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Be aware that like everything you see on Top Gear, it was all rigged, although the Reliant three wheelers do have "stability issues" (I've personally helped put one back on its wheels, the driver panic braked and swerved, after his inattention whilst tailgating almost caused him to hit the car in front - over it went, as advertised).
I know most of the Reliant 3 wheeler people on the video and keep in touch with some of them. Steve White (the one with no front teeth) has been round to my place a few times in the past.They told me that JC's Reliant was rigged to be more unstable than normal, e.g. it had one rear wheel bigger than the other and was bias ballasted. The petrol tank was removed, too and a roll cage was fitted. Note that it always fell over on the same side!
Sadly, the Reliant owners agreed to do the programme in good faith, and they all had a good laugh about it. Unfortunately, the screening of it resulted in a campaign amongst some of the "brain dead" to turn over as many parked Reliants as they could find. A lot of damage was done to the cars of innocent people. Some of them were on very low incomes and lost their only transport....
Anyhow, at the moment, unless this is another publicity stunt (it might be, but I doubt it), the future of Jeremy Clarkson on TG looks very much in doubt.
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