The sales staff at Scootamoto were initially very encouraging when I enquired about the Emax, but their response to learning that I live at the top of the Greenmount hill was "forget it". But I was not to be put off easily and a trial ride up the hill convinced me that the Emax was up to doing what I wanted. From Midland, our principle local shopping area, up Great Eastern Highway to home in Darlington (the Greenmount Hill) is a 250 m climb in 5 km, a 5% climb.