▲ 792 ▼ It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History (finance.yahoo.com) submitted 3 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 292 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (1 child) Seeing this reminded me of Mr Bean episodes where that three wheeled car is always getting shit on. Edit - this one - permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Lol there were a lot of those three wheelers around when I was a kid. They seemed pretty okay for city driving, wouldn't have wanted to try going at any speed in one tho. In fact, someone I know has most of one, says he's gonna restore it but it's been under a tarp for years so. . . permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] addie@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Robin The three wheels and the fibreglass construction meant that it was light enough to count as a tricycle, so that you could drive one on a motorcycle license rather than a full driving license. Plus they sip quite gently at the petrol by the standards of the 1970s. You still saw a few on the roads when I was growing up in the 80s, but it's been a long time. The thought of doing 85 mph in one of them is enough to make me fill my trousers, though. Couldn't pay me enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) Lol there were a lot of those three wheelers around when I was a kid. They seemed pretty okay for city driving, wouldn't have wanted to try going at any speed in one tho. In fact, someone I know has most of one, says he's gonna restore it but it's been under a tarp for years so. . . permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] addie@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Robin The three wheels and the fibreglass construction meant that it was light enough to count as a tricycle, so that you could drive one on a motorcycle license rather than a full driving license. Plus they sip quite gently at the petrol by the standards of the 1970s. You still saw a few on the roads when I was growing up in the 80s, but it's been a long time. The thought of doing 85 mph in one of them is enough to make me fill my trousers, though. Couldn't pay me enough. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] addie@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Robin The three wheels and the fibreglass construction meant that it was light enough to count as a tricycle, so that you could drive one on a motorcycle license rather than a full driving license. Plus they sip quite gently at the petrol by the standards of the 1970s. You still saw a few on the roads when I was growing up in the 80s, but it's been a long time. The thought of doing 85 mph in one of them is enough to make me fill my trousers, though. Couldn't pay me enough. permalink fedilink source parent