$2900. TriBeCa. White. Details are scant on this, but we’ll assume it’s a 150, has only one riding season’s mileage on the clock, and is a chance to save money on a near-new scoot.

We reported last week that Vespa Brooklyn were extending their current $500 off deal from their Vespas to their entire showroom of Vespas, Piaggios, Aprilias and Moto Guzzis. Today we got word that this offer has been extended through the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

Late breaking news from the folks over at Vespa Brooklyn in Fort Greene: This weekend (inspired by the rain perhaps?) the dealership is extending its current deal ($500 off all new Vespas) to its entire showroom, with $500 off all Vespas, Piaggios (including the MP3), Aprilias and Moto Guzzis.

Now that we’ve got your attention… Hot on the heels of introducing Long Island Shore Scooter Club, here at NYCS Towers, we’re proud to add North Jersey’s MetroScooter to our honor-roll of local dealers.

On a recent hot August day, Piaggio Americas President and CEO Paolo Timoni stopped by for a press event at the Tavern on The Green in Central Park.

Thinking about hitting NYC on two wheels but not sure if you’re ready for the lifestyle? Piaggio Group Americas may just have the answer for you.

No doubt a promotion figured out by some marketing guru far more sophisticated than ourselves, we snapped this shot on our way out of Newark International Airport last week on a trip to bonnie Scotland. Piaggio Group America have a small but striking display at one of Newark’s terminals sharing Vespanomics information and a history of the badge plus “live” (and highly waxed) models of the Piaggio MP3 250 three-wheeler and a Vespa GTV 250. Needless to say it was the three-wheeler that got heads-scratching by passers by.

Now, file this one under “just plain weird”, but it involves scooters, and the tri-state area, so we’re there:

On Saturday, Continental Airlines invited the Piaggio North American Group to Newark International Airport to give some of its employees a test-drive experience with the company’s latest family of scooters in an effort to evangelize the scoots as both a green and economical form of transportation.