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10 K Clicks

Normally, a vehicle odometer hitting 10,000 wouldn't be something to celebrate. Cars are still pretty much new after 10,000 miles. Since Scoot Scoot's odometer is in kilometers, 10,000 is an even less impressive achievement. But when you think of going at 35 mph, exposed to the elements and other drivers, 10,000 km isn't so shabby. Because of that, I wanted to post a little homage to Scoot Scoot in thanks for the times we've shared and in hopes that we share another 10,000km.

A quick technical review for anyone happening upon this post who is interested in buying a Yumbo C110: overall, I love the scooter. The gas mileage (110-120mpg) is awesome. I love the style of transmission. It's got more pep than I would have thought off the line. On the downside, the gas tank is really small, it has a hard time starting in cold weather, and if you drive it for a couple thousand miles at high RPMs, something in the engine gets clogged up and you have to take it in. But like I said, overwhelming positive reviews from this .

Some interesting numbers:

Kilometers traveled (so far)	10,000
Miles traveled (so far)	6250
Months of ownership	26
gallons of fuel consumed (approx.)	57
gallons of fuel consumed by average American passenger car¹ for same distance	277
Number of tune-ups	2
Number of times I've run out of gas*	3
Rating, on a scale of 1 to 10, of how happy I am that I own this scooter	9.4

Wednesday May 13 2009

File under: transportation

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on Thu 14th May, 2009 08:41 pm PDT Joe said:
right on. my brother in law was thinkin of gettin one for commutes to MV, i'll recommend this one to him
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on Sun 17th May, 2009 10:55 pm PDT Horge said:
Is the -0.6 happiness purely for the small gas tank or other stuff? In any case right on, dude! That mileage is fantastic.
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on Mon 18th May, 2009 01:37 pm PDT Juline said:
Very impressive. Those are some mad packing skills. (My inner grammar Nazi refuses to use a Z in that word.)
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