Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad

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Mon 28 Nov 2005 10:20
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Hamsafar
Does anyone know the proper name / names of those small 3 wheelers you get predominately in Southern and Eastern European Countries and Asia. I would rather like one, but don't know what to search ebay for! They are called autorickshaws in India and Tuktuks in Malaysia I think. Anyone know what they are called nearer home, and the issues with making them UK legal for use rurally.

www.mamut.com/homepages/Norway/3/13/india2001/auto...g
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 10:29
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - AngryJonny
I always thought they were simply called tuktuks. I remember I used to drive past a dealer in Brighton that sold them... so there's obviously someone on the case already.
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 10:30
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - henry k
see www.tuk-tuk.co.uk/
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 10:33
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Dynamic Dave
Aren't they made by a scooter manufactuer. Piaggio maybe??
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 10:42
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - barchettaman
The Italian ones are. Piaggio Apes.
Confusingly, Ape means bee in Italian. Vespa is, as you all know, wasp. Panda is still a panda as far I know. Lesson over.
Nasty polluting 2 stroke things, driven by lunatic Italians, often delivering bottled water in Milan, and fruit to market in the south.
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 10:49
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - henry k
Aren't they made by a scooter manufactuer. Piaggio maybe??

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Sure are Piaggio Ape - good name?
pages.zoom.co.uk/elvis/piaggio.html
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 10:58
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Hamsafar
Thanks everyone, this has got me started, found some on ebay and a place in Italy that sells old ones too, I prefer the older ones with round headlights! Most seem to be 4 smokes though, even a diesel one is available new! Apparently they are taxed as a tricycle and are MOT expempt if they are 49cc.
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 11:35
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Collos25
In Italy they were driving licence exempt but now 80 year old Italians are having to take a test to drive them.
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 11:58
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Alan
About two or three years ago Safeway supermarket was selling them as a special offer as part of an Italian week. They can't have sold many as I haven't seen any around.
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 14:36
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Chad.R
Many of the "autorickshaws" on the Indian subcontinent are made by Bajaj;

tinyurl.com/7r8rw

.....and yes, there 2 stroke, 4 stroke, diesel and even LPG variations.
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 21:20
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Sofa Spud
There was a Tuk-tuk in use in Bath a few years ago - as a taxi I think. I Haven't seen it recently. However, there is still a horse-drawn 4-wheel carriage that operates there as a taxi, complete with local authority plate on the back.

cheers, SS
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Mon 28 Nov 2005 22:40
Those 3 wheeled small vehicles abroad - Chas{P}
There was one plated working in Sheringham, Norfolk this summer in full Thai style livery. Seemed to be busy all the time and was suited to the small roads in the town.
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