Interesting simularities....

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:06 am

Is it just me, or are there some interesting simularities between this scooter and the Buddy?

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/mcy/3116758680.html

I found 3 simularities:
1. The front panel with the two dead lights in it (though ostensibly they work on this scooter)
2. The front fender (though it looks "slightly" different
3. The open storage area in front of where your knees would go

Any others that I've missed?

jonlink · Post by **jonlink** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:36 pm

It looks like Buddy's ugly cousin. The thing is the angles make it look more like a Buddy than it really is. If you look on the company's website you'll see that the front looks really different when you give it straight angles.

http://taotao.us/index.cfm/scooters/

illnoise · Post by **illnoise** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:32 pm

That CY150-e sure looks familiar, though!

http://taotao.us/index.cfm/scooters/cy150-e/

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:14 pm

One of my neighbors has one of those.

There may be some superficial similarities, but it's definitely no Buddy.

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:11 pm

Well, you've gotta figure that there's only a handful of companies that do the tupperware manufacturing, so there's bound to be some visual similarities. Same thing with the interiors of a lot of cars. For example, a lot of the trim, panels, and controls in my Altima look very similar to those found in a Camry of the same vintage.

Southerner · Post by **Southerner** » Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:55 pm

illnoise wrote:That CY150-e sure looks familiar, though!

http://taotao.us/index.cfm/scooters/cy150-e/

Reminds me of a Kymco Like.