The very first thing I dscovered was that there are two kinds of scooters in the world: the Chinese, and everyone else.
Chineese scooters seem to get a *really* bad reputation on the web. Especially at sites which had lots of users who owned Yamaha, Honda, Vespa, Suzuki, and other more recognizable brands.
The bad press is almost entirely centered around poor quality on the scooters. As well as horror stories about crooked dealers and nonexistant after-the-sale support.
It appears that most internet dealers actually do not stock the scooters they sell - but rather have them drop-shipped to you after you pay.
The drop-shipped scooters then show up in your driveway; usually in mistreated shipping packaging, and sometimes suffering cosmetic damage.
Usually, the very same dealer who was always happy to chat with you on the phone before you placed your order, was now strangly silent and difficult to get hold of.
The horror stories go on from there. Most people will tell you not to buy a Chinese scooter unless you are willing to embrace your inner mechanic. Mechanical failures on these bikes seem widespread. And for that reason almost everyone reccomends that you purchase your scooter new from a local dealership (sometimes refered to as a 'Brick and Morter' or 'B&M' dealer.
Well...while I am a self professed computer nut who can pretty much fix any problem imaginable involving a computer; my mechanic skill date back over 30 years when I worked at a service station as a teen ager.
So I pretty much figured that I would take a look at local dealerships in and around the Nashville, Tennessee area to see just what was available.
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