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THE recent unseemly scramble on petrol station forecourts for a nuzzle at the nozzle had many motorists blowing gaskets.
A regular fix of the high-octane stuff was out of the question and when there was a dribble of a suggestion that some WAS available, Catch 22 swung into operation.
Yip, the garage till was ready to swallow your cash. But you couldn't get past the road jams to fill up in the first place.
Unless you were on two wheels ...
And even then, a superbike wasn't much good - they drain tanks faster than your wallet empties if you get out to play on a Friday night.
No, what you want is one of the new generation scooters.
You twist, they go. Want to stop? Just remember youthful bicycling escapades and you'll find the stoppers are in exactly the same place.
As for a licence to run something like the Peugeot Speedfight we tested at the height of the fuel-starved strike, all you need is a full car licence and there's not even the need for L-plates.
What's more, the law even lets car-driving novices carry a passenger.
And motorists who set off on the humble...