Buying A Electric Scooter: A Good Idea?

[Napoleon]

...almost forgot...

If you're going to get that electric hub, then you'll want to mind your nuts.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/274365669/nutlock-outsmart-thieves-save-your-wheels-lock-you

http://www.nutlock.co/home

 

[mariano-BCN]

If Smart starts selling that scooter I'll buy right away. But thinking about the cepo and how difficult things are turning here I don't except there will more and better diversity in the offer of electric scooters in Argentina.
By the way: it just came into my mind: how about the import of necessary replacements of the scooter? What's your experience Gpop when you had to replace something of the scooter, is it difficult and expensive to get something into Argentina?

And thanks for all the information by the way. II'll buy the white version of the Joy at Av Juan Justo.

 

[gpop]

If Smart starts selling that scooter I'll buy right away. But thinking about the cepo and how difficult things are turning here I don't except there will more and better diversity in the offer of electric scooters in Argentina.
By the way: it just came into my mind: how about the import of necessary replacements of the scooter? What's your experience Gpop when you had to replace something of the scooter, is it difficult and expensive to get something into Argentina?

And thanks for all the information by the way. II'll buy the white version of the Joy at Av Juan Justo.

not at all difficult or expensive. I had to replace the throttle and a few of the plastic body parts and I was surprised at how inexpensive they were... the batteries though are another matter. To replace 4 batteries will be +5000pesos according to the sales guy at LL. I'm still looking at how to replace the lead-acid batteries with comparable lithium-ion.

 

[mariano-BCN]

changing them with batteries lithium-ion would be great, they are so heavy I understood from the seller. 30 kilos or so?