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Scooter Cash for Clunkers Video

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NoHo Scooters just posted this video on their Cash for Clunkers program. It's simultaneously funny, sad, and all too true.

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BTW, the Motorcycle Industry Council is reportedly trying to get the government program extended to 2-wheelers. Unlikely, but we shall see…
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That's both funny and sad.


I was REALLY hoping that they'd come to their senses and expand the CARS program to two-wheel vehicles as well. It's kind of a no-brainer. Oh well.
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Awesome Mike! NoHo's personal stimulus package! Talk about a public service. Get those dangerous crap-heaps off the road! :+!:
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Lostmycage wrote:That's both funny and sad.


I was REALLY hoping that they'd come to their senses and expand the CARS program to two-wheel vehicles as well. It's kind of a no-brainer. Oh well.
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I was getting tired of all the calls for broken Chinese scooters. There is no way any company could make a quality two wheel vehicle and sell it for $500. I have recieved calls from people that spent almost as much as a new Buddy or Kymco trying to keep their Chinese scooters on the road.

BTW: If you like the video and have a You Tube account, please leave a five star review. It looks like some Chinese scooter dealers left one star reviews so the video would be further down in the search ranking.
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Mike @ NoHo Scooters wrote:...BTW: If you like the video and have a You Tube account, please leave a five star review. It looks like some Chinese scooter dealers left one star reviews so the video would be further down in the search ranking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr6vmrR57nc
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Awesome video. Happily gave it 5 stars! :D
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Mike @ NoHo Scooters wrote:I was getting tired of all the calls for broken Chinese scooters. There is no way any company could make a quality two wheel vehicle and sell it for $500. I have recieved calls from people that spent almost as much as a new Buddy or Kymco trying to keep their Chinese scooters on the road.

BTW: If you like the video and have a You Tube account, please leave a five star review. It looks like some Chinese scooter dealers left one star reviews so the video would be further down in the search ranking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr6vmrR57nc
After reading NoHo's post I thought about this write-up I read written by a scooter dealer(A quality brand name dealer) who is up against the cheating
no good chinese scooter dealers.Well you can see for your self:

"I have successful been converting my retail license over so that I can be a distributor. Suddenly, I am getting auditted by frak every state agency that exists. Fortunately, we are a small company and have not gotten out of control with out documentation. So when the dmv finally issued my new license, I asked them point blank if the extreme scrutiny was because of the budget crisis here in california. They said yes. I then said, well if you want to get some fees and penalty money, why dont you simply pursue the numerous and seemingly endless supply of illegal chinese dealers in so cal. They said they dont have the resources. I said that they didnt need much as they fuckers just advertise right out in the open and all they have to do is use craigslist to find a ready supply of violators. They told me it wasnt worth it, and that the illegal sellers would get a stiffer fine if they parked in a handicap zone. This REALLY pissed me off.

So I then asked, what could be done about the illegal sellers that illegally compete with the legitimate sellers that are subject to so many rule, fees, licenses etc. They told me nothing could be done, and nothing would be done. So then I asked if the reason I was examined so closely was because I actually took the time to be legal and they said yes. So here is the deal, if you are legit, you get fucked with because they can look in a folder, find your location, come over and try and take whatever they can get. If you do NOT register, comply, get bonded, etc. then you have zero risk of penalties or fines, because they wont look for you, EVER.

So note to all out there, dont ever bother to be legal. It is too risky. Sell illegally as you will never ever get caught or penalized"

See what I mean? How in the hell can we all rise up and kick these SOB's out of our country?
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Easy. Get people to stop buying the damn scooters.

Maybe not "easy," exactly.
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