Coolant gurgling / scooter purchase

[psilosin]

Bike or scooter I don't see how either of those are functional if you are still working in construction. How are you planning to bring your tools and materials to the customer?

Get a 89-93 Ford Festiva they are available for like $500 and hold a huge amount of cargo for their puny size. My Brother in law used a Festiva as an electrician for years...his Little Giant ladder even fit inside. They hardly use gas and just get liability insurance.

Selling my Festiva was the biggest automotive mistake of my life.

[glenn]

Good point. Cycling and construction aren't exactly congruous.

[thedjjack]

Ford Fiesta would be too big:

[psilosin]

Impressive!

[nxski]

I'm still using my van. When I get a job that requires labour, I drive my van with trailer. For commuting to the ski store I work at, I'll have a scooter. Most of what I do in construction is project management though.

[nxski]

Well, I bought a 2002 Yamaha BWS with 8000km on it. It hits 75kph easily and can get up to 80 on a moderate downhill thanks to an upgraded exhaust.

[SquamptonRyan]

Boom!! Sick! Super fun hey? And it's still right hand drive! Get it? Haha.

[nxski]

Boom!! Sick! Super fun hey? And it's still right hand drive! Get it? Haha.

It is quite fun, albeit very cold right now! Thanks for pointing out that I can still say I'm driving RHD.

[mark]

Congratulations on the new wheels nxski (I would suggest that you dress warmly!)

[nxski]

Congratulations on the new wheels nxski (I would suggest that you dress warmly!)

I drove yesterday and was dressed very warmly, but today was just too cold, so I took the van.

[Rattlenbang]

Get a set of grip warmers off ebay. When hands are toasty it makes the rest of you feel warm. And you can get all kinds of mod kits to make that thing scream.

[nxski]

Good idea! I've heard they only last to 20,000km though, which doesn't seem great and makes me not want to invest much into it.

[Rattlenbang]

For wheels you can get for $1200, dirt cheap insurance, and 100 mpg, 20 k is pretty good! Takes quite awhile to rack that up on a scooter. You can.get heated grips for 50 bucks and well worth it if you ride all year.

[nxski]

$1400 for the scooter, $670 insurance, tax and license plate, maintenance and fuel for a vehicle that will be a throw-away after a year. I'm not sure that the math ads up to being cheaper than driving the van, but we'll see. At least I have another vehicle to drive if one needs repairs and hopefully I can upgrade to a motorcycle when the scooter dies.

[psilosin]

$1400 for the scooter, $670 insurance, tax and license plate, maintenance and fuel for a vehicle that will be a throw-away after a year. I'm not sure that the math ads up to being cheaper than driving the van, but we'll see. At least I have another vehicle to drive if one needs repairs and hopefully I can upgrade to a motorcycle when the scooter dies.

I like how your plan to save money has now become a solid defensible justification to waste money. That's what living life is all about.