Most of my peds are reliable, though quiet janky and treacherous (or so I'm told). What does that say about me?
I'm comfortable when have a ped under me. When I first started riding, I was scared to dead. That thing seemed huge and fast. I was excited to get it to 32 in the yard! That was damn near 7 years ago though.
Now, my moped is just an extension of myself. I don't ride the bike, I become the bike. Call me crazy, but think first about the things you notice with your bike(s) that others don't. You know your ped better than anyone else.
So, it's not which ped you ride. It's how, when, where and why you ride your ped that defines you... or at least it is for me.