Design Blog, Core77, they did a little piece on blatant knock-offs. I like how they put it: From the spectacular general smartypants blog Mental Floss, a round-up of ten fake brand names […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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I have a feeling 2009 will be a real game changer. Why? Too many reason to list, really. Let’s just hope we see some positive change… movement to things that promote the greater good and not just the greater greed. This millenium seems to have started off on the wrong foot, but we’ve got 991 […]

Autoblog – Japanese sales plunge as young people abandon cars

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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(And, “No” it doesn’t have anything to do with how kooky their car designs are becoming.)Jeremy from Autoblog finds this report from the Detroit News, that basically says auto dealers in Japan are in for a rough 2009. They are predicting a 30 year low for auto sales this year because more of the youth […]