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My parents drove one to their University with me in the back seat as a baby. You could buy one for 500 levs at the time which was a few months salary and it wou

by dzink 3y ago

My parents drove one to their University with me in the back seat as a baby. You could buy one for 500 levs at the time which was a few months salary and it would take you from point A to point B. That said, the surface of the car was cardboard-like and thus fodder of so many jokes. Example: - A: Are you happy with your Trabant? B: Yes, except I need to repaint it and some point. It’s blue and as soon as I open the window people start dropping letters for me to mail. — 4 men were carrying a Trabant. Somebody asks them why? Was it broken? They reply: Nope, nothing wrong with it, we’re just in a hurry. - A Japanese car manufacturer ordered a Trabant. When it arrived they wrote back: “We got the engine and chassé in a cardboard box, but where is the rest. - A cop busted a Trabant driver hitting 100km per hour. The cop says: 100levs. The driver counters: another 50 and the car’s yours. - Trabant stops next to a Lamborghini. Driver rolls down the window and asks - Hey, are you happy with your car? The Lambo driver responds “Yes, why do you ask?”. The Trabi replies: I don’t see many Lambos around, must not be a good car if people aren’t buying it.

kazinator 3y ago
> A Japanese car manufacturer ordered a Trabant The ironic thing is that the Japanese cars produced during the Trabant heydey era (60s-70s) are mostly not around any more due to having rusted. Maybe we would see more ancient Honda Civics on the road if they used duroplast.
- dzink 3y ago
  A mouse is not safe if it gets in through a hole inside a Trabant, because the cat can tear a bigger one in the cardboard and eat it.
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pacija 3y ago
There's a song by Atheist Rap, a Serbian punk rock band, who sings about the band happily touring around Vojvodina villages in a "Blue Trabant", until one night they left it parked near a pigsty which resulted in Trabant being eaten by pigs - a reference to it being plastic. Luckily, they managed to convert an engine into a power saw for sawing firewood. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R5YgRvIhdtk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R5YgRvIhdtk The track was quite popular so they made another one about Wartburg. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pvG7vi3bFCY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pvG7vi3bFCY
- l8rlump 3y ago
  I first heard of these cars in a story from a Croatian friend. He said they had to be careful where they parked them because pigs would like to eat the body. So it seems that it’s a real thing.
  - rospaya 3y ago
    That's just an urban legend/joke. Trabant wasn't common in Yugoslavia.
Cosi1125 3y ago
A man in a pharmacy: "500 meters of advesive plaster, please." The pharmacist looks at him, shocked. The next person in line pats him on his back and says: "Sir, 100 meters is enough. I also have a Trabant."

by dzink 3y ago

kazinator 3y ago

> A Japanese car manufacturer ordered a Trabant The ironic thing is that the Japanese cars produced during the Trabant heydey era (60s-70s) are mostly not around any more due to having rusted. Maybe we would see more ancient Honda Civics on the road if they used duroplast.

dzink 3y ago
A mouse is not safe if it gets in through a hole inside a Trabant, because the cat can tear a bigger one in the cardboard and eat it.
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pacija 3y ago

There's a song by Atheist Rap, a Serbian punk rock band, who sings about the band happily touring around Vojvodina villages in a "Blue Trabant", until one night they left it parked near a pigsty which resulted in Trabant being eaten by pigs - a reference to it being plastic. Luckily, they managed to convert an engine into a power saw for sawing firewood. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R5YgRvIhdtk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R5YgRvIhdtk The track was quite popular so they made another one about Wartburg. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pvG7vi3bFCY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pvG7vi3bFCY

l8rlump 3y ago
I first heard of these cars in a story from a Croatian friend. He said they had to be careful where they parked them because pigs would like to eat the body. So it seems that it’s a real thing.
- rospaya 3y ago
  That's just an urban legend/joke. Trabant wasn't common in Yugoslavia.

Cosi1125 3y ago

A man in a pharmacy: "500 meters of advesive plaster, please." The pharmacist looks at him, shocked. The next person in line pats him on his back and says: "Sir, 100 meters is enough. I also have a Trabant."