New scooter owner saying hi.....

sbebenelli · Post by **sbebenelli** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:12 pm

I just bought a Buddy International Italia on Friday. I took the written test on Sat and the driving test this morning. Thankfully I passed so now I can ride it. I rode it a little in a parking lot to get familiar with it for the test other than that it just sat over the weekend. Talk about killing me!

I choose a scooter because of fuel consumption and I think they are neat. I also like RVing and will use it while camping.

I've read a lot of the forum before buying and choose the Buddy because I didn't here much bad about it and I liked the looks.

Just wanted to say hi. I'm not much of a poster because I'm pretty new to scooters, but enjoy reading the forums daily.

I do have a question....

When someone asks what brand it is what do I say? Genuine, Buddy, Italia?

Piedmont · Post by **Piedmont** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:14 pm

Welcome Welcome.
I tell people it's a Genuine. Although to be honest if I know they're from a country heavily populated by scooters, I'll say PGO.

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:34 pm

I have a little schpiel, I say its a PGO imported by Genuine Scooters. Since its not a "Vespa" they probobly have no idea what I am talking about anyway. I told one person it was a ducati...

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:02 pm

Welcome!

"Genuine" is probably the best response. If they go online, they'll want to search for "genuine scooters" to find them. If they want details, I usually tell them it's a Taiwanese scooter made by PGO, imported by a well-known and established US company, etc.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:06 pm

I say it's a Vespa