Terribly dangerous but so much fun! The Reliant Robin 

He is a good 🥚

Saaaaaame!

Yeah, he’s a good follow.

Hes been on before. But its nice to see a new video with him

There was one with his trabant

I saw the video was about robins and thought this better be aging wheels 😂

I think he was referring to the 3rd gen [which isn't legal to import if it's not yet 25 years old]

@@jamesengland7461 you are correct. As he mentioned, this car in the video is a 3rd gen registered as an early 80’s model to skirt import laws. I have pictures of this car in its Union Jack Livery, while with the previous owner that I took from the window of my car as I drove by it in Brooklyn. I should have been clearer in my comment above. I meant that initially I thought to myself that I knew of another reliant robin here in NYC, and then continued watching this video to realize he was speaking of the same vehicle. 🍻

@@BenDemytrk small world, indeed!

@@BenDemytrk I would love to see a picture of it if you still have it!

That sounds very plausible!

They were also bought because of their great practicality which came in a surprisingly small package

That's what they said on TopGear as well

Not miners, that is a joke, the licensing system in England said if you did not have four wheels on your vehicle you could use a motorcycle license. Motorcycles were very popular, so if you wanted to keep warm in winter you could get a reliant and not bother with expensive extra tests. It was used by bikers everywhere.

@@davidlyon1899 quite smart

ye the look hole was u had to unhook the reverse as then classed as a tricycle or something like that

Not at 16. At 17, although you could do so on a full motorcycle license. In the UK you can ride a heavily restricted 50cc motorcycle at 16. You need to pass the test for a full motorcycle license (17+) to drive one of these. Oddly, they were popular with older members of UK outlaw bike gangs who sometimes wanted a roof and windows but didn't want a car license.

Sadly you need to be 21 to drive one now

@@mrjed6912 tf are you on about lol

@@rufusthomas3067 As of 2012 you need be 21 with a full license for a car, or a bike to drive a Reliant. My brother has a Rialto and I can't legally drive it because I'm not 21

Yip it was a bit of fun on the way home from the pub 😂😂😂😂

*Reliant Robin

@@danhaines Correct. It's like saying Mustang Ford.

think of them as uk's k-car oddity, then it makes some sense why. similarly 'moped cars' of europe are pretty crappy and make absolutely no sense for the price, if it weren't for the legislation around who can drive them.

I'm fairly sure half the reason they stopped being sold was because the government stopped classing them in basically their own little category and said "new ones will be considered cars and so will have to follow all the same rules as them"

He has a great RU-vid channel called Aging Wheels

If that's a P.O.S then what's a Trabant

They are legally a motorcycle in the UK, that’s why they exist.

Morning!

Those cars are so fun though

For me, the Top Gear episode stuck in my mind was when they turned one into a space shuttle. And BaE really helped with designing it. Fun fact: it was also the largest and most powerful non-commercially funded rocket ever launched in Europe. The trio were a bit reluctant to get the thing off the ground because Hammond was reeling in shock when he saw the booster rockets and fuel tank. It was absolutely massive. And James was shaking with terror because he was hearing from the designers Top Gear hired that the main issue was the insane complexity of the entire engine system. All it would take is for ONE tiny thing to go wrong and there was a massive checklist of stuff that could go wrong so easily. The shuttle did get off the ground but then the radio controlled backup failed to kick in so it crashed and blew up, LOL. They had radio controlled servo motors to land it and hired a professional r/c racer to fly it back but everything went wrong after the liftoff.

Same in 1990's as a kid.

That was (I believe) a Reliant Regal Supervan. I always wondered what the driver could have possibly done to make Mr. Bean hate them so much.

He did this in one of the early Car Treks.

It shows a short clip of him driving it in car trek in this video. Lol never comment before you watch!

@@squidiz496 He isn't driving he's in the passenger seat

@@daveangelew Ah you are right!

The King's Gallon is different from the American Gallon of Freedom™. I wonder what it does on American gas.

@@bwofficial1776 in American gallons it's 85mpg i think

​@@mrjed6912doubt that, US gallon is smaller than UK gallon

They aren't easy to roll though. They must've been crazy drivers

I had the same problem but that's because the thermostat needed replaced. For me it never overheats.

Robin: "casually creates it's own gravitational pull" and settles back down

Government changed the law then reliant didn't renew the type approval.

They're not ACTUALLY called that. Only by idiots like Jasper Carrott who don't actually know anything at all about cars.

They were too expensive to be worth buying sadly. Over $11.000 new. Because of rising cost of producing

Except the Only Fools & Horses car was a Reliant Regal!

Vauxhall Corsa headlights

We call it a Chevrolt Chevy but yes.@@stevedickson5853

Lucas, the Prince of Darkness strikes again!

@@nope.0. 😄😄😄👍