12 Days Later Time To Fill'er Up.

So the weather has not been great for riding the scooter, but when I get the chance, I ride it. I filled it up again today for the whopping price of $3.10. Drove about 63.7 miles on that last $3.50!!!! It is great for the errands around the house. Trips to the local hardware store. Trips to the gym. I am getting more used to running around without the truck. I probably would have a half a tank in the truck had I not sagged a 70 mile TNT ride. Which was a lot of fun to do! I need to go make the gas station happy and fill that guzzler up again.

Other than life is pretty good. A bit mundane, but good. I walked about 10 miles last week trying to get a bit more active again. Find I don't have the energy to be crabby if I exercise. Funny how a body at rest tends to stay at rest, and a body in motion tends to stay in motion. Real easy to just sit on you posterior and do nothing, but then nothing is what you get out of it.

Gas Money Hmmmm.....

Okay, so I got the scooter. Took my motorcycle permit test as it is a 125cc and is considered a motorcycle in MN. I've had it out a couple of times. I went to fill it up on Tuesday, and almost had sticker shock in reverse.

On Sunday night I put 3/4 of a tank of gas in the F150 to the tune of $75.00 big ones, for the lowest grade fuel. I checked the trip odometer and it read 190.1 miles. Hmm about $0.39 a mile. Not too cool.

On Tuesday, I filled the scooter up in about lets say less than 60 seconds. I put in the highest grade gas just to try and make this comparison a little more fair (ROTFLMAO!!!!) NO WAY TO MAKE THIS FAIR. As you can see $3.50 to fill it. I'll have to run it around to get the cost to the distance, but after filling it up, but for a quick comparison. I drove about 16.1 miles running errands. Then today, I drove it back and forth to the gym for another 19 miles. that is 35.1 miles and I have not used even a 1/4 of a tank. So to drive that same 35.1 miles in my F150 would have cost me (Drumroll) $13.69. So even after paying for the gas for this little gem, I am $10.19 ahead (not counting insurance and vehicle payments, of course).

Now don't get me wrong. I love my F150. It is big, comfy and a great vehicle, but just too thirsty at $4.00 a gallon. I do have to laugh at the parting note from the gas station on the receipt. "THANK YOU PLEASE COME AGAIN". Well, hopefully not for a few weeks for that amount. It should probably read "THANK YOU PLEASE COME AGAIN" and bring a kidney or another body part you can sell so you can fill your vehicle! The other receipt for the scooter fill up says "Thank you for stopping! drive carefully" and the owner of that station was probably looking out the window and thinking; Thank you for stopping! drive carefully" and don't come back with that scooter, bring your damn F150!