Was anyone ever a proud owner of one of these?????

[dean80's]

COME ON...OWN UP...... ha ha

[bumblelady]

i went on one on holiday ten years ago they were brill

[dondons69]

no but i wish i'd had one it looks like fun!

[dean80's]

by the way - that is not me on the pic

[dondons69]

LOL i did wonder as you have not yet posted your pic!!!

[SpiralCoolStuff]

No never had one or ridden one but look slike a fun thing to do

[Clive Henry Jones]

I think that they had them on Porthcawl's Trecco Bay Caravan Park and you could hire them out.

The factory that made them was only 40 or so miles away in Merthyr Tydfil, so it sounds about right.

Clive.

[Baz]

They were supposed to be all the rage, but I don't remember anyone having or wanting one.

[Morcar]

They were Sinclairs big flop.

They were fun to ride but the idea was you could use them in traffic and they would be all energy efficient and that. Trouble was in traffic they are the most frightening thing possible. A big lorry passing could just about blow you over.

You got fumes in your face the whole time and if something hit you you would be mincemeat.

Good for a laugh though

[stevef]

Re: Was anyone ever a proud owner of one of these?????

No, but I had the game on the Spectrum - C5 Clive.

[pedro]

Re: Was anyone ever a proud owner of one of these?????

I remember all the hype leading up to the unvail and the mass disappointment when it looked and drove like a toy go-cart. The water proof suits also made the driver look like a yellow gnome. Probably one of the most spectacular flops of all time?

[andria]

Re: Was anyone ever a proud owner of one of these?????

me and my brother both had a go in the c5 at caistor holiday park, great yarmouth about 1989 ish it rained the whole time we were there.

[Morcar]

Re: Was anyone ever a proud owner of one of these?????

Here's one that will make you feel old.

I have just started doing some volunteer work in a local Museum. One of the displays they sometimes have on is of old toys and games etc. They have actually got on of the C5's (don't think it still runs though) that is put on display.

The 'old toy' display is an eye opener in itself. Really bad when a Museum has items on display that you actually used to own .

[kass]

Re: Was anyone ever a proud owner of one of these?????

I actually have the brochure for one of these. Found it when we moved house.

[sixtyten]

Re: Was anyone ever a proud owner of one of these?????

Cool, that could be worth something to a collector