A man walked into an auto salvage yard and asked, "Gas cap for a Trabant?" After mulling over the question, the yard owner replied, "Okay. That sounds like a fair trade."
@hjalfi2 жыл бұрын
Somewhere, a Yugo is crying.
@maddsheep Жыл бұрын
Good one
@abelgergely9552 Жыл бұрын
How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill the gas tank!
@tamasabraham4162 Жыл бұрын
Jó kis auto❤❤❤
@tomcraftdonkey228511 ай бұрын
This is my favorite trabant joke
@Fuzz826 жыл бұрын
A Trabant is the longest car in the world, if you count in the smoke trail.
@JayfromTerra2 жыл бұрын
That's the first new Trabant joke I have heard in 30 years, I thought I knew them all. Danke!
@Fuzz822 жыл бұрын
@@JayfromTerra thanks to my friend from Bulgaria.
@darianthescorpion11322 жыл бұрын
The Trabant. Because a decent car was a suggestion. A suggestion that would label you as a greedy capitalist. 🤣
@dsz.5951 Жыл бұрын
thats what my dad(romanian) told me a few months ago, the joke has been running for a while
@cristianghidireac76284 жыл бұрын
Old Romanian joke: Why does the Trabant have a rear window heater? -So that your hands won’t freeze when you push it
@DrSim198 жыл бұрын
OMG, that sticker on the Trabant's back:D "Ha megnövök Mercedes leszek" it means "If I grow up, I'll be a Mercedes" :DD
@LordTomee86 жыл бұрын
DrSim19 még a rendszám táblát is rajta hagyta 😂😂
@medo36906 жыл бұрын
Én is felfigyeltem rá :DD
@TeternalGIone6 жыл бұрын
vicces ;)
@oscarzt16526 жыл бұрын
polish however, despite being a german car? wait no it's hungarian
@ginktomvideosprods37125 жыл бұрын
DrSim19 jé!
@kvrangov4 жыл бұрын
A guy sees two dudes pushing a Trabant. He says "What's wrong, doesn't it start?" They reply: "It does, but we want to get there faster".
@krajorama14 жыл бұрын
To give you an idea of how "powerful" the engine was, we had to get out of the car and let my father drive it up a steep hill a couple of times.
@sullybiker6520 Жыл бұрын
That's not _too_ bad. I remember doing the same in a Renault 5 in the Lake District.
@pawel1156 жыл бұрын
Old polish joke about these - How to double the value of Trabant ? Fill it up with fuel.
@unsignedmusic6 жыл бұрын
How do you get a Trabant to go over 30 MPH? Drive it off a cliff!!
@suelewis61416 жыл бұрын
What do you call a trabant with twin exaughsts ?...... A wheelbarrow ;) Why did they put , eventually, a rear heated screen on a trabant?......to keep your hands warm, when you were pushing it. What do you call a trabant with a sun roof.?......... A skip (dumpster)
@suelewis61416 жыл бұрын
What do you call a trabant with twin exaughsts ?...... A wheelbarrow ;) Why did they put , eventually, a rear heated screen on a trabant?......to keep your hands warm, when you were pushing it. What do you call a trabant with a sun roof.?......... A skip (dumpster)
@ThePiquedPigeon5 жыл бұрын
I've found all these jokes about the Zastava Yugo!
@RWBHere5 жыл бұрын
What's the thin line down the road behind a Trabant Deluxe? The Ground for the radio.
@rippspeck6 жыл бұрын
Funny you mention that Trabants always look nice while there's no floor in the car. My neighbor finally trashed his last year, it wasn't a road legal car anymore but there is rarely any police to be seen in our rural area, so he didn't mind. He did a Fred Flintstone when doing an emergency break, kicking right through the floor when he missed the pedal. Broke his foot in a very delicate way. Great video, very informative.
@simonsays33915 жыл бұрын
Youre kidding me
@LeglessWonder4 жыл бұрын
Did he scream "WILLLLMMAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" ?
@AutumnWind923 жыл бұрын
@@simonsays3391 ofc he is
@CaptainDonut0 Жыл бұрын
Wa-ba De-ba DOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it should int be Funny, But it is.
@uselessDM4 жыл бұрын
In Germany it is quite famous/infamous that you can fix the drive belt with a womans stocking as a replacement.
