How to justify the purchase of a Motor Scooter to a Spouse or Parent...

Here are a couple facts and quick calculations that will justify your Motor Scooter purchase:

The payback point at which the price of the scooter will have been matched in fuel savings comes remarkably soon with one of the more affordable scooters. Our Motor scooter Return On Investment calculations given below will tell you how much you will save per mile, per month and how long it will take for your scooter to pay for itself.

-After about 5000 miles it will have paid for itself

-There is a good argument that scooters are safer than motorcycles

-With the payback point being what it is, a scooter is one of the most justifiable investments any driver with significant local traveling to do can possibly make.

-Besides being a gas saver, it’s also so much fun!

Here's how to explain it to your spouse, parents (or children):

Each mile in an SUV costs in gas PPG/MPG where PPG is the price per gallon and MPG is the mileage of your vehicle. If the price per gallon is $3.00 and your vehicle gets 12 miles per gallon, 3/12 = a cost of $0.25 per mile.

Now calculate cost/mile for a scooter, guzzling gas by the teaspoon and getting 85 MPG (it has been calculated that both annata's bianca and alfeo 150ccs get apx. 90mpg): 3/85 = about $0.035 – about three and a half cents a mile.

With these figures, it is simple to see that each mile on a scooter costs $0.215 less than it would in an SUV.

Thus, you can see your savings on your scooter's odometer. When it reaches 5000 miles, you will have saved 5000 * $0.215 or $1075.00. It is clear that, if you have gotten a great deal on a scooter that before your scooter registers 10,000 miles, it will have paid for the cost of the scooter and insurance, and be keeping significant savings in your pocket – even if your car gets a good deal better than 12 MPG.