PIERRE, S.D. -- Gasoline pushing $3 gallon? Why worry? Buy a motorscooter like thousands of other Americans and stretch that singlegallon of gas a week or more.
"As people start driving them, they start finding more reasons touse them," said Doug Day, owner of Scooter Centrale and VespaHartford in Plainville, Conn. "They're practical, easy to park andget great gas mileage. I put $5 worth of gas into mine when it'stotally empty, compared to $50 in my SUV."
As gasoline prices soar, the popularity of peppy, fuel-sippingmotor scooters -- most easily get 50 miles per gallon and some of thesmaller ones get up to 80 mpg -- is soaring. Sales, estimated at86,000 last year in …
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