Originally Posted by RU-X

Originally Posted by Superglue WRX

Right, but we were talking scooters. Only the more expensive scooters can be used on the freeway.

Originally Posted by crazy_sherm

That's only if you can assume gas prices won't be rising for the next year or so. As gas prices start to rise, you'll be making up the difference even faster. It would still probably take about a year or so. I also don't know too many scooters that get 100 mpg. 70 or so is more like it unless you get a DiTech Aprilia, but those tend to cost more.

Originally Posted by ryball

so awesome.

Originally Posted by AzN121184

so scooters aren't allowed to laneshare?

Originally Posted by pignoseWRX

running the math... it would take 68 weeks (a year and a third) on my current commute before the scooter started "paying for itself" if it cost $2k...

assumptions : 20mpg city vs. 100mpg scooter, 17miles one way, $4.23 premium, $4.03 regular

Originally Posted by VRT MBasile

can you PM me the formulas, I was trying to figure out how long it'd take to break even on a cheap bike

Originally Posted by Superglue WRX

Sure they are, but their not allowed to run red lights and there's going to be about 50 of them from south SJ up to Mountain View.

Originally Posted by AzN121184

how is that relevant? nothing on the road is permited to run red lights... i dont see the point in your statement at all.

Originally Posted by resident smurf

well cars can go on free ways and expressways.

you would take 1+ hr to arrive by scooter each way

hardly saves money, just wastes your time that you could otherwise spend working - unless you work at a really ****ty paying job i dont see how it would be a net savings.

Originally Posted by wombatsauce

Can't you simply figure out what you spend on gas now, subtract what you would pay for gas to cover the same miles at the better MPG and then divide the cost of the bike by the difference or whatever?