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Post by captaincrunnk on Aug 18, 2014 8:44:08 GMT -5
EDIT 8/27/14: Thanks for waiting along with me folks. The scooter has arrived and I will be updating in the following thread from this point forward: TaoTao Powermax 150 Arrival + Survival ThreadJust wanted to share my excitement for placing the order on my Powermax 150.  I look forward to the journey ahead and sharing it with this awesome community that has been so helpful in making me feel comfortable buying one of these things.
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Post by rollbar57 on Aug 18, 2014 8:47:34 GMT -5
from where ? just courious I am looking for another 1  |
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Post by captaincrunnk on Aug 18, 2014 8:56:55 GMT -5
rollbar57 - I bit the bullet and ordered from Killer.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 18, 2014 9:52:36 GMT -5
Just wanted to share my excitement for placing the order on my Powermax 150. I look forward to the journey ahead and sharing it with this awesome community that has been so helpful in making me feel comfortable buying one of these things. Sincerely, Leo in Texas |
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Post by captaincrunnk on Aug 18, 2014 10:11:04 GMT -5
Thanks Leo!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 18, 2014 12:32:31 GMT -5
You're MOST welcome!Please do post pix when it arrives, and keep us posted on everything (both good and not so good...) hopefully all GOOD as you get it on down the road. Ride safe, and find a good storage place for the scoot... That COLD winter is coming fast... LOL Leo in Texas
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Post by captaincrunnk on Aug 18, 2014 13:29:44 GMT -5
I should probably mention how everything has been so far today after placing my order early this morning. I received an e-mail around 11am Eastern ( Killer Motorsports is based in TX for those that may not know, in the Central time zone) from a member of their staff informing me that they were having issues with the online order form sending the actual inventory request through - but that they received my payment. I was given a number to call and then spoke to Steve who took all the information regarding my scoot and order. I was quoted with a week and a half delivery time which I hope becomes a case of under-selling and over-delivering. Around 1:30 my time I received a voicemail about having not gotten my color requests written down, d'oh! I called back and this time spoke to Scott as Steve had apparently gone out for lunch, but Scott took down my info and colors and let me know exactly how many of each they had at the distribution center. Great, friendly guy on the phone - Steve too. I had previously spoken to Scott weeks ago when I was first looking at ordering from them under the guise of knowing nothing about the scooters just to see if he would BS me but he didn't which earned them my trust in the first place.So far, so good. No problem getting a hold of anyone at the business today and I don't feel like I've made a bad decision. Hopefully it stays that way! P.S. oldchopperguy - No worries on the cold weather storage, I've got a nice sized (SECURE!!) finished porch that it will sit nicely in during the weeks/months where it really is just too darn cold to ride ( but will give me lots of time to tinker  ). |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 18, 2014 22:26:00 GMT -5
Way to GO with that porch!
Back "in the day" I often rode my chopper into the living room during the Chicago winter... Usually only to haul it back out the first sunny day. The WORST accident I ever encountered happened that way... Right in the middle of January (1964 if I recall...) it went from below zero to around 36 degrees, with SUNSHINE! Out I went, leather jacket, Eskimo mittens and boots... slappin' leather for the city lights... Dry freeways, bright sun, and cruising around  , I went under an overpass on the Eisenhower Expressway... Only to find the shaded road glare-ice.The old Harley went out from under me faster than a politician can grab tax money. We went full-speed (between the steel uprights of a huge directional sign) into a 10-foot-high snow-bank. THAT was one potentially BAD crash... Of course, no helmet back then. However... The Good Lord DOES look out for drunks and fools. I was SOBER, so that leaves the "alternative"... LOL! That fresh-plowed snow-bank was like a giant feather-pillow! Both me and the chopper went about 20-feet into the snow, without any damage to either of us. Sure was a wake-up call though. Took me an hour to drag the Harley out of that snow! I've been a VERY careful rider ever since!Ride safe, and keep off the ice... Leo
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Post by bvance554 on Aug 18, 2014 23:00:50 GMT -5
I love your stories Chop. Lol!
Good luck and have fun with the scoot Crunnk.
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Post by captaincrunnk on Aug 19, 2014 21:36:33 GMT -5
Thanks bvance554! As for oldchopperguy and his stories - they're half of what I love about this forum on their own, lol. Scary situation no doubt, Leo, but always good to hear when the hand of fate was there to say "not today." AND that's a good motivator for one to always wear a bucket! |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 21, 2014 12:58:24 GMT -5
Amen guys!
I've lived through some real "squeakers" over the past half-century... If I can pass along something that may help out you younger riders, I like to do so, and if it's a little entertaining at the same time, all the better!
Ride safe one and all!
Leo in Texas
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Post by shalomdawg on Aug 21, 2014 16:54:47 GMT -5
experience speaks that it is usually funnier looking back a considerable amount of time than at the particular moment of education.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by novaraptor on Aug 22, 2014 9:32:52 GMT -5
And now..... the anticipation!!
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Post by captaincrunnk on Aug 22, 2014 10:37:01 GMT -5
And now..... the anticipation!! As the Tom Petty song says, the waiting is, in fact, the hardest part. Still waiting on my tracking number from Killer, although I just filled out the form request for one today. No new updates to report other than that as of yet. Next week surely can't get here fast enough. |
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Post by captaincrunnk on Aug 22, 2014 15:43:49 GMT -5
Scratch that, got my tracking number today. Shipped yesterday. All good.
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, I went under an overpass on the Eisenhower Expressway... Only to find the shaded road glare-ice.
