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Scoot Networks: the Zipcar for electric scooters

1 pointsby thesashabout 13 years ago

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pessimizerabout 13 years ago
That $100-$150 per month price point is bad. For $1200 to $1600, you can buy one of these cheap 100cc Chinese scooters easily, and you don't even need an iPhone. Insurance is about $40 a month and usually not even required for such a low displacement engine, and parking and gas are negligible. Also, riding a scooter safely isn't trivial, and isn't a skill most people have already picked up, like driving. Also, stinky herpes helmet or bring your own, and they aren't really that cheap and are sized.<p>Also, I don't want to support starting a new trend of the iPhone being the new facebook login.