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the Trabant? must be a slow day. As a diesel engine mechanic I once worked alongside a Slovenian who did our body panel work and he always had a good Trabant j
by nimbius 3y ago
the Trabant? must be a slow day. As a diesel engine mechanic I once worked alongside a Slovenian who did our body panel work and he always had a good Trabant joke.
did you know Trabant had a luxury package where it came with dual exhaust? the feature was hailed as a revolutionary wheelbarrow with heated handles.
- Lutzb 3y agoTrabant jokes were also quite popular after reunification, when the first trabants showed up in West Germany. Every kid in school knew at least some jokes. Most were centered around the atrocious build quality. How many people does it take to build a Trabant? Two: One folds, one glues.
- ManuelKiessling 3y agoThere was also a racing version: it came with a pair of sneakers in the trunk.
- michal_f 3y agoHow to double value of Trabant? Fuel up.
- hestefisk 3y agoNo, by putting a chocolate bar in the glovebox.
- yreg 3y agoThe funny thing is that the same jokes were popular in the countries behind the Iron Curtain between the people who drove Trabants.
- SpecialistK 3y agoI would think that's where the jokes came from.
- hulitu 3y agoThose people had more humour.
- ahoka 3y agoCompared to what?
- omoikane 3y agoWikipedia has a whole section dedicated to those jokes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_jokes#Trabant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_jokes#Trabant
- tkubacki 3y agoTrabant had accident, and got out of the road, next to the Cowpie. Cowpie asks Trabant: - hey who are you? - who? Me? I am a car! - yea, sure. If you are a car, I am a pizza!
- jacquesm 3y agoSeen written on the side of a Trabant will in the 00's: "Real Businessmen Drive Trabant".
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- foobarian 3y agoWhy does Trabant have windshield wipers on the inside? Because when you drive one, a comrade pushes while you go "Brrrrrrrr" <raspberry like car noises>
- kmoser 3y agoHere's one I've heard but never seen online: German engineers from the Trabant factory toured an auto assembly line in Japan. At the end of the line they witnessed a Japanese worker put a live cat inside the car and shut the doors. Puzzled, the German engineers asked their tour guide why. The guide replied, "When we come back the next morning, if the cat is dead we know the car was built airtight and thus has passed inspection." The German engineers nod and take notes. When they get back to Germany they put a cat in a Trabant and roll up the windows. When they get back the next morning the cat is gone. (The joke is that Trabants are built with engineering tolerance so poor that an animal as large as a cat could slip through the cracks.)
- justsomehnguy 3y agoIt's the same one for LADAs.
- KineticLensman 3y agoThe back page of the Trabant manual contains the local bus timetables.
- Cockbrand 3y agoWhy did the Trabant break down at the traffic light? One of the tires gut stuck on a piece of gum. What’s the best device for measuring the Trabant‘s acceleration? A calendar.
- jacquesm 3y agoA man in a brand new Mercedes is driving down the highway, and then, out of nowhere his car breaks down. A little while later an older man in a Trabant pulls up and asks if he can help. I don't think so says the Mercedes owner, my car is too heavy for you to tow. "But I can drive you to the next garage", offers the man in the Trabant and the Mercedes owner accepts. Seated in the Trabant he's actually quite surprised, for such a small car, lots of leg room, a stereo, a small espresso machine and an entertainment center that makes his own car look a little shabby. Real leather seats that are amazingly comfortable and on and on. "Wow", says the Mercedes owner, I never expected Trabants to be so luxurious. A few months later he's driving in his - now repaired - Mercedes on the autobahn, and wouldn't you know it, there is the Trabant stuck by the side of the road with smoke coming out. The Mercedes owner (who has had his car upgraded with all manner of luxury) jumps out, grabs his fire extinguisher and sprints to the Trabant intent on saving the owner. But just as he's about to let loose with the spray a voice comes out of the Trabant: "Just a second, I'll be done with my sauna shortly".
- kazinator 3y agoI just made one up: When riding in a Trabant, the passengers carry most of the kinetic energy. To reduce damage to the Trabant in a collision, secure it to as many passengers as possible via seat belts.¹ -- 1. Offered as an add-on option, featured in the deluxe package.