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TOK:

--- Quote from: Cakemeister on June 04, 2008, 06:20:57 pm ---I gassed the scooter for the first time today. I rode (not drove, thanks Dartful) the scooter 65 miles and I put in .842 gallons, for a mileage of 77 mpg. I didn't put the gas in coming out of the dealership, so there's no telling how close to full the tank was at the outset and thus the mileage is just an estimate.

I found it mildly irritating to have to gas the thing after only 65 miles. The gas gauge was at the top of the red, so I probably could have gone another day. I'm guessing that the gas was originally less than completely full, and so the 77 figure is probably high.



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I think you'll see the mileage improve after 1000 miles or so are on the clock and the engine loosens up.
Does it have a tach on it? Curious what its revving at cruising speed.

Minwah:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on June 02, 2008, 01:16:32 am --- Most garages charge insane repair rates (60$ per hour) , and inflated part costs. 

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That's cheap as chips...UK garages charge more like £60 per hour ($120).  Or £100 per hour if you go to somewhere like a VW garage.

That's why I have a 30 year old mini, and can fix it myself...  Mind you, economical as it is (850cc), I won't be able to afford petrol soon.

Xiaou2:
Cheap?!

  Maybe they pay people in the UK much more... & or the cost of living there
is cheaper.

Cakemeister:

--- Quote from: TOK on June 04, 2008, 08:08:20 pm ---
I think you'll see the mileage improve after 1000 miles or so are on the clock and the engine loosens up.
Does it have a tach on it? Curious what its revving at cruising speed.


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No tach. Gas gauge and speedometer/odometer.



shmokes:
Heh . . . I don't know about the UK in general, but I think the only city in the entire world with a higher cost of living than London is Moscow.  For example, auto mechanics charge $120/hr.  I've actually never been there, but I've spent a bit of time in Paris and about the only thing more surprising than how ---smurfing--- crazy expensive Paris is, is that everybody I know who has been to London says it makes Paris seem like a downright bargain.

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