How Fast Can A Reliant Robin 3 Wheeler Lap The Nordschleife?

About as fast as you think it does.
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[@theclosedone8248]

"the 3 wheels, it adds an interesting element" Did you mean "takes out a crucial element"......?

[@theborg5981]

No. I don't see a problem 😂🤣

[@bouncingshot]

@Fawexx peel p50: i guess you wonder where i've been

[@theborg5981]

@Izumi Culture 😂🤣😂🤣true

[@iLiokardo]

I think it's very interesting. I would LOVE to see this car being driven on the limit, getting the chassis 1cm off the ground. Come on. Seriously.

[@StevieSmith77]

ive started a new game. its called "what can you cook while jimmer laps the ring in a robin" i managed fish cakes and mushy peas. tomorrow im gonna attempt roast beef and yorkshire puddings

[@DzDzDzzzz146]

thats funny, but now i know u british.. xD

[@michaelldeans]

Back to the pavilion with that one Steve

[@Saviliana]

I could only brew a pot of tea with bacon and omelet.

[@revolver265]

I managed to make two Chicken Cordon Bleus. Granted they were from frozen, but I had to wait a solid 12 minutes for those damn breaded-chicken sandwiches.

[@mouaxiong8618]

Invite me.

[@jacklb4152]

The same people who built the Reliant Robin, built the Ford RS200 Evolution. Just think about that for a minute..

[@MaxiosMB]

Jesus..

[@gflo2781]

The drugs must have kicked in at some stage after that 3 wheeled monstrosity!

[@Stanley-rq6vv]

Reliant Robin RS200 Evolution?

[@ZombieByte]

danm guys... wtf happened between badass rally car and useless tricycle

[@Karibanu]

Also the Scimitar, which wasn't completely terrible. There is a hillclimb Robin with a bike engine around, definitely doesn't roll over. Does seem to understeer a bit, unsurprisingly.... @Nigel Mansell - the company was Reliant. You can drive 3-wheelers on a motorbike license in the UK - these days it's easier just to get a car license, but once upon a time apparently that wasn't so, so there were a bunch of them. The Bond Bug was much more fun.

[@davidvarelapt]

Please no rollerino jimmer

[@AMVDawg]

learning to drive smoothly: Japan: AE86 delivering tofu down a mountain Britain: Reliant Robin around the Nordschleife I see no difference lol

[@alvinwong7175]

AMVDawg How to roll the Reliant Robin like Jeremy Clarkson

[@Jazzblade1977]

France: Drive a basket of eggs on the passenger seat through a freshly plowed field without an egg breaking... in a 2CV.. It was actually build to do that. The suspension was specifically designed to do just that.

[@illusion86ln]

CBR900RR 1977 ?! WHAT?!

[@afrog2666]

@@illusion86ln WHAT!!???

[@Sp00kq]

Nordschleife is in Germany

[@ThunderTHR]

3-wheeled boi vs. big boi track. *who will win?*

[@JamieBthe2nd]

I've seen a hillclimb tuned Robin fitted with a bike engine. Frightening.

[@Rtd434]

The one with the wide arches and the boot mouthed Wang?

[@DZ-jm1my]

oh yeah 😂

[@JamieBthe2nd]

That's the one. 😁 There are others too.

[@MRacer001]

you got a link to that? sounds amazing

[@JamieBthe2nd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4i9lICigcmZpqs 😁

[@chrissss696]

If you watch at 1.5x speed it looks just like a regular hotlap

[@fordgalaxiefanclub7733]

2 times is more like it

[@Jazzblade1977]

Just a lot wobblier.

[@MythionVR]

...put a spoiler on it.

[@lucaferreri8959]

Jackal1810 can he puts a wang on this

[@braydenfletcher8159]

Whats a spoiler? Do you mean a wang?

[@mikeha1214]

I was thinking training wheels on the front end would be a better mod.

[@seanbrady4715]

no a splitter

[@pirozcontractor6006]

Can I put a Wang on dis???? ARGHOOHHHH!!!

[@Howiehamster]

do a motorized wheel chair lol

[@lv26ks]

Next year and he'd be still on that recording hahah

[@jbc17c]

Howie Howard He should do Colin Furze’s Worlds fastest mobility scooter.

[@belovedconsole]

This was so brilliant and I loved watching it through your virtual glasses. The commentary was great, "I can't believe I'm heel-and toeing a Reliant Robin but I guess that's what my channel's come to." Hey, you're the man to do it. No one else is!

