gas prices

[Whisper]

  It is good to have a scoot when the prices are high!!!  I think we'll see 5USD/gal this summer.

  The worst part of that is, the oil companies say they cannot help lower prices while pulling down tens of BILLIONS of dollars in PROFIT (not revenue).  Combine that with you have more change in your couch seats than Exxon/Mobile paid in corporate taxes - And the oil companies get subsidies in the US and preferential treatment in mineral rights.

  They are crooks.  Meanwhile, certain 'news' channels keep us distracted by squabbling over liliputian differences between ourselves, rather than focusing our ire at the people that are taking us to the cleaners.

  Ride your scoot, give the scumbags less money, I say!  Last time oil was up the US cut consumption by 7%.  After that they dropped oil from $150+ to $35 a barrel.  I think we'll see a lot more scoots on the road this summer. 

[Syl]

Something to ponder. http://jalopnik.com/#!5043482/ethanol-in-gasoline-reportedly-wreaking-havoc-on-small-engines Just how many engine's does this cover?

[Syl]

http://jalopnik.com/#!5043482/ethanol-in-gasoline-reportedly-wreaking-havoc-on-small-engines   Don't know if that first one went.

[Syl]

Sorry about this paste. copy this entire line and paste
http://jalopnik.com/#!5043482/ethanol-in-gasoline-reportedly-wreaking-havoc-on-small-engines

[NewKymcoFan]

For some reason it is only linking the first part of the URL so it takes you to the home page if you click on it.  I just copied the whole thing and pasted and it worked no problem.  That is an interesting article.  Your are starting to make me paranoid about filling up my scooter. But I guess if no one else has had issues with it on scooters then I should be ok.

Looks like you just posted what I said before I was able to post. lol

[Syl]

I was trying to search for Gasoline without Ethanol and I am just reporting what I found even though this was posted on a Oil and Gas Forum in 2008.
From an individual in Reading, PA, he stated his local Gulf Station had Ethanol free gas. Again, I repeat, 2008 and it could have changed through the years but I will go out and check tomorrow. I know of but one Gulf Station in this area and has been hanging in there. Hope this is true.

[hexnut]

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[Syl]

Aren't the Kymco's built in Thailand, China?

[hexnut]

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[Whisper]

  Ethanol is horrid stuff.  Bad in a small engine, but it is a REAL PITA in a boat.  If you don't use some sort of stabilizer, it gets bad quick. 

  Besides that, we derive our ethanol from corn (read as: FOOD).  Most other places make it from sugar cane or sawgrass.  There are enough starving people in the world that would better benefit from the food, rather than using it to ruin our engines.  Or it could be used to make booze.  My insides are rated for high ethanol content.  HA!



 

[TechGuy]

In California, gasoline/petrol only comes in "oxygenated" versions... E10, E15 or E85... your choice.  This includes the boat docks.

The "E" is ethanol and the number is the percentage of ethanol. We also have "summer" and "winter" blend gas.

We also get to pay anywhere from $3.80 to $4.20 per gallon... today.

But, I am not going to discuss this relative to other countries. The fuel cost and taxes are different than in the US and having a meaningful discuss rarely happens.

http://tinyurl.com/4g82kce

[CONLEY]

damn what did i start here i just wanted to say gas prices suck didnt mean to start a political war lol my bad. we just jumped into the 3.60 range in md

[jprestonian]

damn what did i start here i just wanted to say gas prices suck didnt mean to start a political war lol my bad. we just jumped into the 3.60 range in md

You didn't. We just had one poor confused soul who doesn't know capitalism from socialism, literally.
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[CONLEY]

i dont really care for your comments every time i read one of your replies its negitive and you bring down the moral of this forum please DO NOT reply to any of my post.

[axy]

Kymco is the largest scooter manufacturer In Taiwan. They started in 1963 as a joint venture with Honda to build parts for Honda and branched off years later to build their own scooters.

The majority of their scooters are built in Taiwan. They do make some of them in their Chinese factory. But their quality and reputation is right there with the Japanese manufacturers.

My People 150 was made in Taiwan.

The Agility 125 I believe is made in the China plant. someone correct me if I am wrong.

1. HQ and one factory is in Taiwan. Other factories are in Jakarta (Indonesia) and three factories are in China (Shanhai, Changsha, Chengdu). So, it is not correct that majority is made in Taiwan, majority is made outside of Taiwan, namely, China.

2. The reputation (hype) may be high, but the overall quality of build is poor. I've owned and own several Kymcos and had big problems with those made in Taiwan and in China.

3. It is completely irrelevant where the scoots are made, in China, Taiwan, USA or Greenland, because manufacturing standards and procedures inside the same group (company) are the same, so are used parts and quality control practices.