Comments on: Sixty years of buzzing

By: Matt B

Matt B — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:56:46 +0000

How funny…in Thailand they are called Tuk Tuk’s after the sound that the tiny diesel engine makes. I have wonderful memories of a night spent with a beautiful stranger weaving through Banckok traffic at 3:00am. Totally magical but I’m sure in the states a Tuk Tuk wouldn’t crash test well against a Suburban so we’ll never see them here…too bad.

By: Gian Banchero

Gian Banchero — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:29:20 +0000

I used to muse about getting a Vespa (WASP) with a sidecart to transport my goose Melina and and me around town (Melina enjoyed rides in the countryside when I had my VW BUG, trumpeting out the window at whatever or whomever interested her), I now think I’ll upgrade from a BUG to a BEE and away we’ll fly into the blue. Thank you for the article!

By: chris

chris — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:33:45 +0000

interested in seeing and test driving the “ape” in the ny, usa area.

any suggestions?

By: Gwenn Piccinotti Selvaggio

Gwenn Piccinotti Selvaggio — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:11:58 +0000

I love these “little” things. Do they sell them in the US? I think they are very functional but as I seem to remember you can hear them for blocks. Hmmmm, maybe not so good.

By: Mike Ciletti

Mike Ciletti — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:47:19 +0000

A few years ago my wife and I were motoring a backroad to Bellagio when out of nowhere from a side road zoomed an old man on a hay-laden Vespa. He zigged, I zagged, we both cursed, and at that moment a little-known feature of the Vespa saved us from disaster: In skillful old hands the beast can actually turn tight corners on two wheels without spilling hay.

By: Francesca

Francesca — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:09:54 +0000

This is one of my favorite Notes! My father-in-law has a green Ape just like the one in the photo – it’s gotta be over 30 years old & still runs great. Thanks for a smile & wonderful memory.

By: Joseph D. Spano

Joseph D. Spano — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:26:35 +0000

Hello Frank….You and I are just right for the ‘Ape’ can’t you just see us ….up and down the mountainsides of our wonderful frazioni.
what a way to complete our days. And for all the other readers, you would enjoy them also! La vita è in Italia

By: Michael Yaccino

Michael Yaccino — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:24:00 +0000

They are fun to ride in. I jumped into one a few years ago in Terra Dura the town of my grandmother.

By: Ginny Maddock

Ginny Maddock — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:12:26 +0000

I want one!!

By: Frank Scaramella

Frank Scaramella — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:41:27 +0000

Thanks to the Almighty, the Italian Ingenuity in every field, has and continues to deliver simple and extremely useful tools and methodology the world over,continuing with the same spirit Dante and others before him set the tone in literature.Whatever the field,without forgetting the different Cuisines that are being used and abused the world over, We aren,t doing that bad? Are we?Viva l”Italia!!!