Why are Segways so expensive?

[manveruppd]

4 grand new and about £1800 used - that's several times the worth of a decent used car!

 

[triggerthat]

Who?

 

[oddjob62]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway

 

[daz]

Illegal to use on the road and pavement in the UK too.

 

[lay-z-boy]

Walking is free, so why on earth get one?

 

[J1234]

They're great, I went on a tour round Paris on one couple of years ago, couldn't justify paying that much for one though, wouldn't ever use it.

 

[danza]

They look t3h spaz imo.

Walking > Segway.

 

[Cupra]

they gotta be american only americans are that lazy

 

[Al Vallario]

4 grand new and about £1800 used - that's several times the worth of a decent used car!

...because they contain lots of expensive parts?

 

[J1234]

they gotta be american only americans are that lazy

When I went on a tour, it was owned by American people, so your probably correct.

 

[SideWinder]

4 grand new and about £1800 used - that's several times the worth of a decent used car!

Shows what i know...i thought they were £1000 new.

 

[PardonTheWait]

Because only a complete spanner would buy one, and seeing as they're only going to sell about seven they need to make as much money as they can before they go out of business.

Or spanners take over the world, could go either way.

 

[Belmit]

There's a 95% gimp tax on them.

 

[StixxUK]

Haha you know Segways are awesome.

Ideal for travelling around the grounds of your large mansion on.

MTV's new show: "Pimp My Segway"

 

[Bill101]

£500 for the Segway and £3.5K for the designer paper bag for the head.

 

[KizZ]

Segways are nerdy 1m:15s

 

[pitchfork]

Segway - Because you are a nerdy virgin into science fiction

 

[danza]

Segways are nerdy 1m:15s

I forgot that existed. Awesome

 

[ChroniC]

They're great, I went on a tour round Paris on one couple of years ago, couldn't justify paying that much for one though, wouldn't ever use it.

Funniest thing ive ever seen in my life, was an old american women, say 50 (i know its harsh) in a park next to the louvre getting on hers, and its starting to roll backwards. It speeded up so much she went of the back head over heals.
Ive never laughed so hard, to the dismay of her friends.

 

[Azagoth]

Segways are nerdy 1m:15s

I'm sure I saw that somewhere intermingled with footage of Bush failing to undertsand the simplicity of using the segway. Great video though.

Incidentaly, does anyone else find it weird that all American music videos all have the fingers blurred out when the 'bird is flipped'?