[@DCGaming88]

Brings back memories from my childhood. Grandad had a green robin reliant and the funnist thing I was told that he once overtook a jag on the motorway with a full load and the jag owners face was priceless as he overtook

[@DANLi_]

When Jimmy rolls, I can just hear Murray's voice saying "and he rolls, and rolls, and rolls..."

[@TrevorDennis100]

This takes me back to the Greaves Invacar Model 70, unkindly referred to a the Spaz Chariot (people were not into PC in those days). Bert Greaves had a disabled cousin called Derry Preston-Cobb who got Bert to build him a rather more interesting version of the three wheeled vehicle for disabled. Derry operated his three wheeler from his wheelchair which was pushed into this vehicle from the back (I doubt it had any sort of anchor). It had no body or roof. Well he was a total hooligan and always getting into trouble with the cops. I think it started with a tuned Villiers engine, but rumour had it that it eventually evolved to a 250cc Griffon scrambler engine, which made it stupid fast considering its total lack of stability. Note: I've just checked Wikipedia and Derry's death-trap was actually the forerunner and inspiration for the Invacar.

[@darjanator]

Wait... Reliant Robin and you didn't call yourself "delboy" at the start of the video? Only fools and horses would make THAT mistake.

[@yuanedo795]

*"Del Thicc Boi"

[@MBanting1]

Del didn't use a Robin, it was a Reliant Regal ;)

[@F_I_J_I_W_A_T_E_R]

Really? I thought it was the supervan.

[@darjanator]

Gah! I'm such a plonker!

[@saab9980]

@@F_I_J_I_W_A_T_E_R It's called regal supervan

[@Spac8]

The original engines in the early 747cc Reliants was a sidevalve Austin 7 unit. I believe they then went over to their own 750 and 850cc aluminium engines that had a reputation for being able to take revs with abandon. Know someone who had an 850 with a big carb and exhaust that used to want to pull crazy rpm. Great content as usual bud!

[@lucaferreri8959]

It’s long but entertaining at the same time

[@conornaughton3819]

I have never heard that phrase before 😐

[@welshy4638]

That's what she said.

[@staz334]

haha long boi

[@mnapoletano7723]

just like my penis

[@lolkingrd440]

Now I know why Mr bean hated this car

[@saab9980]

Mr bean had a regal supervan

[@Nexuhss]

Not the guy he was always running off the road.

[@TombstoneChris]

@@Nexuhss yep that blue car lol

[@guillermoguillermo4368]

"I'm gonna attack the next corner and then the next corner attacks you" This car is the metaphore of my life.

[@elijahdelano329]

It was classified as a motorbike for insurance reasons from what i understand. Which made them popular in the north where money was tight, and the weather didn't permit travel by motorbike on most days.

[@michaelmartin9022]

There was also a Reliant Fox, which was basically this with four wheels (and it sounds fun as hell), which also got a pickup version, absurdly enough. The Robin was followed up with the also 3-wheeled Rialto, which was in production into the 21st century! Maybe they'll come back one day.

[@michaelmartin9022]

Oh also look up the racing formula "Stadium Supertrucks". It's basically toned-down monster trucks actually raced on tracks... with jumps on the straights because why not? They roll over constantly, too. Try taking one of them round!

[@TheSilverShadow17]

​@@michaelmartin9022 Jimmy already has in one of his other Nurb videos, plus it's funny as hell lol

[@ptsdpamphletcompany5890]

we seriously need a Reliant Robin Racing Series, the RRRS, with forty Reliant Robins lapping tracks like Goodwood for something like twenty or thirty minutes.

[@madmanc7266]

The car was actually made for the miners who usually ride 50cc motorbikes to work, wanted something to keep them out of the rain and cold in winter. Because of the size of the engine you didn't need a full drivers licence, only moped one.

[@stevemason4753]

Owned and drove 2 of these on my motorbike licence. Official wording was you could drive a "light tricycle or quadricycle under 650kg" which included both the Reliant Robin (3 wheeler) and Reliant Kitten (4 wheeler)... weight was kept down due to the fibreglass body! Oh the safety :D This classification also included the Caterham 7, meaning I could have driven one with no car driving experience whatsoever. Fun fact, I replaced an engine in one of my Robins (the estate, fancy!) and lifted the body and chassis off the engine as it was lighter :P

[@Happy_cookie]

As soon as I saw this, it brought a massive smile to my face! Thanks for doing this Jimmer :D

[@SigmanApex87]

5:51 "Roll it through" I guess you did not mean it like that

[@trollhimself3620]

You really can not flim flam the Jim Jam

[@TheVoosters]

Only the very early Robins were 750cc, most were 850cc. The Robins forte was that you didn't need a car licence to drive one, with it only having 3 wheels, you could drive it on a motorcycle licence. Reliant weren't stupid!! - there was a four wheel version is called the 'Kitten' :o)

[@StefanVeenstra]

I remember back in the 90's there was an elderly neighbor driving one of these Reliant Robin. Quite the odd sight, he never drove it outside 60 kph zones and most often you could overtake him with a bicycle. It's a funny car.

