BeachHead

She said:  You may not know this, but we need to move out of our sweet sweet loft.  *Sigh.*  *Wist.*

Moving ahead... now we're looking for a new pad.  Kind of a slow process, but it's fun, too -- and I'm starting to imagine what life would be like upon moving just a leeeetle bit outside of DTLB.  Lower rent is the aim, and it'll probably be just far enough away that I need to bridge my commute with some other way of getting to the train.  I don't want to count on biking every day, because maybe I'll want to wear nice clothes, so I'm thinking scooter. 

I want to go electric if I can, and I have a big soft spot for those old-style Vespas.  So here are my favorite options as I see them:  ZAP's Zapino.  The Oxygen Lepton-E.  The 168 from EVT America.  (Even though the price of the traditional gas-powered Meitian Retro is hard to argue with.)

The LA Metro doesn't allow gas scooters on the train, but I haven't found any rules against electric ones.  If that's right, I could ride an electric scooter to the train, haul it onto the train with me, hop off the train and up the elevator, and ride the last six blocks to work.  Only drawback I can see is losing the half mile walk each day to and from the train in downtown LA....amidst the throat-choking, snot-blacking fumes of downtown rush hour.  Pass.  (So I lose the walk.  I should go to the gym more anyway.)

So what do you think?  Which scooter looks like the most fun, and the best deal?  Would you go electric?  Which one would I look cutest on?  Got any other recommendations?