@aronhidvegi11 ай бұрын
The bumper sticker, "Ha megnövök Mercédes leszek." is so ironic. It translates from Hungarian to "When I grow up, I'll be a Mercedes."
@Helloagain_4 жыл бұрын
In (fromer East) Germany a Trabant is/was often referred to by its ironic nickname "Rennpappe" (translates as "racing cardboard" or "cardboard (made) for racing"). In fact the East Germans were often well aware of their situation and came up with those ironic nicknames for all sorts of things.
@joshpinchuk70618 жыл бұрын
Max out passengers and attempt the steepest hill you can find. Thanks the for the history lesson. Very unique car.
@thebetatester8008 жыл бұрын
+Josh Pinchuk Max passengers for this car on a hill is 1
@TomisaburoRMizugawa7 жыл бұрын
No. You just have one of the passengers sit on the bonnet for improved traction, especially in snow. Works like a charm.
@TheCreedBratton5 жыл бұрын
@@TomisaburoRMizugawa and make the other ones push
@TomisaburoRMizugawa5 жыл бұрын
@@TheCreedBratton I've never driven one myself, but was given a ride plenty of times. It's loud, smelly, uncomfortable and cold in winter, but it takes you where you need to get, unless it breaks down. AND it drives uphill with an entire family and their holiday gear even in snow.
@TheCreedBratton5 жыл бұрын
@@TomisaburoRMizugawa Can you purchase a maintenance plan? LOL
@vksasdgaming94727 жыл бұрын
It is too easy to gloat with Porsche, Ferrari, Humvee or any other expensive and fancy car, but to do same with Trabant or Lada demands huge amount of guts, daring and panache.
@AutumnWind923 жыл бұрын
Porsche, Ferrari, Humvee give a small pp energy while Trabant gives giant schlong energy
@@randymarsh5088 well just because I didn't get a joke doesn't mean you gotta be rude.
@silviamills52185 жыл бұрын
@@randymarsh5088 I'm reporting you
@CardboardSliver5 жыл бұрын
@@silviamills5218 I told your mom on you.
@nfisheremti5 жыл бұрын
i spent about a year in dresden shortly after the wall came down. trabbies were everywhere. i noticed while i was there, that the toilet paper came in the same colors as a trabbie. it also had about the same structural characteristics as a trabant body. this led me to the theory of the 'trabant cycle' truly a marvel of recycling skill. here's how it works: toilet paper is produced from old clothing, dyed into fun pastel colors (plus orange and brown for later). the tp is utilized in the normal manner, then fished out of the system, and pressed into trabant bodies. when the trabant died (usually after attempting to cut off a street car), the remains were ground up, and turned back into toilet paper (this explains the consistency and color of both trabbies, and eastern german tp.
@doktorzappergeck4928 жыл бұрын
A Trabbi in the US of A? Subscribed! What you should do with it? Become a Uber driver and film the customers.
@agingwheels8 жыл бұрын
+Doktor Zappergeck If only I could. It's against Uber's policies. I've checked!
@P7777-u7r6 жыл бұрын
There should be an uber section for interesting/collector cars
@Mr_Fancypants5 жыл бұрын
@@agingwheels why tho
@silviamills52185 жыл бұрын
@@Mr_Fancypants bekuz Uber sux
@janferenc3165 жыл бұрын
@@Mr_Fancypants maybe because it's a 2 door, there is no rear seatbelts, the front seatbelts are useless,...
@Nightweaver15 жыл бұрын
"What country is this car from?" "It... no longer exists."
@Turk3804 жыл бұрын
now *THAT'S* what I call an Orphan Make!
@nubreed134 жыл бұрын
Put it in H!
@Nightweaver14 жыл бұрын
@@nubreed13 It gets 50 hectares on a single tank of kerosene!
@Rod54Am4 жыл бұрын
Zagreb Ebnom Zlotdik Diev
@tychothefriendlymonolith3 жыл бұрын
@@Rod54Am I agree.
@johncate95415 жыл бұрын
You need a bumper sticker for the Trabi that says "My other car is a Yugo!"
@fearless11393 жыл бұрын
now its real
@sjoormen16 жыл бұрын
Perfection needs no change.
