[TR] Top Gear Reliant Robin

[Brian Jones]

This 13 minute episode of Top Gear is one of the funniest things I have ever
seen.

http://www.wimp.com/reliantrobin

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Bill - that is a funny clip, but they were not unusual to see when I was
young, in the UK. I hitched a lift in one, once (1976), into Wales, driven
by a fireman! The Wheelie Bin on my driveway today is more robust that that
Robin seemed then. As mentioned in the clip, the market for these
contraptions were men without a full driving licence. 'Full' as in, for a
CAR. A mere motorcycle licence, gained on a moped (another item of ridicule)
would suffice, then. Brits are very specific on what licences cover which
cars. To this day, take a test in a car with an automatic gearbox, and that
is all you may drive. No stick (manual) for you laddie!

While the Robin was, and is, a figure of fun, these three-wheelers were
another matter entirely: *http://tinyurl.com/322dov8*

... and it look like Morgan is to relaunch them ...

http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/sales/three_wheeler/three_wheeler.html

Brian in Valley Forge