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Watch! the Reliant Robin (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Watch! the Reliant Robin
👉 https://youtu.be/QIgfjsAsd6U
KNOW about the famous 3-wheelers in the UK! Reliant Robins were little bastards to drive on but have become one of the most famous 3-wheelers in the UK and was produced in thousands and shipped worldwide until 1981
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is just a terrible re-edit of the hysterical Top Gear segment on the Reliant Robin. Up there with my top-10 all time favourite segments of the show ever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I liked the time they turned one into a shuttle and fired it into the sky.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The thing you need to remember about that TopGear Reliant Robin piece was that they did everything they possibly could to get it to roll.

It was purely a comedy piece.

Unlike the Consumer Reports US hit piece on the Suzuki Jimny (Samurai). The only funny thing in that video is the “impartial” reviewer shouting “finally” when they finally get it to lift a wheel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Mr. Bean's adversary drove one of these