@WorksOnMyComputer8 жыл бұрын
I would love you to go to a Mustang dealer and ask for a trade in valuation for your Trabant. Your reason for being there is the Trabant has too much power and you need to downsize to the Mustang. Of course being a Trabant you also expect a fantastic change over figure, given you are trading the S model, with all its inclusive feature.
@agingwheels8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel D I had the same idea, but with a little difference. I was planning on acting like it's a completely normal car, and I'm just trading it in because it's "time for me to trade". Just treat it like a Corolla, and I'm totally ignorant
@1Life4Jesus8 жыл бұрын
+Aging Wheels That would make for a good video!
@mrannen19587 жыл бұрын
l actually attempted it at Mitzubishi. Two guys looked over the car for a while and l think because there is no Kelly Blue Book value, they said they didn't know what to do with it and couldn't offer a trade in.
@silviamills52185 жыл бұрын
@@agingwheels NO!!! DON'T SELL THE TRABI!!!!!
@sgal58454 жыл бұрын
You meant Mit *s* ubishi?
@romeogatai42105 жыл бұрын
The Trabant 601 was produced till 1990s first half. I have one from 1990 March. From 1990 to 1991 they produced the four stroke 1.1 type. The reliability of each car depended on when and from what they were made. Also the engine wasn't always 26 HP. The p50 had 18 HP the 600 had ~20 HP 601/1 had 23 and 601/2 had 26 HP engine. The fuel tank became bigher over the time. It was just 24 liter originally. Also, the odometer was standard issue to all Trabants of P50, 600 and 601 type. Fuel gauge for the 601 was introduced after the 1.1s for enthusiasts. The 1.1 had a much more modern dashboard, whivh included speedometer, rev meter, fuel gauge and water temp gauge. before the 1.1 you had to measure fuel with the plastic stick.
@ConrailQ67598 жыл бұрын
Regular Car Reviews needs to review this car. It just has to happen.
@agingwheels8 жыл бұрын
+Cody Camorote Oh, I'm not good enough for you, eh? My upcoming series of comedic videos about this car just isn't as good as Mr Regular's take? I'm sorry I can't be as good as Mr Regular, you ungrateful viewer! That's a good idea. I'll contact Mr. Regular about filming ye olde Trabbi some time. I want to see his take too.
@ConrailQ67598 жыл бұрын
+Aging Wheels Hah! Yeah, I've been subbed for a while now because this content is trash and I never want to see it again! ...Wait, people on KZbin probably do that. Crap.
@agingwheels8 жыл бұрын
+Cody Camorote There are undoubtedly people that do that. They are most likely below the age of 17 as well.
@P7777-u7r6 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to see him review this a VW beetle and a Lada. He's already done a model T
@CardboardSliver5 жыл бұрын
I wanna see Mr. Regular review the Trabbi, the Wheego, or the other odd city car you have, the Life. He just did a Nano, so who knows!
@suelewis61416 жыл бұрын
What do you call a trabant with twin exaughsts ?...... A wheelbarrow ;) Why did they put , eventually, a rear heated screen on a trabant?......to keep your hands warm, when you were pushing it. What do you call a trabant with a sun roof.?......... A skip (dumpster) How do you double the price of a trabant?...... Fill it full of petrol ;)
@matoatlantis5 жыл бұрын
Why is trabant doing circles in the meadow ? Because grass is stuck in the doors..
@sirboomsalot49026 жыл бұрын
About the car staying basically the same for 2 decades, it's because the government forbid Trabant from making it better, as it would slow down production. I kinda like to call the Trabi "The t-34 of the car world"
@AgentTasmania2 жыл бұрын
The T-34 got massive upgrades inside 4 years
@guido28105 жыл бұрын
"Lieber schlecht gefahren, als gut gelaufen. " - "Better driven bad, than walked well."
@tompinion41386 жыл бұрын
I love the odd and unusual in automobiles. I have three oddballs in my car collection: 1954 Hudson Jetliner, 1948 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe, and a 1956 Packard Clipper. But I love your Trabant, especially the "institution green" paint job.
@96lenard8 жыл бұрын
De cuki ez egy magyar Trabant
@ginktomvideosprods37125 жыл бұрын
Lénárd Borbély vajon ki vitte ki?
