Woohoo. A Micro Scooter (!) (Micro Skate Scooter)

Member Name: Lauren1511

Product:	Micro Skate Scooter
Date:	31/08/03 (941 review reads)
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So, this Christmas, Grandma came up trumps with a scooter. *sarcasm* great! "Thanks, Grandma." Not only is your 'fantastic' gift about 5 years out of date, it's crappy! Think about how stupid I, moi - queen of being chauffered to places by my mother - would look "scooting" (funny joke, dad!) around on my new, 'hip, cool' scooter. My friends saw it and laughed, hysterically. Even my little brother, who usually accepts by un-wanted gifts from Grandma, didn't want it this time. No, no way, had my Grandma bought me that, actually picturing me getting from place to place on it. ("It'll be great for you. You'll lose weight!" she exclaimed)
However, after having it sitting in the shed for a few months, I wondered what it would be like to actually use. So, i tried it out....

Well, to be quite honest, it's not as bad as I thought. Obviously, I wouldn't be caught dead going out of the garden with it, but riding up and down the garden path with it, isn't actually so bad. In fact, it was pretty fun.

Good points:

* After mastering the technique of using it, it's a quick, reliable way of getting to places.
* It looks quite ok, i s'pose. The silver is quite cool, and if flashing-wheels are your thing, then that's cool too.
* They're cheaper now, I suppose. when they were a £100, no way would I ever have got one!

Bad points:

* It took me a few precious minutes to learn how not to trip over it when first using it. It's quite hard to use at first.
* The geeky strap to carry it with
* It's sort-of an out-of-date craze, isn't it?

Overall, it's ok. For someone who doesn't care what other folk think of them, it's a secure way of arriving at some chosen destination. For people, like me, who can't be bothered getting it out of the shed and looking foolish on it, then it's a pretty big waste of t
ime, effort and money. I advise people over the age of 15, not to buy one!!!!

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