One million cars they didn't know about?

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Sun 4 Apr 2004 06:01
One million cars they didn't know about? - THe Growler
Heaven forfend that I risk ostracism by my friends if they even imagined for one minute I read the Grauniad, but the attached is interesting:

www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1185473,...l

....but I always thought a Robin Reliant was made of plastic?
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 10:38
One million cars they didn't know about? - BazzaBear {P}
Lucky that some of these people are dumb, as well as criminal.
Since the government didn't even know of the existance of those cars, if they'd never been taxed, they'd probably never have known, and never have sent out a fine.
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 14:11
One million cars they didn't know about? - NowWheels
Heaven forfend that I risk ostracism by my friends if they
even imagined for one minute I read the Grauniad,

...

next thing you'll be eating muesli, and before you know it you'll be hugging trees along with the best of them! :)
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 16:42
One million cars they didn't know about? - NARU
....but I always thought a Robin Reliant was made of plastic?

I think you meant Reliant Robin!
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 17:03
One million cars they didn't know about? - NARU
Oops - didn't mean that to be quite so terse/stroppy! I'm fascinated by the way that one car has metamorphed around in our language.
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 17:09
One million cars they didn't know about? - THe Growler
LOL my phrasing was deliberate.
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 18:26
One million cars they didn't know about? - patently
....but I always thought a Robin Reliant was made of plastic?



Yes, anyone who knows what they are talking about will think twice before describing them as "rusting reliants".

Good old Grauniad, as reliable as ever.
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 19:31
One million cars they didn't know about? - frostbite
"One million cars they didn't know about?"

I bet there are enough people they don't know about to fill those cars, too.
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 19:45
One million cars they didn't know about? - trancer
Maybe they got under them and saw the rusting suspension/under car components, or were those made of plastic too?.
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 20:02
One million cars they didn't know about? - Pugugly {P}
Call me a cynic - probably originated from a DVLA press release,
usual case of froth v. content....
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Mon 5 Apr 2004 09:45
One million cars they didn't know about? - patently
Yes, fair enough there are metal parts in a Reliant, but I didn't say they couldn't rust, I just said that a knowledgeable person would think twice before saying that. It is a bit of a red rag.
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Sun 4 Apr 2004 23:18
One million cars they didn't know about? - malteser
They know about them, but they just dont care!
"Too many - nah, just massage the figures mate"
Roger.
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Mon 5 Apr 2004 00:10
One million cars they didn't know about? - Manatee
At least the Grauniad knows it's a Reliant Robin - not so the Torygraph:

www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/20...l
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Mon 5 Apr 2004 14:46
One million cars they didn't know about? - Cliff Pope
So it's like E-type Jag then, only not so rust prone?
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