Get a used one for 50 bucks at goodwill or a garage sale.
Phil has a aversion to useable and functional / accessable. If his own money isn't a issue he will only accept what he thinks of as the best.
I like the I'm personally committed to never owning a car. Not knowing what yield means and refusing to work isn't exactly the noble quest he paint himself on.
Who ever is writing for him knows two things, one if he gets some of the cash he's doing better than before, and second it's shiny and costs more so it's better.
If I was to hazard a guess this is slingblades writing, the thing is I genuinely suppport Phil never learning to Drive for the safety of other road users. He is genuinely incapable of the level of thinking that driving a car entails he's a one track mind at the best of times,
hell this is a man who can't walk an talk at the same time.
For a second imagine this - "Phil get's his hands on the american equivalent of a
CBT, the most easy to aquier road legal transport available), Moped", now for most people this is easy to master, so much so until recently if you got a driving licence in the UK you coulld buy anything with two wheels and a 125 and not have to use "L" plates.
If he got one in a day he'd break so many safety basics the first time he has a bad stop he'll tea kettle and really fuck himself up, but he can't even ride a bike let alone something under power so he has no idea of handling or balance he'll cause accidents just through his own bad driving.
We have all seen this kind of Bike rider, the guy who really shouldn't be on the road, or the idiot with a bike far more powerful than he can handle trying to show off an whipping out badly. Phil would do that the second he sat in a car, let alone a fucking scooter.