@kanazamkniety77055 жыл бұрын
Lmao trabant is east german
@minidreschi25 жыл бұрын
@@kanazamkniety7705 Yes but he was spoken about the H license plate
@twistedyogert4 жыл бұрын
I've seen your engine rebuild video and one thing I've got to give the Trabant credit for is the simplicity. There didn't look like there was a lot to break.
@matenemeth855 жыл бұрын
The sticker at 0:50 says : "When I grow up I'm gonna be a Mercedes"
@baileyharrison10304 жыл бұрын
If you thought this car was bad enough, the Ford model T from the 1910s designed to be affordable to most people, had 2hp more than the Trabant did when it came out in the late 1950s (18HP vs 20HP).
@GabdaG3 жыл бұрын
I love how throughout the movie Black Cat, White Cat there are just shots of a hog chewing on the trabant and by the end it's nearly done with it ))
@bodarville78605 жыл бұрын
That is a really interesting car and historical too. I can tell you have fun owning that. Lots of guys have mustangs and camaros but I have never seen a Trabant in real life.
@GeoStreber3 ай бұрын
Fun fact: When a Trabant drives north or south, the metal sheet between the cylinders made for directing airflow over the engine is called the "Iron Curtain", because it separates the eastern from the western block.
@LordKhensu4 жыл бұрын
On the back of the car it says: "Ha megnövök Mercédes leszek" meaning: "If I grow up, I will be a Mercedes". That is just great!
@TheAdamField5 жыл бұрын
The side doors are bent into perfect shape to use as a snow shovel :). At least in Hungary we used to do it :).
@TrabantTV7 жыл бұрын
Super, I'm glad the US citizen also interested in the East German car Trabant VEB Sachenring Zwickau! Greetings from Germany :) GooD Video^^
@pattoe19733 жыл бұрын
JUST PURCHASED ONE ! ... HAPPY
@irmakaymelek3 жыл бұрын
Ich bin kein Deutscher, aber es stört mich, dass diese Autos verleumdet werden, nur weil sie in einem kommunistischen Land produziert wurden. Es sei denn, er erwähnt die Übel des Faschismus in einer Käfer-Rezension. Auch in Trabants Analyse ist kein Platz für Politik.
@PetlanovicsGabor8 жыл бұрын
Personally I'm not into cars that much, but whit this you just won yourself a new Hungarian sub. GLORY BE THE TRABANT! XD
@MrAdharus6 жыл бұрын
::)) well,trabant was our family first car..a used one,of course...in my country, new ones can only be received if iou had some locomotory handicap,becose those cars where imported only via ministery of helth... anyway, besides his obvious flauds,trabant had one major advantage in a time whend gasoline vas restricted at only 40 liters for month: it can run even on lowest quality petrol...or even on some other oil derivative ,as toluen...so,it was keep moving in a time whend others more performant cars stud on garages becose of lack of fuel...we had some marvelous times on board of that little car...of cours,we allsio had allot of frustration moments...one joke about it,was : iou should never dress a white short whend driving a trabant,becose it will inevoidable turning dirty...becose iou werry aften need to repaire the thing in the middle of the road...we could take a part and reasembe trabant engine and geer box in under 2 hours ,on the side of the road..::)) and none of us was auto mecanic...my father vas a army oficer,and i was high scool student by than...
@mitch95215 жыл бұрын
Imagine a 3 cylinder G10 out of a Geo Metro in one, it would be plenty fast lol
@mrtn_35i8 жыл бұрын
Ha megnövök mercedes leszek.
@thegoldendarkness25017 жыл бұрын
Doug Demuro brought me here, love your channel!
@irmakaymelek3 жыл бұрын
Doug who doesn't know cars and takes sides by including politics in his scrutiny? I don't care about him, because he's just too ignorant and biased enough to drive a Trabat in bad shape and say it's generally bad.
@sergeantheavyass34715 жыл бұрын
I still see a trabant on the road pretty much everyday here in germany
@jamesrobinson91944 жыл бұрын
Wow some Germans retain taste 😂 they're doubtless all Bayern München fans if their standards are so high 🤣
@uzaiyaro2 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe this video is six years old. Not that this video was in any way bad, but man you have come a long way and I am so happy for you!
@thetechbin4012 жыл бұрын
Imagine retrofitting a trabant with the drivetrain, safety systems, and infotainment systems of a Tesla.
@vthobo8025 жыл бұрын
I agree on the coolness factor! Nice video, you always come up with the extra weird and forgotten cars. Great job, i love watching your videos
@idiotinchief Жыл бұрын
0-60 in a Trabant is the most thrilling two weeks of your life.
@KOZMOuvBORG6 жыл бұрын
1:30 "it was built by idiots", my Hungarian father (engineer) made remarks about it that match your quote
@bingobongo16154 жыл бұрын
Ambonec My great uncle built Wartburgs and he said already st GDR times that the cars could be easily improved but it would have meant missing the quotas for a year and that wasn’t doable. It wasnt idiots (The Trabi was not a bad cheap car when kt came out. Some people in western Germany still drove stuff like the Isetta at the time) but it was an idiotic system that defeated itself
@irmakaymelek3 жыл бұрын
Even if your father is an engineer, he probably doesn't know what a new invention means in his absence. I'm not an engineer, but I definitely know more about Trabant than your father. It means that your father is an engineer with the means. New inventions in the impossible are real engineering.Also, those who say that idiots made this car. They can't even do the same. Real engineers made this car.
@sandrinowitschMАй бұрын
The Trabant was a really modern car and at least on par with western cars in its class when it came on the market. The whole production line was state of the art back then. The problem was lack of innovation because of stupid policies and lack of resources.
@trekaddict6 жыл бұрын
There was an attempt to make it more competitive in the late 80s by fitting it with a VW engine, but the wall came down like a year later. The engineers als developed several replacements for this thing that all got nixed by their bosses because it would have meant interrupting production.
@freedomformen25486 ай бұрын
I always loved the trabant 👍 A very charming little car .
@ahtaimo6 жыл бұрын
Made out of "Old Soviet Pants"! AHAHAHA!
@tubefr714 жыл бұрын
They haven’t change a thing in 2 decades. You don’t have to change what’s already... perfect!
@kael85676 жыл бұрын
>drive a Trabant 601 >need to go fast >going top speed >*GRABS PADDLE* >*PADDLES WITH SPEED*
@baimeistudent8 жыл бұрын
I see now why you like this car so much. This whole video is awesome! I'm starting to love this little thing!
@uselessDM4 жыл бұрын
They introduced a fuel gage as an improvement in later models and made a tv thing about it to mark the occasion, the video is probably on KZbin. They also praise the new steering wheel and something I forgot in that video that was also totally minor, I think it had to with the lights. Edit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6rRqYR8aNWXY6s
@emateiblin54094 жыл бұрын
Oh, the Trabant DOES perfectly reflect my personality
@ArneNo-uh6et7 ай бұрын
Old and left behind ? xD
@Jeffrey3141593 жыл бұрын
2:13 That "special resin" was more like Bakelite, which has been used in America at least since 1923
@mustangfan510811 ай бұрын
I like how robert reckoned he might have the trabant for a year, now he’s had it for 7
@ricefarmer52465 жыл бұрын
The trabant is like the mini coopers’ one cousin that lives in another country and only visits after a few months
@pschierhorn6 жыл бұрын
It's quite amazing that the Trabant isn't an ugly car... I mean it's a piece, but its design is quite ok and it even cites some American design features of the day.
@wrightmf8 ай бұрын
I read an East German said, "too bad they didn't make it a dual exhaust. Otherwise it would make a fine wheelbarrow." I met another former East German who living there got on a waiting list for a Trabant. He expected to get it in about six years but the Berlin Wall fell. Eventually he moved to USA and bought a Prius.
@thebetatester8008 жыл бұрын
With all your engineering prowess, I bet you could figure out a way to get yourself a fuel gauge. That'd probably be the only mod I'd suggest other than just making it run better. Gotta love that smooth jazz.
@agingwheels8 жыл бұрын
+thebetatester800 I love the lack of a fuel gauge. I could easily give it one, but it's so ridiculous without one.
