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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2007 at 20:42
My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout. LOL

I also almost had an accident with one coming up a steep hill, but that wasn't his fault.  I wasn't expecting a three-wheeler to come up such a steep hill!
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Yeah..but a Robin is a much better car than a PINK Nissan Micra soft top. elllllllllDead
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2007 at 20:46
Originally posted by PROGMAN PROGMAN wrote:

Tiny cars that exist are: Fiat 500, VW Lupo, Smart, Peugeot 107/Toyota Aygo/Citroen C1, Fiat Seicento, Reliant Robin (ideal for bank robberies WinkLOL), BMW Z3 (too fast to be a mini car, and of course a Mini (legendary motor).
And the Lancia Y10 (predecessor to the Fiart Seicento) - my wife owned one - a great little car that could wind itself up to 100mph given enough road (the M4 from the Membury services to the Seven Bridge was just about sufficient). At the time of it's release it was used to advertise the Pentax 110mm SLR camera (the worlds smallest SLR) - needless to say, wife had to have one of those too.Wink
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2007 at 20:50
Dean... does that mean you have a small..?.

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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Dean... does that mean you have a small..?.
actually, the relationship is traditionally reciprocal rather than a linear equating and which part of "my wife owned one" did you miss and for the record I have size 11 feet and a nose like Concorde.Tongue
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2007 at 20:59
Ah yes, but your wife owns you and she likes small things... WinkLOL
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Got there eventually - I don't know, you are so reticent and withdrawn James, we always have to drag these things out of you. LOLTongue
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Anything that gets under 15 mpg is crap, IMO. Including Ferraris and McLarens (though they do go awful fast).
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

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Well I;m 18 now but have to drive a lot  to school, work and stuff and my current car is my first and probably the worst I'll ever have... it's a '95 Nissan Altima and we had to take it to the service station 3 times during the last 2 months.


Huh.  That was my first car and I loved it.  Of course, that was in 1995.


The problem is that it's old and stuff keeps breaking. It must've been masterliness back in the day. My dad has the new Altima and it's great.
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I absolutely HATE Volkswagen Bugs.  Whenever I ride in the back of one, I hit my head on the side (which I don't even want to know what happens if the car gets hit on the side) and sitting in the front ain't too fun either.

(NOTE:  Never drove in it, but hate every time I ride in one.)
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I'm still learning to drive but as a result of changes of model and instructor I've driven quite a few cars, the old design of Vauxhall Corsa (both petrol and diesel) and the new model (diesel only), the latest Ford Focus (the 1.8 TDi Big%20smile) and finally I've also driven my Mum's 1.2 petrol Fiat Punto.

the worst car I've driven is either the petrol Corsa or my Mum's Punto which both feel very slow and don't handle well outside of a city, the best is easily the Focus which can go like sh*t off a shovel and is very comfortable to drive.
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 07:27
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout.


Our friends used to have one & one time they stopped at traffic lights & were seen by some of their mates, who then proceeded to walk over, tip the Reliant on its side & walk away again.

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I dont drive (surprising for a petrol head isnt it) but a friend of mine has a Fiat Punto from 97, it was in good nick when he bought it for £800 last year, but in that year he's spent over £1000 having work done to it, the most recent was an engine rebuild after he head gasket failed, probably due to damage caused by the water pump disintergrateing the week before.

Another mate of mine had a Peugeot 106 and had a great trick with it, he';d pull the hand brake whilst doing 70+ down the motorway, needless to say that it would scare the sh*t out of passengers who didnt know the hand brake didnt work.LOL
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 11:29
Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

Well I;m 18 now but have to drive a lot  to school, work and stuff and my current car is my first and probably the worst I'll ever have... it's a '95 Nissan Altima and we had to take it to the service station 3 times during the last 2 months.


Huh.  That was my first car and I loved it.  Of course, that was in 1995.


The problem is that it's old and stuff keeps breaking. It must've been masterliness back in the day. My dad has the new Altima and it's great.


Interesting is that Nissan has improved their cars such that today's Altima is a lot like (and maybe even better than) the Maxima of the mid 90s, and probably today's Sentra is like the old Altima.  Sounds like your car is starting to exceed the annoyance threshold - for me, if I have to visit the shop that many times, it's time to get a another car (just happened with my wife's old Chevy Prism, now she has a Subaru Forrester - vast improvement!  Smile)

also slight correction:  I probably was driving a '94 Altima because I had it all of senior year, but they prob. didn't change too much from what you have.
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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 11:31
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout.


Our friends used to have one & one time they stopped at traffic lights & were seen by some of their mates, who then proceeded to walk over, tip the Reliant on its side & walk away again.


** spits out coffee **  LOL
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 12:34
Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:


Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout.


Our friends used to have one & one time they stopped at traffic lights & were seen by some of their mates, who then proceeded to walk over, tip the Reliant on its side & walk away again.
** spits out coffee **  LOL


It was a classy car, too - they'd apparently repainted it by hand with interior emulsion

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Points: 8581 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 12:43
 
 
Interesting hearing the Euro perspective on this. When I was in Germany I had what every American dreams of, driving as fast as possible on the autobahn.  Unfortunately we rented a Fiat Punto which I could barely get to 175 km/h going down hill. 
 
But, the worst care ever, the AMC Matador.  It's like a Gremlin on growth hormone. Funny thing is, it was Motor Trend car of the year 1973.
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Points: 20029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 12:46
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

My father once was a passenger in a Reliant Robin Van when it tipped over at a roundabout.


Our friends used to have one & one time they stopped at traffic lights & were seen by some of their mates, who then proceeded to walk over, tip the Reliant on its side & walk away again.

Thanks Jim, that's the funniest thing I've heard in ages.LOL
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Points: 8581 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 12:48
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Yugo??LOL
 
And much like the country for which they are named, most Yugo's have seperated into their original parts.

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Points: 3888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 21 2007 at 13:07
 
and speaking about Germany, apart from BMW's and Porsches you had (have) also the famous East- German produced 'Trabbi' (Trabant) Also  I never drove one myself  I think the survival chances in a major crash were less then  Zero unless you crashed into another Trabbi which would raise the chances slightly.
 
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