[@prime6091]

The Reliant Robin was a car for people with a motorcycle licence who couldnt actually pay for a motorbike. It was an easy and cheap way of transportation. Many people like builders bought them... and many died....

[@crazy_dave4111]

It’s very late but the Toyota Yaris you were speaking about, If it was bright orange then well...that was my dad doing a lap round the ring (at 8:23)

[@daunteuflay4859]

5:51 "saved!" 😂😂😂

[@marriedwithguns3051]

We need a 100% force feedback challenge of the Reliant Robin at Monaco

[@evilreddog]

You need to post this on Drive Tribe, to challenge someone to do this IRL xD

[@1raphael95]

I should be studying right now but here I am watching jimmy toe and heel a reliant robin around nordschleife on slippers

[@steveeisenburger6011]

Always good for a laugh and some good times. Thanks Jimmer.

[@eamonahern7495]

After watching the reliant robin rally stage last night I decided to revisit this one. Reliant - What an ironic name for a car! But then the robin part makes sense because it kind of gives the sense of robbing you of something that you can rely on.

[@vincentvangogh4174]

I kind of got the answer to your title question when I saw the length of the video.

[@BuzzaB77]

Love em or Hate em TG's sketch on this thing was one of the funniest pieces they ever did.

[@Arthurhpc94]

Watches this lap while listening Ride of the Valkyries, it had a whole new level of epicness.

[@MikeCBA]

Jimmy, this is the funnest video you've made. Next, how about an Isetta or a Tuk-Tuk

[@mahdi786003]

6:04 save of the year😎😎

[@n-nani8973]

5:52 *Invisible Shingo Bump* *Cue "I need your love"*

[@hoobaguy]

Phil Oakey on standby for this one.

[@guillermoguillermo4368]

I fricken love your deapan humor.

[@flavoredsnacks9979]

Now you need to do a lap in a Morgan 3-wheeler for a battle of the 3 wheelers

[@greenshell4082]

Reminds me of the Daihatsu Midget 3 wheeler from GT4.

[@endgamerplays]

The Reliant Robin is concrete proof that you need four wheels for a car.

[@elrontur]

One ascended viewer calling for duty!

[@Mabix_Racing]

Absolutely awesome :DD nice greatings from germany.... near nordschleife :P Love your videos !

[@brettosborn4799]

I mean your doing something right you had me watching a slow 3 wheel car go around a huge track for 17 min lol keep up the good work

[@oktc68]

Great video. What were they thinking? Was their a national wheel shortage? Why didn't they have two at the front? Madness!

[@Fluffy_666]

We need a 700bhp wheelie-Robin! The...Wheelieant Robin!! And after a few meters of wheelie the downforce kicks in and you do the full lap flat

[@PaulMcElligott]

The long straight... even longer in a robin.

[@jeffreytam7684]

This is quality content I’m here for

[@Shichao112]

that "don't roll over again" sounded same as JC. So nostalgic feelings

[@cloroxble_ach9030]

Wow the new suv's roll more than the ones in the 90's

[@eddiehimself]

Fun fact: they reclassified cars like this as a "small car" so you needed to get a car licence to drive it because people were exploiting being able to drive one on a motorcycle licence, which was cheaper and easier to get than a car licence. Then a couple of years ago they changed a 3-wheel car to be classified as a type of motorcycle because of people exploiting being able to drive motorcycle-style 3-wheelers on a car licence, which these days is cheaper and easier to get than a motorcycle licence.

[@wildwalkeruk]

there was another complication. I think from memory that you could only drive a robin on a motorcycle license if you had the variant that did not have a reverse gear, might have to google that a bit more, but that was the 'word on the street' when I was 17 a really long time ago :)

[@glenns_AI]

I drive one of these as my daily.... Get that wheel up boy.

