I own a new Vespa 125cc, but don't have a license to drive a car nor a scooter here in this country.
So I walk and take the ferry.
My fiancee drives the Vespa and her mother's "Jeep" which is just a crappy little Grand Vitara (Suzuki I think). But since the speed limit here is like 23mph and the roads are about as narrow as one lane in the states, the cars that they allow are all small.
Also, cars cost twice as much here as they do in the states, and they have many restrictions.
We will be buying that car in October or sometime around then.
I know I can handle a scooter on the "other" side of the road, but I'm less confident about a car at this point.