Surge of Scooter Expenses

We have a Eurojet 150CC Chinese Scooter that we love to tool on.  At 72 MPG, she's terrific for beer runs, short runs to the store, Home Depot -- anything that's small that you would normally take the truck for, she's going instead.  We've probably got over 3500 miles on it (the speedometer and odometer gave out around the 2300 mark), maybe closer to 4k.  I just ran the Quicken report that including everything (initial cost, equipment, maintenance, fuel, insurance, licenses and license plates, etc.) she's cost us less than $3k total.

As we were leaving Ashtabula, the battery started going down pretty often on her, so when we got here to Nashville we took her in for her first ever maintenance visit to Red Dog Scooters.

There was a drain that couldn't be helped (longer story), so we have to keep her on a tender when not riding and it cost us a new battery.  Then, on a run to the grocery the next day, she has a back flat tire.  While trying to put in air, the valve stem just rips up.  Another trip to Tommy and Red Dog Scooters.  He's a great guy, and runs a great business.  But I've seen him three times in a week!

Happy to say the total bill has been less than $100, but we're ready to start saving again with her instead of spending on her!