Bond Bug

Clearly the author has not even been a passenger in any of those three wheelers let alone driven one.

I disagree about Reliant's Robin as they are perfectly safe.  I have two Reliant Rialtos (has the author ever heard of them ?!?!?  I think not !) and they drive just like any other car.  As for "stability", both of my VW Beetles and my hightop VW wedge campervan like to try and swap lanes on windy dual carraigeways/motorwa​ys where as both of my Rialtos do not.  They definitely do not have the tendency to roll over, let's put it that way.

I do agree with the interior being snug, but I have no problems with that.  I have to bend my left leg over due to the engine access panel but other than that I find them very comfortable.  In fact they're more comfortable than my VW 1600i (mexican) Beetle. 

They are however fairly noisy, but I don't find it too intrusive.  They are quieter than for example the dangerously unstable, extremely noisy and very slow Daihatsu 1.0 litre HiJet van.  I very nearly rolled a brand new Daihatsu HiJet van when I drove it around a very slight bend at about 15 mph. 

The Reliant 3 wheelers are significantly more economical to run too and I use my Reliant Rialto 2 estate as an every day car.  I can very happily drive my Rialto 2 on the M25 without any problems at all.

I think the author needs to do a bit more research (as in drive them) before posting faction.

In the docklands of 1960s east London, a pal had a red Morgan 3-wheeler with a Matchless engine up front.

He looked the part too...with a flying helmet and goggles.  What a hoot!  The yobs on the Isle of Dogs could

only scratch their heads as we roared by on what was virtually a circuit from West India Dock Road to the

Blackwall Tunnel and Poplar then....no chance to throw anything before we were gone in a cloud of fumes!!

I remember on one occasion we drove up West and were at traffic lights in Trafalgar Square when we were

held there by a Yank who wanted to admire our transport...but then came plenty of impatient  tooting and we had to leave him waving us away.  Those were the days!

i had a mate who had a bond mini you lifted the booet up to kick start the villiers engine but he went one better he put a triump bonnevile engine in it it had no bonnet he up graded the brakes  that was in the 1960s he was at some traffic lights and  aetpe jag pulled along side the chap in the jag was laughing his head of till the lights changed the jag was left standing it couldnt keep up by the way he was aclever enginer he was called bob scott who past away a few years ago

What about the Berkeley and the Isetta?

I had two Reliant Robins, one a red 'sit-up and beg' style saloon (£150.00 paid) and a van (£600.00 paid).  I was a biker (still am) and I only had a bike licence.  Tremendous fun but I did tip the van over once but it was easy to patch up with a fibreglass kit.  I never managed to match the original purple colour of the rest of the van so an artist friend of mine painted a sci-fi picture on the sides inspired by one  of the 'Yes' albums in circulation at the time.  Unfortunately, that made it an easy target for the local law - yes, it was perfectly capable of speeding despite what some people said!

So Czechoslovakias were 'forced' to drive the in the 50's 60's and 70's.
Was this at gunpoint, or just a spot of mild torture?
In the same situation as the Czechs I guess our intrepid reporter would have been delighted to own any old car, even the Velorex .
Try to be a little more charitable, it's both free and painless.

Where's the Bond Minicar three wheeler gone? Promising article from experienced MSN contributor turns out another disappointment. Mediocre research for a petrolhead journalist.

What about the Berkley T60 fabulous little three wheeler around the 1960's and that other neat little package the Frisky both ideal for us teenagers then, who were fed up falling off of scooters and tiger cubs and also stopped us getting wet.