Lessons learned when my son talked me into buying him a chinese scooter parts

This last Christmas, my 16 year old son begged me for a motor scooter. I believe he began pleading more than two months in advance. He had just gotten his license, so I asked him why in the world he wanted a scooter. He was quick to explain that it was not the same kind of scooter I had when I was a kid. The more he told me of the scooter, the more I began to cave in despite all my efforts.
“It is much safer than a motorcycle!” This was my son’s first attempt. That did ease my fears a bit. He must have sensed it on my face too, so he pressed on. “I’ll always wear a helmet and follow all the rules. Promise.” That’s when I gave him my best parental “Yeah right” look.
He tried a different angle. “I’ll stop asking for gas money because it gets 80 to 100 miles to the gallon!” He said this with an enthusiasm I have never heard from him before. Though I resisted it, my spirits lifted at that thought. That kid spends more gas money than me and my wife combined. Then that brought up the issue of money.
“How much is it?” I asked.
“Less than a car.” He countered with a grin. He got me there. We took a trip to Endurance Scooters in Orem and found the make and model that we could both agree on and my son picked out his favorite color. The salesman gave him a quick lesson and a short lecture just before setting him loose in the parking lot to test drive it. Even though my son assured me he was an excellent driver, I couldn’t help but hold my breath as I watched. I at least wanted it to stay nice until Christmas morning.

This is a nice story, but what did I learn?
The big surprise was how much more time my wife and I had for other things, instead of running errands for our 16 year old boy, like driving him to soccer practice, the school, or church, he did that himself.

We saved over $100 in gas money every month.

The scooter is fun to ride, even I found reasons for taking the scooter out, instead of taking the car.

Maintaining a scooter is simple, change the oil every 1500 miles (less than a quart) and run premium gas. I also, did a couple of extras on the scooter like replacing the spark plug with an NGK spark plug and replacing the air filter with a racing UNI filter.

Last week a friend of mine asked about how my “Scooter Saga” worked out and if I would do it again, “You bet!” I replied, “In fact I did, now I own the newest scooter on the block.”


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