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MicaelS

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31. The Reliant Robin? Oh, hell no.

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 02:36 PM

Feb 2019

Seen videos of that thing. It is VERY easy to turn over. No stability at all.

BTW, James Bond has sex in a Bubble Car with Patricia Fearing (the therapist at the clinic he goes to) in the novelization of Thunderball.

How he did that is best left as an exercise to the student.

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Choose Your 3 Wheeler Micro Car [View all] ProudLib72 Feb 2019 OP

I'd take this three-wheeler over any of those choices... True Dough Feb 2019 #1

No, you can't have a Can Am ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #3

I like the Peel too. The trailer is adorable. Squinch Feb 2019 #2

The only downside I can see to the Peel is that it doesn't have a reverse gear ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #4

It's so little, maybe you could just whiz it around in a circle. Squinch Feb 2019 #6

Just look at those stats! ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #13

LOL! Mental picture! Squinch Feb 2019 #20

The term "Shriner's Parade" comes to mind... N/T flotsam Feb 2019 #29

I think to go in Reverse, you picked the rear up tonekat Feb 2019 #32

It's not that jmowreader Mar 2019 #36

That Messerschmitt is a thing of beauty! Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #5

Prepare to pay through the nose for one ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #9

Wow! Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #14

We saw a POLARIS Slingshot on the 101 so cal freeway the other day... Tikki Feb 2019 #7

Yes they are ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #10

Messerschmitt Solly Mack Feb 2019 #8

Ta da! ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #11

Thank you! It's very cool. Solly Mack Feb 2019 #12

I am fond of the Peel too MuseRider Feb 2019 #15

I've always had a soft spot for the Isetta, and you could see a few... TreasonousBastard Feb 2019 #16

Isetta Bubble Car. democratisphere Feb 2019 #17

"In the event of a crash, the driver and passenger were to exit through the canvas sunroof." eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #19

They sort of do ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #21

The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville... Lars39 Feb 2019 #18

A three wheel Morgan for me Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #22

Oh those Morgans are beautiful! ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #23

Entirely hand built in an incredibility unassuming plant Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #24

Those are awesome sakabatou Feb 2019 #26

++Fantastic three wheeled autocar... ++ mitch96 Feb 2019 #28

The body frames were (and still are) made from wood (ash and now some engineered plywood) Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #34

Yup, all the body above the frame rails were wood covered in metal mitch96 Feb 2019 #35

Somewhere, a theme song with trumpets is playing shenmue Feb 2019 #25

There's no way I'd use a Robin sakabatou Feb 2019 #27

Corbin Sparrow Electric BluesRunTheGame Feb 2019 #30

The Reliant Robin? Oh, hell no. MicaelS Feb 2019 #31

Remember The Dale? tonekat Feb 2019 #33