Terribly dangerous but so much fun! The Reliant Robin

21 thoughts on “Terribly dangerous but so much fun! The Reliant Robin”

1. I’m seriously considering importing one of these for daily city driving in KC. Saw that prices are very reasonable, rather curious of fuel economy though, but would be wonderful to get around this town in. I love the big “boot” it has for groceries and it seems very nimble for parking lots as well. Top of my list as a goofy second car.

2. Please have twin stick garage on an episode talking about his 80% movie accurate smokey and the bandit truck

3. If you ever do any work on the front that involves removing the brake hose, remember to put that little twist in it when you refit it, so there's clearance when you turn the wheel to corner, or it'll rub against the tyre. I know this because I had someone work on mine, and they didn't – luckily I checked it after I'd driven it home, and it had only worn part of the hose's rubber outer away!
   I loved mine, when it wasn't mysteriously stopping due to an electrical fault I never managed to source, or overheating. The radiator is tiny in them, with no expansion tank, so they're not the best, even in cooler countries. Some owners would fit an electric fan in to help cool things down (the car's own is belt driven by the engine). I fitted the little chrome air vent that MGB sports cars have just in front of the windscreen to the bonnet (or hood, as you say over there) of mine to help with the airflow. It didn't do much, but it looked great!

4. YA CAN DRIFT IT BUT ONLY ON ITS SIDE

5. Mr. Bean"s nemesis

6. 550 Mk3 Robins were made. I designed it. "Tipping Point- Designing a Great British Underdog" is my book I've written about it.

7. That thing is absolutely ridiculous, yet entertaining at the same time.. lol

8. Finally a Redemption for Reliant Robin, long due

9. We had two of these in the family as kids, my step dad only had a motorcycle licence but for some weird quirk he could drive these on it cos they were considered 'trikes', the were from two different generations, the old square one in red and the modern one like Roberts, the curvier one. It was both embarassing being dropped of at school in it and also terrifying (we had to go up this steep country lane with a sheer drop to one side that snaked around like mad!) My lasting memory is sitting in the back in winter for 20 mins at a time while he warmed up the engine and teased the manual choke til it could idle before setting off, freezing cos the heater didnt work 🤣 as a kid it was a joke and embarassment, looking back on it now, we were probly lucky to grow up in a household that had TWO of them 😅

10. I wouldn't be admitting title fraud on a video. There have definitely been cars crushed over that unfortunately.

11. When did Ed and Tavarish drive the Robin?

12. The Pluto the Uranus and the suppository the 1993 Renault lineup experience life

13. Somebody in my neighborhood used to have one of these.

14. I am the chap that occasionally drops some Relianty words of wisdom on Mr D's channel, I motor my MK2 Robin daily and got a couple vids on my channel of the yellow peril from the 10 years plus motoring and I have rebuilt all the mechanical side of it save the axle, engine having found a recon gearbox, has had new clutch last couple years and parts availability is astonishingly good as the Robin uses a ton of old Lucas and some Ford parts. You should get Bob and the chap who came no 2 in the Le Mons rally with his Reliant Regal saloon together, they literally extracted the Regal from whatever graveyard it was abandoned in, worked the old girl up and apart from a grenaded clutch, it went on and came second in a cross America rally beating far more modern and powerful cars all the way.

15. 40 HP IS A LOT!!

    i had a 90hp tigra and that was really fast.

    now i'm driving a 1,5hp 50cc moped and the robin doesn't really weigh much more

    soo … like 30 TIMES the horsepower of something that is almost a motorcycle. that before the added horsepower does almost 50mph.

    also my tigra was 900kg and 90 hp made it FLY. like 140mph.

    i think you have some facts a bit wrong.

16. Only dangerous if you drive like a prick

17. Not for me! But I have always wanted a Bond Bug. What a shape!

18. Robert, I nearly bought this car when it was in NY with the Fish and Chips livery. I think I still have the ad and some images with the wrap on it as I used to see it around Sunset Park where the shop was quite frequently. This was 2018? 2019? Glad to see someone got it who loves and cares for it!

19. 2:49 You've got a 4 branch exhaust manifold there. That's a 3rd party upgrade, never standard factory fitment.

20. this guy is amazing

21. That Fish & Chip place was in Brooklyn. It was exactly as good as you might expect from his choice of delivery vehicles. I remember that little Robin sitting outside it for years.

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