So when I was to buy my Vespa there was of course several changes, as it always is when you buy something in Italy. The first version I booked was not available anymore from the Piaggio factory, I got to know couple of days later.? I went back to the seller and asked what was wrong as this model is new for this year and I do not believe that they stopped producing the Vespa this quickly. So he said that the model is available, but I have to pay for another version that will cost me 500 euros more. I have to buy a Vespa with ABS as this is a new thing in Italy and the law says that no cars or any Vespas are allowed to be produced without ABS. This is a very new thing in Italy and it is the law, said the seller.

So I thought with my german neighbor what is this super new ABS in Italy now?. And as I can trust the seller I agreed to pay 500 euros more for this supernew thing. We sat in the car back home and both were silent, obviously thinking what this amazing new ABS thing is in Italy 2016. Then halfways we burst in to laughter as we finally understood that ABS is about the automatic break system we have had for two decades in Sweden and Germany.

In a country that is so opposite and may I kindly say delayed in many thing, you feel quite stupid sometimes.? But atleast we laugh and have stories to tell. Thank God I did not put the question on socials before our heads clicked.
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S? n?r jag skulle k?pa min Vespa kom naturligtvis flera f?r?ndringar, eftersom det alltid ?r s? n?r du k?per n?got i Italien. Den f?rsta versionen jag bokat var inte tillg?nglig l?ngre fr?n Piaggios fabrik, fick jag veta n?gra dagar senare. Jag gick tillbaka till s?ljaren och fr?gade vad som var fel eftersom denna modell ?r ny f?r i ?r och jag tror inte att de slutat producera Vespan redan. S? han sade att modellen ?r tillg?nglig, men jag m?ste betala f?r en annan version som kommer att kosta mig 500 euro mer. Jag m?ste k?pa en Vespa med ABS eftersom detta ?r en ny sak i Italien och lagen s?ger att inga bilar eller n?gra vespor f?r framst?llas utan ABS. Detta ?r en mycket ny sak i Italien och det ?r lagen, sade s?ljaren.

S? jag t?nkte med min tyska granne vad denna super nya ABS nu ?r i Italien? D? jag kan lita p? s?ljaren gick jag med p? att betala 500 euro mer f?r denna supernya sak. Vi satt i bilen p?v?g hem och b?da var tysta, naturligtvis funderandes ?ver vad denna fantastiska nya ABS sak ?r i Italien 2016. Halvv?gs sprack vi b?da i gapskratt n?r vi ?ntligen f?rst?tt att ABS ?r det automatiska bromssystemet vi haft i tv? decennier i Sverige och Tyskland.

I ett land som ?r s? motsatt och kan jag v?nligt s?ga f?rsenad i m?nga saker, k?nner du helt enkelt korkad ibland. Men iallafall s? skrattar vi och har historier att ber?tta. Tack och lov att jag inte st?llde fr?gan p? sociala n?tverk innan v?ra huvuden klickade.