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@autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Brian Jones
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:12 PM
To: triumphs@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
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