Had a scooter now for 5 years, only have 1800km on it (anyone want to buy?!). Very little usage because of weather and danger.
Scooter is fun, to check out interesting areas, some suburbs, but not a necessity. Mass transport, taxi, feet, bicycle, can get people around very conveniently. A car is a necessity in Taipei due to the terribly rainy or hot weather, but most Taiwanese cannot afford a car, so they drive a scooter, or use mass transport.
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson