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No, they really didn't last decades. The horrible two-stroke engine of the Trabant had a design lifespan of only 60000 km, and the rest wasn't much better. Sinc
by fsh 3y ago
No, they really didn't last decades. The horrible two-stroke engine of the Trabant had a design lifespan of only 60000 km, and the rest wasn't much better. Since buying a new car was nearly impossible, people kept theirs on the road by constantly swapping out parts.
- tharkun__ 3y agoPeople put in Trabant orders when their grand children were born. As an 18th birthday gift. Theres a German entertainer that made TV skit where he tracked down some of these people (probably some time in the late 90s or early 2000s and "delivered" their new Trabant on (hidden) camera. Quite fun.