I screwed up and test drove a GTV 250. Now I gots to have one. But I'm having a tough time coming to grips with $7200 (tax, title, and registration included). I'm going to get me one, even if I do have to save a little longer for that price tag.
To back up a step, I've been riding motorcycles my entire adult life as my primary transportation. A couple of years ago I bought a cheap Chinese scooter to see if scooters could scratch my two wheel itch as well. It more than satisfied, so I bought a Genuine Buddy Pamplona for my wife so we could scoot together (she is also a motorcycling enthusiast that enjoys sport touring).
As expected I pretty much wore out my Chinese scooter (a Lance Milan) after 26K miles (I have to admit I knew it wasn't really designed to take that jump across a creek bed, but don't let my wife know.) So I started my search for a more solid scooter for myself. I love my wife's buddy, but like I said... I made the mistake of test driving a GTV 250.
I'm the kind of guy that will drive 500 miles to save 10 bucks (ignoring what it cost in gas to get me there). I've perused this forum for a week and tried all kinds of searches to no avail. Can anyone tell me who is the highest volume Vespa dealer in California where I might get a better deal than $7,200 OTD?
(If this is the wrong type of post for this forum, treat me like the Noob I am and abuse me.)