Haynes pig anyone?

[minicountryman1961]

Originally Posted by Davey

Yup that's the plastic pig allright. TT I'm with you, it annoys me intensely when people make that mistake and call it a "robin reliant"

D.

Uh Oh, at the 1:06 mark in the Youtube video posted above, Jeremy Clarkson calls it a Robin Reliant!!!!

I should have remembered the Robin was the Plastic Pig, but I have never seen one in person, for some reason they never caught on in the U.S.. Perhaps because if you owned one here, you would be guaranteed to never get laid? I have seen it frequently on video, I own the Complete Mr. Bean DVD set.

[twinturbo]

I remember being unfortunate to catch that episode.. I screamed at the TV.

TT

[Davey]

Here's a bit of an update on the "Haynes Pig". My mate's dad swapped the project for a completed trike (read shit heap) on the basis that he would complete the "haynes" one. I saw him today reworking the rear suspension as its way too hard apparently (Reliant rear axle mounted on radius arm with coil over shock units, AKA a total abortion). I was amazed to see it now sports number plates and a tax disc, as the seats are a couple of plastic chair items (remember the kind we had at school, plastic seat on a tubular metal frame) with lap only seat belts so I'm guessing it hasn't seen an IVA examination! I'm not even convinced it would pass an MOT.

So what do I do now, shop them and drop him in it and hope they never have an accident with it?

Next question is if I do shop them who do I call?

D.