I used to own a Toyota Corolla and recently purchased a scooter, a 2010 Vespa GTS 250ie to be exact. I have been wondering lately if I had made the right choice when I sold my car to buy this scooter. The scooter is re­ally fun to drive, although I do get tossed around by the wind like a rag doll when I’m on the freeway.

From a practi­cal point of view, it was the right decision; gas was go­ing to be cheaper, I could get around a lot faster, and most importantly I was going to look cooler driving the scooter. With my car I could travel far distances and at the drop of a hat I could pick up and drive to Mexico with friends and have the time of my life…if it wasn’t so darn expensive.

My scooters maintenance is extremely cheap, although the trade off is: feeling safe and cozy while driving your car or clench on to the handle bars of your Vespa till all the blood rushes out. Some of you might say “Dan your trippin it’s not that scary on a scooter.” To that I say, look at me when I drive around campus on mine and carefully listen. If you do you’ll hear the screams of a grown man. Although not all of them are bad screams. Driv­ing a Vespa is kind of like a roller­coaster. Sometimes it’s a fun scream and sometimes a scary scream.

I would say the biggest difference between the Vespa Scooter and my Toyota Corolla is the gas mileage. I get about 75 miles to the gallon on my Vespa and only got 30 miles per gallon on my Corolla. Now in a world that is fighting tooth and nail over oil I think the winner out of these two is obvious.

Vespa Wins!