Modern Vespa

I have a 2016 GTV 300. Former BV owner. I'm thinking, searching Craigslist, Cycle Trader, sorta.

Very happy with the GTV. Does great. However a standby 150 for store runs and neighborhood gawking might be nice. A spare, but not Prince Harry.

My dilemma is I'd be tempted to do all the things I do on the 300 including long distance. 1500-2000 miles per week.

Going to a 50? Yea, "you" can go around the world, not me. Still could be a choice. Why not?

This would be "milk crate special" a pickup truck scooter. 🛵

I look at the Newish aero scooters Liberty, Honda, Kymco and Max and I can't help to think I could take all that plastic off and get knobbies for those bigger wheels. and visit the Emergency Room.

So it's down sizing, around town sizing. It also may be the last one left in the barn. I'll hit 70 in a few months. So something that could last 10 years or more, be picked up by an 80 year old, ridden 1800 miles to see the future great grandkids.

I'd like to own it long enough to be able to remember how to do the maintenance at 80+ years old.

I have owned a couple of 150s and now have a GTS300. Around town the 150 is good, but while they will make it to 100km/hr (on the flat, in a racing tuck) they are much happier at 80 km/hr. They are also much less happy at climbing steep hills. If your usage is mostly flat and mostly 80km/hr or less then there's not a lot of difference between a 150 and 300, and the 150 has much better underseat storage. For longer distances the 300 just feels a lot more relaxed, and can go practically anywhere, where to me the 150 always felt a bit more restricted to the 'burbs.

based on your location and terrain you need a scooter that can get to that hovering stage.

I'm one year behind you.
I've found that the 150's get me slow enough to enjoy seeing things.
They are fast enough to be freeway legal but without the power to make one desire to use it that way regularly.
I (as you prolly also) could write a book about getting to this point.
The 150 makes me happy and I've sold all other bikes and now have 2 Primaveras because I don't want to be without one. While it will do more, I've not done more than 200 miles in a day. I keep stopping to take photos and talk to people. The 150 will do it, I just find myself lolly gagging around. There were even Primaveras on the Cannon Ball.
Wooot!!!!!
Post photos with detail of how you chose it once you do.
Oh, and I hate wrenching, but they are so easy to work one, the most difficult part is walking down the stairs to the garage and remembering where I put the wrenches when I turn around

I've currently got a 125cc, so a couple of horsepower down on the 155cc.

I love planning long distance adventures, and have taken mine across Europe only using the storage space under the seat - no rack / backpack!

It's lighter weight than the GTS, and a lot less to check as it's air cooled. The rear drum brake is a bonus for me as I love the simplicity. They're extremely reliable, and the belts seem to last longer than on the GTS 300.

For me, half the adventure is pushing something right to its limit. You spend most of your time full throttle. You have to maximise your acceleration from 0-30mph, so as you don't wind up cars when you have a slower 30-50mph. You also have to accelerate before a hill, as it's easier for the Vespa to hold speed than gain it. The Vespa itself has performed flawlessly with all of this.

What sort of terrain is in your area, traffic levels etc?

Another bonus is I've averaged 147 imperial mpg (122 us mpg) since I've had it, and it has a similar size tank to the GTS - so range is very good.