@bjornletsch74945 жыл бұрын
A german racing cardboard 😍
@larrygall58314 жыл бұрын
"Little soviet car made out of old Soviet pants.." LOL
@kemi2425 жыл бұрын
I was still a kid when the Iron Courtain fell, but all I can recall it was thought as a crappy car even then. Also noticed the Hungarian license plate, and I'm from Hungary! :)
@Konszky2 жыл бұрын
In Hungary (and probably most of Eastern Europe at the time), when asked "Do you have a car?" The answer would be "No. I have a Trabant."
@mr.vaughnteaches97998 жыл бұрын
You need to get other people to drive it! Then record their reactions...
@Happymali103 жыл бұрын
They actually imported a load of Mk1 Golfs (literally a load, one train full). When the realized those were better made, they banned Volkswagen spares so the cars eventually had to be retired.
@djgate6 жыл бұрын
First off I've had a Trabant so no comment there but have to compliment you on your reports. Very informative and no idle uming and awing just constant dialogue with the odd humour thrown in, keep up the good work. look forward to a good shake down and complete description of a 2CV design features !
@beardsntools3 жыл бұрын
It's funny how their ad literally had a traffic light turning into red and then trabant 601 title comes up.
@noahingram80528 ай бұрын
I like the long unchanging production run
@5Andysalive4 жыл бұрын
You could easily have a Wartburg, Lada, Dacia, Skoda, Moskvich or whatever. Obviously there was a used car market. And wartburgs weren't THAT rare or exclusive. And at least the (old) 311 and 312 looked quite nice. And were quite a bit faster than any Trabant. So while Trabants were dominant, they were by no means the only cars on the roads even for "normal" people. The most common single type of car by far, but not even the majority on the road i'd guess. Steel: everything you need to produce steel... was dismantled by the russians and shipped to russia. There was about a decade after the war before east Germany had facilities again to produce steel. And even after that apart from the lack of ressources, a lot of East Germanies industry output was also grabbed by the russians. While the US spent billions to get West Germany back on it''s feet. Including rushing to start steel production. That the east paid the war reparations to russsia alone, is conveniently overlooked when people in the west complain about the cost of the reunification since 1990. PS: socialist (if that) not comunist. PPS: Of course all Cars availabe were shit by todays standards. And back then western standards. But from the ground level there was a MASSIVE difference in quaulity, performance, space AND standing between a Trabant and a Wartburg. Lada bordered on luxury. It's all relative.
@Adam308d7 жыл бұрын
Do you have to keep the Hungarian number plate as well? Like the 'when I grow up I'll be a Merc' sticker btw.
@johns61194 жыл бұрын
My dad wanted to buy a trabant in 90’s so bad but my mom couldn’t stand it, I can’t blame her but this car brings me many memories growing in Europe
@uwepfitzner9682 Жыл бұрын
What makes the Trabant a Sportscar? Putt a pair Running Shoes in the Trunk….😂😂
@MeBallerman6 жыл бұрын
One thing I don't want U to do with/to Ur fine Trabi is to customize it. That would be untrue to it. Keep it working, spend the time it needs on the lift, and be good to her. I think U have the right spirit, man. Keep it rolling...
@petrhaisman86452 жыл бұрын
You must be very happy to have this GEM. Trabant is a BADASS car for sure...LOL:_)
@andrasadorjan11908 жыл бұрын
This Trabant is from Hungary. Do I know it well? :)
@kanazamkniety77055 жыл бұрын
East germany zwickau
@jalenkovicsimre54914 жыл бұрын
@@kanazamkniety7705 we know that is was made in East Germany but it has a hungarian licence plate
@arieheath77733 жыл бұрын
I’ve always wanted one of these.
@BlueXonar5 жыл бұрын
It has the same power to weight ratio as my first car had, a 53HP 2002 VW Polo!
@Happymali103 жыл бұрын
There's a guy in Germany who modified his to be watercooled. Also, the last few cars had a VW-engine
@ilijazivanovic36983 жыл бұрын
He got a KZbin chanel?
@burnutec32 жыл бұрын
This trabant has an old style license plate from hungary. Cars upto the late 80's had this, now it is xxx-124 format with the EU HU signs.
@barnabaskalmar35056 жыл бұрын
0:50 "Ha megnövök, Mercedes leszek" Ez tetszik 😂
@LordDavid046 жыл бұрын
I drove an electric converted Trabant on the Trabi Safari in Berlin in 2016. It's, driveable for those who can't or can't be stuffed driving the manual version. 2 modes, forward and reverse.
