cct7kitcars
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 10:15 PM |
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question for every one
i heard that robin hood sell about 400 kits a year so why dont you see more of these cars on the road
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graememk
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 10:20 PM |
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i'd say i see more of them any anything else, in fact i've seen 2 today.
always more at owners club meets aswell.
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 10:40 PM |
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theres lof unfinished kits aswell
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Chippy
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 10:41 PM |
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Cant be all that good though, bloody hundreds of them for sale on Ebay.  Chippy
I'll get me coat !!!
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omega0684
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 10:50 PM |
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i always hear from lots of people that robin hoods are crap, the build manual is a joke and the service is shocking, so why are people buying their
kits?
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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graememk
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 10:58 PM |
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there cheap, (well they were) and not as bad as people make out.
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indykid
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| posted on 25/6/06 at 11:59 PM |
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robin hood aren't the only ones with a crap build manual!
the budget nature of the kit means if it's going to turn out well, it needs a lot of time, effort and probably patience put in. i always look
round the robin hood stand at shows, as the good ones are really good (maybe they're as good as any normal kit, but compared to the others they
shine )
they might not have a brilliantly torsionally rigid chassis, but if you can attach 4 wheels to it and build a car out of it, it serves it's
purpose for the majority of people who buy them.
back to the original question, there are probably a disproportionate amount of unfinished kits compared to other manufacturers due to the above.
don't knock them, they're cheap, like the budgie
tom
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DarrenW
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 08:53 AM |
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Their price before probs arttracted a lot of people who doubted their own ability to build a car and didnt want to commit a lot of cash up front. Like
most things in life if built correctly theres nowt wrong with them. As for the manual some kits dont come with one and to be honest you dont always
need one. I guess the issue is that when one is available some will follow it and forget to add some of their own flare and creativity so if there are
some errors they will be made more apparent.
In my mind the RH (and ive only really talked to 2B owners) is a perfectly good road car and fun weekend sports motor. You have to hand it to them
they captured one end of the market very well indeed. Not my cup of tea but thats just my personal opinion so only worth as much as a cup of tea.
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James
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 06:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cct7kitcars
i heard that robin hood sell about 400 kits a year so why dont you see more of these cars on the road
Someone uncharitable might pose the question: If you'd built a Robin Hood would *you* go out in it much?
But I'm not so I wouldn't say that!
Cheers,
James
[Edited on 27/6/06 by James]
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Gav
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 08:38 PM |
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I went in Mitch2b's 2b... on friday, nowt wrong with that and looks good too.
nowt wrong with the 6/7 RH's that turned up to the meeting either, well one did look old and quite shabby...
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