Whenever the price of gas goes up on P.E.I., local scooter retailers usually hear about it the next morning.
'Oh I love it, just love it.'— Pam Harris, new scooter owner
"I get phone calls about scooters," Dale Peters of Toymaster in Winsloe, just north of Charlottetown, told CBC News Tuesday.
"It's been pretty much the same since the start of the summer, and it hasn't really slowed down."
Peters, a motorcycle dealer, began selling scooters for the first time this year after customers hounded him about them. Currently he has a waiting list of customers.
Centennial Honda in Summerside is having a similar experience. They will receive their first shipment of scooters later this week, and they've already pre-sold three. Glenn's Cycle Works in Charlottetown, previously Islanders' main source for scooters, would normally sell five in a summer season. This year they've already retailed 10 and are currently sold out.
Pam Harris was one of the first people to buy a scooter from Dale Peters, and she is loving more than just the low fuel consumption.
"You feel more a part of the nature when you're out and the air is around you and blowing around. Oh I love it, just love it," she said.
Less-expensive travel from her home in Wood Islands to Charlottetown is certainly a benefit, she said.
The novice scooter rider said she can't imagine going back to her car.
"I've discovered that there's a whole different community of new bikers now too," she said.
"You all have that sort of low wave that you give each other as you pass each other, and it's really neat."
Other Islanders who want to join the club will have to wait until retailers have more scooters in stock.
