[Smaug]

I use my scooter as supplemental transit. I have a young family. The 5 year old lives with the ex most of the time, and I'm constantly driving 20 miles each way to pick her up and drop her off. She's not big enough to ride yet.

The 13 year old boy is constantly needing to go to sports, boy scouts, etc, and he's big enough to ride and actually enjoys it. I was the hero of the boy scouts the other day when I dropped him off on the scooter.

I go to visit my mom once a month or so; she's 50 miles away off the interstate. That's no fun on a 150 class scooter, so I take the cage.

I do use the scooter for local errands, which seem like a waste of time to fire up the car. I find it encourages me to go out for that one or two ingredients I'm missing for a recipe.

The main use I'm looking forward to is the odd social event, just to get away from the family life for a day here and there. It'll look different in another 10 years.