[@Jazzblade1977]

It's probably classed as a trike.. so you can drive it (officialy with helmet but because it has a roof you don't need the helmet. On a trike with helmet you don't need seatbelts...) with a motorcycle license... and with seatbelts you can drive it with a car license too... In the Netherlandsl it's the same for the 3-wheeled piaggo "motorcycles". They are also classed as trike

[@MrNogoodly]

This driver is a real radio mouth.. Talk faster and more than the tachymeter and the motor

[@gregorymathews1998]

When he roasts the Yarris trying to get up the hill and then compares it to a reliant.... I have a Yarris... FeelsBadMan

[@iamn00bish]

"What's one rollover or two rollovers between friends." My dude if you'd known how many times my friends and I had rolled or flipped cars you'd be surprised that we are still alive.

[@dean6708]

One of the funniest top gear episodes ever 😆

[@roknroller6052]

Great, good sound. Could you do a video with a Hillman imp. Love those hehe

[@derpherbert3199]

Should've put a Wang on it.

[@Radivia]

Reliant robin enters 2020F1 series, f1 teams on suicide watch

[@foggygreenlees]

Shout out to the 70's slippers! From a fellow 70's slipper owner:)

[@Adamski_88]

Well done. Brilliant car control👏👏

[@RobGemmell82]

Reliant racing series should be a thing if it isn't already.

[@presidentkimi975]

The RARE Heel-and-Toeing-In-A-Reliant-Robin Boy.

[@presidentkimi975]

In my defense, i said it before Jimmy did in the video.

[@kylesmith1375]

How had I never seen this one before

[@noodlesthefox6787]

corrections: in top gear they not only added weights but messed with the differential and added a slightly bigger tyre on the passenger side reliant made their own engines the reliant robin wasn’t actually that cheap (it was £800 new, which is £11,000 nowadays the main selling point of reliant was the motorcycle licence not that it was cheap

[@petrmiskerik]

Great video as usualy. Thx Jimmer :)

[@ollypolly8113]

5:49 well it that was unexpected, even tough we all knew it had to happen

[@cbr3220]

*casually hits apex with one wheel

[@dielegende9141]

Please more rollerino, Jimmer!

[@abulzz]

It will be interesting to see a targa florio challenge with this car lol

[@SentinelIXK]

Got your Clarkson shoes on!

[@brunomantovaneli6076]

This 3 wheeler sounds much better than my actual car

[@mx_nana_banana]

the yeet mobile goes around the yeet ring

[@orangesims]

The time on this and your 2CV times remind me of my old GT5 attemped with a 1958 Subaru 360. I got a 18:29.25 out of it somehow, even though I'm a terrible driver. I would love to see you do this in that car, it's even more gutless on the uphills than this thing was! Just a shame it doesn't have the lul factor of a rolliboi

[@Floris_VI]

I just cant believe that thing does anything over 100kph

[@lowkingYT]

This car would make you drive smooth AF

[@TomBoi]

You know when your car sucks when in Forza Horizon 3 it has training wheels you can put on the front to solve the rollover.

[@Begleitkubus]

Is there a sim-racing league dedicated to Reliant Robins yet?

[@StefanVeenstra]

Now you have to do a 1962 Daihatsu Midget MP5 around this track!

[@Em-7Add11]

i cant fucking wait to watch this

[@MrMelodynelson]

the 4th wheel is on the trunk as a spre parts

[@ML_314]

I like the sound.

[@XPLOSIVization]

Cool video although the law changed in 2001 so that you need a full car driving licence to drive a Reliant, and the only car that qualified to be driven on a motorcycle licence (before 2001) was the Reliant Regal and not the Robin as the Robin was too heavy to qualify for the loop hole in the law

[@fibromyalgiasucks2326]

Love it. My grandad had one.

[@davonmulder5272]

Everyone: Jimmy: HOW FAST CAN THIS LAP THE NORDSCHLEIFE!

[@MrHungrySimon]

Are these the same socks you wore in Hangar 7 on saturday?

[@tobidorifto6803]

jimmer, please try the Porche Carrera 911 2.7 '73 mod. it's so good!

[@d4zz1e]

I want to see that sprinter in the in the intro go round 😍😍

[@R0ndras]

So it's you... you are the nemesis of Mr.Bean!!

[@davidlopez2363]

I was there when Jimmy Broadbent battled a Reliant Robin on the Nordschleife!!

[@SargentSam]

You need to try my shitty V8 Powered Robin GTR mod for AMS (currently unreleased), which I made after I too found this thing lacks power. It's a bit of a handful to drive, but has a wang and great acceleration when you can put your foot down.

[@timthemagicbus666]

Next cars to be attempted around the Nordschleife - 1. Trabant 2. Lada Riva aka a Zhighuli 3. Citreon Ami 6 4. Fiat Panda 1988 1000S