I phoned up a local bike shop today to enquire about the price of the Piaggio Zip 50 Scooter, I'd seen it priced at £ 1077 on the official site which is £916 ex VAT and £943 inc Jersey GST. The bike shop said it was on offer at £899 which I thought was a pretty reasonable price however I am more interested in waiting untill April 2009 for the 2009 model. I emailed the bike shop about the 2009 model and at first they said it would be pretty much the same as 2008 except maybe another colour offered, then he sent a 2nd email saying they were changing from a 4 stroke engine to a 2 stroke for the 2009 model. What does that mean? is a 2 stroke better or worse and/or is he making this up trying to sell me the 4 stroke 2008 model now before, they used to be 2 stroke so why would they go back to 2 stroke. Also said that the price of £ 899 would be going up on 1/1/09 becuase of the euro exchange rate and the new 2009 in April/May would likely be more expensive. Is it all sales ballony.