[TR] Top Gear Reliant Robin

[Foster, Stan (HP IT)]

Speaking of mopeds, my fellow brits and former brits will remember this fondly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKnoffPV8m0

Stan

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From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Brian Jones
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:12 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Top Gear Reliant Robin

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