Won a scooter on Fleabay. Owner lives all of a mile away. Only thing wrong with it, barring the usual scratches, said the description, was a broken speedo cable. Wrong. Speedo itself was utterly buggered. Broken panels. And some unsung genius (his neighbour, apparently) had sprayed Back to Black on the tyres. So five yards was as far as you'd have got before lobbing it. Nice lad, and woebgone when I told him a whole new speedo console was going to cost him about £80. But 'not as described', so back to the drawing board and my cash stayed in my pocket. Why a scooter, incidentally? Well, with the price of fuel as it is, the Chateau needs a small economical vehicle that we can all swipe for short journey use, getting to the shops, getting to school, whatever. My SL125 is definitely easy on fuel (115mpg!) but The Doctor wants something with a leccy start and The Daughter is only 16 anyway. Anyone got a decent scooter for grabs, around the £500 mark? I'm getting tired of looking at shite.
