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What the tuk?

What’s atuk-tuk? It’s a trike used for taxis and shifting stuff all over Asia... there are millions of them. It’s now a 198cc four-stroke unit and it’ll do about 42mph. It does between 65 and 75mpg depending on how many people and how many hills it has to contend with. It carries three in the back and weighs about 320kg. It’s under the tax band of ‘trikes under 450cc’ which, (at time of press) is £88 a year. Insurance can start from £200, but like any insurance, it varies wildly depending on your age, experience, prior stuff… you know the score. You need

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