DOTS: Tuk-Tuk-lopnik Edition!

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 09/04/2020 at 19:36 • Filed to: Dots, tuktuklopnik

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The Tuk-Tuks are out here, man. This particular one was spotted at the entrance to a restaurant that is absolutely not for playing around on. I like the colorful paint job here.

Note the “THAILAND” stamped on the tailgate. Is it a company?

This is actually the third Tuk-Tuk I’ve seen. The other two were seen on trailers at the same intersection in as many weeks.

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I wonder what that deep pocket in the center hump is supposed to be for. Everything in here is pretty crusty but still obviously motorcycle based. It’s even got idiot lights! Must be not too old then . Maybe turn of the century?

I have found a surprising number of interesting imported cars in Atlanta so far. There was the other midtown restaurant mascot in the form of the classic Fiat

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And the Citroen HY Van food truck. Mmmmm, HY Van.

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A characterful old COE Peterbuilt with a stunning backdrop of Atlanta’s skyline.

A real city slicker of an El Camino. It’s in much better nick than the scuffed up Civic on steelies in front of it.

Maybe we’re just nicer down here (or double faced depending on how you look at it) but I didn’t see one person use the bed as a trash receptacle . It’s awfully tempting though.

No, Camaro, don’t jump, you have so much to live for! Wait, errr, scratch that. Proceed.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 19:45

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Ah yes, I have many memories of dodging tuk tuks on chaotic streets. 

facw > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 19:58

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Pretty sad they let the tires go flat though.

Jayvincent > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 20:11

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good job remembering to embiggen! and I have some tuk-tuks on display pics here so mewhere, thank for sharing!

onlytwowheels > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 20:21

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There is a Tuk Tuk at a privately owned dog park not too far from home. I was told I could have a ride in it, but haven’t taken them up on the offer. It’s in the back , dogs are not mine.

https://www.facebook.com/Berwick-Bark-Park-378685642163063/?ref=page_internal

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > onlytwowheels 09/04/2020 at 21:16

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Ah, I see that there. It looks a lot newer than this one. And in better nick. I’m not sure it is something I’d really want an authentic experience in - sketchy golf cart joyrides are more fun and almost as dangerous - but I definitely would have said yes.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > facw 09/04/2020 at 21:17

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Yeah, same with the poor Fiat. It’s not as though someone working at a restaurant would ever be bothered to do that. I know I wouldn’t have for the Tuk Tuk but maybe I could ask about overtime pay scrubbing the Fiat if I worked there. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/04/2020 at 21:18

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Is it an experience you’d like to revisit for an “authentic” restaurant experience? I think not, but it’s a cool prop.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 21:28

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I’ve seen some Piaggio Apes used in cool ways but that’s not really helping things.

onlytwowheels > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 21:36

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He bought it while in Florida, its one of these:

http://mojopowersportsinc.com/bajaj_rickshaw-1_vehicles.html

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/04/2020 at 21:41

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I have not. Tell me, in what interesting ways were they used?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 21:42

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That center pocket is actually for the gearshift lever...a lot of Thai TukTuks are quite...cobbled together... so I imagine it likely had a ‘normal car’ transmission, and possible a ‘normal car’ engine somewhere as well. Crazy things!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > onlytwowheels 09/04/2020 at 21:43

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Huh, looks exactly like one of the ones I saw but the others were much older and in worse shape.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Jayvincent 09/04/2020 at 21:43

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I actually contacted Kinja support about our usernames no longer being visible...haven’t heard back yet, but hopefully they reinstate it as most other Kinja sites still have them...

onlytwowheels > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 22:07

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Fresh and new, not used before c om ing to the US. The ones you see have lived an entirely different life.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/04/2020 at 22:19

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I’ve seen them used as Italian Espresso bars to just having a classic one set up to look like it was delivering things at a restaurant.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > onlytwowheels 09/04/2020 at 22:51

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It's "authentic" scuffing!

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/05/2020 at 00:22

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There’s one in KCMO serving up prosecco.

https://www.kcur.org/community/2019-09-28/this-kansas-city-couple-is-delivering-the-bubs-straight-from-italy#stream/0

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 09/05/2020 at 12:04

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Where does she put the baby while driving?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/05/2020 at 12:08

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Huh, that’s, well, I kinda figured all these were chopped up motorcycles. That seems a bit excessive but ok. Like, where would a regular car engine even go?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/05/2020 at 12:31

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Could be a small car engine, like, Kei-sized...652cc or the like. Could also be a bike engine with a car trans, but that’s definitely a car-style gearshift it looks to me? That’s a car gauge cluster as well!

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/05/2020 at 12:42

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Next time I walk past (which won’t be for a while as that is pretty far away to walk when the school’s buses are running and MARTA services close by too) I’ll take a look to see what sort of running gear it has. So you’r e thinking kei engine plus transmission?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/05/2020 at 12:49

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Oh, I have no idea, haha! I’m just thinking kei engine because that looks like a car-style gearshift and Thailand has cars like the Mira and stuff (possibly built there? I forget). I also know it’s common as I’ve noticed it before in a lot of pics of Thai TukTuks. (Most Indian TukTuks are bike-based, so they have bike style handlebar or foot shifters)

It’s also possible the engine is under the middle mounted backwards because FWD engine put into a RWD vehicle?

Other pics of functioning TukTuks with car gearshifts:

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/05/2020 at 14:59

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What do you think the storage shelf below the tap handles is for?

/unclear on the fundamentals of child ownership & operation

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 09/05/2020 at 15:04

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Naw I think the baby is better off in the same compartment as the taps

/unclear on the basics of tap operation

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 09/05/2020 at 15:18

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Can you pull a small lever, say, like the world’s tiniest shifter? Congrats, you’ve mastered tap operation.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 09/05/2020 at 17:02

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Huh, seems like an odd place but then again there isn't anywhere else to put it. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 09/05/2020 at 17:03

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I don't know, is there a For Dummies book on tap operation? Or maybe a pamphlet?