All this goodness for ONLY £11750
for only 200 bhp aswell. Sorry to all hood owners had to get it off my chest.
ATB Dan.
This made me laugh, HOOD LINK
All this goodness for ONLY £11750 for only 200 bhp aswell.
Sorry to all hood owners had to get it off my chest.
ATB Dan.
stainless and ready built at least... but still a touch steep! maybe the quality has improved with recent developments - is it new staff or just new
ownership?
any thoughts on the chassis? looks simple but effective enough. i cant see many obvious improvements, but a rear shot would be nice.
[Edited on 1/7/05 by JoelP]
With all due respect to Robin Hood I'd have said that was a bleeping joke...
Also found on the RH site.......
Fantastic opportunity...Super Spec car as reported in Kit Car magazine in May 2005. Built by PC Luke Riddett and returned to us, the worst built
Robin Hood we have seen in a long time, hence all brand new panels and fibre glass will also be supplied when sold the second time around. It has now
been checked mechanically by our own technicians and is running. Sold with full warranty and documentation.
Guide Price: £8000
Any one know anything?
Ian
NB Hippy,you weren't censored!
quote:
Originally posted by robinbastd
NB Hippy,you weren't censored!
Ian,
Hippy is right though.......mind you most if not all that is written in the kit press is a joke...
Which Tit....Tit car and totaltits........all as bad each other for lying to the public about how great a pile of turd is
Special as in special needs or as in Special Brew, Hippy?
I wasn't asking for your disenchanted view of the kit car press Mark as I've heard your rants mate!! I was asking if anyone knew
anything about the worst built Robin Hood mentioned in the bit I posted.
Geet tuss.
Ian
Is there such thing as a nice one then....
quote:
Originally posted by Triton
Is there such thing as a nice one then....
quote:
Originally posted by robinbastd
Special as in special needs or as in Special Brew, Hippy?
oh yeah see what you mean.....damn lager clouds the cells don't yer know
No,thank you Sir
quote:
Originally posted by Triton
oh yeah see what you mean.....damn lager clouds the cells don't yer know
quote:
Originally posted by robinbastd
No,thank you Sir
Must have been the most expensive turd ever bought.....
People familiar with the work of Tracey Emin and Damien Hurst may argue that point.
Silk purse and sows ear syndrome is going on up there in Nottingham
I hope you mean Robin Hood and not me...
(Notts boy)
**for those wondering, yes I am still alive... the plans (despite much financial crap) are still in the gameplan... As I've said too many times before, watch this space**
Yep RH.....dunno where i live let alone anyone else...don't even feel British anymore mate as i can't understand the language in my local town....kosowotsits everywhere
quote:
Originally posted by Metal Hippy
**for those wondering, yes I am still alive... the plans (despite much financial crap) are still in the gameplan... As I've said too many times before, watch this space**
I've been keeping an eye on things in here from time to time.
Just haven't been feeling particularly inclined to post much.
I wanna get things back on some kind of even keel though, I'm fed up of what's happening right now.
and they want us to do all the work !!!
It is our most sincere wish to give Super Spec customers everything that they will need to complete their car up to a level that it will pass an SVA
test and obtain a new registration mark, to the criteria that is set down at the time of purchase. We will add to the above list any items without
charge that are missing, your help identifying omitted components is welcome.
Anyway - the point is , i think for performance , most manufacturers can offer more for less .
Who wants a rover T series ?
,blimey............thought id accidently started posting on the caterham site the way your posting
what most people forget is unlike my car and others,you dont assemble a robin hood,you build it,not alot fits first time,i take my hat of to those
that build them
i agree i think the new owners are putting the prices up a tad too much
Lads come on its a turbo!! Well worth it!!
LMBO
hmm, and how much do MK/mnr/mac1 etc charge for turnkey bike engine cars again?
i wonder which would i rather have...
the resale on that robinhood must be pretty low - who would wan to buy it a year down the line (assuming it gets finished)
Ned.
With the alternatives out there nowadays you gotta be nuts to pay their inflated prices...
The thing is, people will still buy Robin Hoods because they just don't know any better.
More fool them. In the past maybe they were well priced for what you got, but now you don't get a deal more for a huge price hike.
Yeah right, maybe they should do some extra research into the market. Or even do any..
I am a former 2b owner, the reason for my choice, like every other RH owner, was very simple, it was bloody cheep!! I new it wasn't the best kit
out there but RH were never about that, the whole reason so many kits were sold was because so many of us could afford to buy them. Now that the price
has shot up they have managed to price themselves out of their own market. Now that i'm building another kit its gonna be a locost.
I was briefly tempted with the lightwieght until i saw it close up, and they put the price up.
Mine's pretty good, apart from the Zeemerides. Fast, raw, handles well (I do know the difference BTW I had a Mk1 Elise from new for a couple of
years) and it was very cheap at the time. Sure, it was a PITA to build but that is the challenge. The best part is the owner's club, very
supportive and friendly even if you do have a Vortx "Chassis #1, actually" instead of a Robin Hood.
I've seen alot of photos of Locosts which are finished to the most exacting standards, but how many of them cost £250 as suggested by the
book?
Not saying anything untoward here as I'd love to have a go at a Locost, it's a real engineering challenge. But Robin Hoods, crap as they may
be, are still cheap from what I can see. And the Lightweight looks tempting. I wonder how heavy the chassis is compared to a book locost?
Last thing I'll say is this : in an accident I'd rather be in a Hood. Take a look at the chassis next time you're close up to one and
you'll see why. Preferably mine, because i strengthened the floorpan considerably... 
No RHs should not allowed on the road full stop --
I saw the first Triumph Dolly based RH twenty odd years back I considered it dangerous and unroadworthy because of the front suspension which
grossly over loaded its lower ball joint Since then RH have used many front suspension designs most of which have flew in the face of any known good
practice being either eccentric or misguided.
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
No RHs should not allowed on the road full stop --
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
No RHs should not allowed on the road full stop --