Reliant Robin or Robin Reliant?

[Vinylseats]

It amazes me how many people you still hear saying "Robin Reliant" - but which do YOU usually say? Vote now!!

[Shep Shepherd]

Reliant Robin.

 

It irritates me how many people (usually those in the media, comedians and non-car enthusiasts) call the car the Robin Reliant.

[Guest]

I R GUILTY.

[trigger]

I say Reliant Robin as that's what it's called, You don't call an Escort an Escort Ford do you.

[outlaw118]

I refer my learned colleague to the very first page of the Grumpy Thread, when I mentioned I find Robin Reliant irksome.

My case rests m'lud. You smell of wee.

[Negative Creep]

Can anyone think of another car this happens to? I can't

[dollywobbler]

Yes. Mk2 Jaguar.

[Electric Leyland]

Yes. Mk2 Jaguar.

 

Blimey you're right, hadn't though of that.

 

Was the Robin Reliant vocabulary disease anything to do with Only Fools And Horses?

[warren t claim]

Can anyone think of another car this happens to? I can't

 

Lotus Cortina and Cortina Lotus (Mk2)

[RoadworkUK]

On a related matter, ever noticed how people tend massage their cars trim level to sound more impressive?

 

"Mondeo 24v", for example sounds much more impressive than Ford Mondeo Ghia X 2.5.

"Animal" sounds far cooler than Mitsubishi L200 Double-Cab.

 

And most annoyingly, speaking as a salesman, when impressionable and naieve young oiks refer to their bottom-of-the-range C-Class as a "Mercedes Kompressor", as if the badge on the back is supposed to denote that their car ISN'T inferior to any of the V6 models, honest.

[flat4alfa]

Pig Plastic

[trigger]

Yes. Mk2 Jaguar.

 

E-Type Jag is another.

[barrett]

Can anyone think of another car this happens to? I can't

 

Lotus Cortina and Cortina Lotus (Mk2)

 

I don't think this happens very often. If you know enough about cars to be talking about a Lotus Cortina/Cortina Lotus you probably know enough to tell the difference between the two. I don't doubt some Cortina Lotus owners say they drive a Lotus Cortina to make it sound more impressive.

 

I wonder what it is about Jaguar that encourages people to do this? C-type, D-type, E-type, S-type, MK2... it happens a lot.

Can't think of anything else though

[wuvvum]

The French used to do it with Peugeots sometimes, for some reason. They'd say "306 Peugeot" rather than "Peugeot 306". I can't think of any other examples though.

[hennabm]

What grits my s*** are all the w***ers that think any three wheeler must be a Del boy motor

His was a Reliant Regal van not a Robin or a Rialto etc etc.

Early Regals were known as 21E were they not Or was that just the saloon versions

[barrett]

21E was a special edition with 21 extras, including front spot lamps, metallic paint etc. Early Regals of that shape were 3/25 (three wheels, 25HP), then became the 3/30 after the restyle. Del Boy's van was a Supervan III

[Split_Pin]

+1 to the above.

 

I also hate when a Rialto is advertised on e-bay 'Del-boyed' up. Its stretching it TO THE MAX.

 

I actually really like Rialtos as they are as it happens.

[Negative Creep]

I would have one for a very short term laugh but they are oddly expensive for what they are, it's some sort of Mad Giffer Scene Tax

[Timewaster]

I also hate when a Rialto is advertised on e-bay 'Del-boyed' up. Its stretching it TO THE MAX.

 

I actually really like Rialtos as they are as it happens.

 

Its not just Reliants. I've seen many a Bedford Rascal "A Team" van and probably a few CF's too.

 

I remember seeing, among others a "Starsky and Hutch" Marina too.

[Richard]

Was the Robin Reliant vocabulary disease anything to do with Only Fools And Horses?

 

No, I can remember it happening in the 1970s.

 

Here's a song about a Cortina Ford.

 

[barefoot]

I had a friend whose first car was a Regal, he was terrified that we'd tell his dad when he dropped it on it's side coming off a roundabout.

He probably still is.

[Alexg]

As said already I hate Robin Reliant

 

But it happens with other cars as well - 3 series BMW, S - Class Merc etc

[Tayne]

But most people who say s-class merc/mk2 jag etc know the manufacturer and are just shortening it.

People who say Robin Reliant don't know they are incorrect.

[Alexg]

^point

[Angrydicky]

I would have one for a very short term laugh but they are oddly expensive for what they are, it's some sort of Mad Giffer Scene Tax

 

Certainly the late Corsa-headlight models are very expensive, but eighties Rialtos go for next to nothing on the bay.

[CreepingJesus]

I would have one for a very short term laugh but they are oddly expensive for what they are, it's some sort of Mad Giffer Scene Tax

 

Certainly the late Corsa-headlight models are very expensive, but eighties Rialtos go for next to nothing on the bay.

 

Gratuitous BN-1 pic...

Does look quite nice, what with its' dinky Minilites and all!

But yeah, Reliant Robin it is. I will, and do, correct miscreants.

[eddyramrod]

Robin Reliant makes exactly as much sense as B MG. I know people say they have a B, but that's fine, it's only like saying you have a Robin. Either way, I know what it looks like instantly.

[trigger]

There are dozens of old boys driving about near me in Robins/Ratios, I was only commenting to the misses yesterday that in a 2 mile journey i past 5 of them, There's even a Van version around the corner, I need to get a photo of it.

[Negative Creep]

Also, have you ever seen a happy Robin/Rialto driver? They all look miserable as sin

[Mash]

I was thinking recently how unlucky it must be to own a Robin/Rialto in winter after all this weather we've had. You must have to abandon it completely for a time until that pile of snow down the middle of the road thaws a bit......

 

Only the wrong way round thing, yes Robin Reliant bugs me but the Mk2 Jag thing doesn't really; I usually say Mk2 Escort or Mk3 Cortina casually but then always write or say formally Ford Cortina Mk3 for example.