@gabez53145 жыл бұрын
You got my Trabi! I left the communist Hungary with exactly the same if not the same Trabant. I sold it in, at the time West Germany, for 800 German Mark to a guy there in Osnabruck. I kind of remember that I had the same seat cover because the springs were braking trough the original canvas ha ha. I absolutely loved my Trabi! Yes it was a terrible car, but never ever quit on me. Regarding the plastic siding; that was the best part. Once a guy ran into me and destroyed the left front panel ( I think) I find the screws with a magnet, scraped out the putty, removed the panel and replaced with a new one from the Trabant store. I painted it with Neolux spray (same color) cans if I remember the name well, and voila nobody would tell that I had an accident. I want one, where did you get it?
@mityaboy46394 жыл бұрын
To be fair - after nearly 4 years of this video. Trabants were bad... but they had one thing going for them, and it was it's simplicity. If you looked after it well, it would go to the end of the universe and back (leaving a serious smoke trail for sure but still). Because the engine was so darn simple there were literally no parts to be worried about. other than the actual moving parts. (like sensors, ecu, cooling system, aircon, pumps, valves (various)... it had it two pistons, some pipes feeding the fuel in... and that's all (almost). My dad had one and he was looking after it well (i mean the engine) ... and it never failed him. Sure headlights went wrong, indicator gave up, windscreen wipers got stuck... but the little engine was going and going and going... like a determined little creature. did i hate it? oh yes.. from the bottom of my hearth. did i trust it that it will go where we wanted to go? yes truly. part of the reason the did not alter the car during its production, because it would make it "difficult" for people maintaining them at home. With the same parts available for 30+ years it made it sure that parts (aftermarket parts included) are available always... even today. you need a new "xxxxx" - you can just get it - and there is no risk that it is made for a different itteration. i am not saying it is a good decision, but it has it's reasons - apart from the fact that you had to meet quota (production) and stopping for testing / updating would result in missing those numbers. What i like about this little car (now) - is that its like an old 8bit computer. You can understand and rebuild the whole thing from start to finish. knowing every single wire's desitnation, task and duty. (not like with new cars where there is about a thousand miles of wire in there and you have no idea what does what even if you trace them) Like my "radio" in the car has 20+ connections. (12v, ground, speakers, can bus, camera lines... etc) and that's just a radio. Again: i am happy with my new car, happy that it goes on and on and on... and i don't have to rebuild it every weekend (like my father did) - but i adore that you could have a car and if you decide you could rewire it and even... heck... modify it. Like add new instruments with ease. or alter switches, behavior - mold a new case around it. Sure you cant make it safer (that much) or transform it into something "modern" (though 3d printers are there) - but the enginbay is massive for such a little two stroke two cilinder engine - so... swap it out ... i digress.. so... is it a good car? nope but it servers you until it literally falls apart... if you give it the care it needs. it's like a dog in some sense... if you treat it well, it will be your friend, goes with you everywhere and makes a whole place a little bit more smelly... but you will have a lots of fun with it.
@mariannadawson19253 жыл бұрын
Never even heard of these cars before coming across this channel
Rotary swap would be awesome on that thing. small engine and lightweight. you might just want to keep it stock though. I have driven a blue one once. it's really loud but it was a fun experience
@mjak99311 ай бұрын
Engine mounting bracket (the so-called "swan's neck") was a very failure-prone part of the Trabi, so any kind of engine swap would be a major overhaul, costing many times the asking price of the original car. Also, I can't imagine a rotary of any kind would play nice with the factory transmission, so that would need to be a custom job as well. If one would build a Commie sleeper, the Wartburg is a far better jumping off point.
@JamieBainbridge4 жыл бұрын
Your feature showcase reminds me of the Russian UAZ Auto website back around the year 2000. It advertised such luxury features as "seatbelts" or the very fancy "padded seats". In the year 2000.
@werzheafas438 жыл бұрын
Why did you left the Hungarian number plate on it?
@ams7187 жыл бұрын
Probably for historical/cultural reasons to preserve that it originates from Europe/communism, etc.
@captaincrazyhat5 жыл бұрын
Welp I’m sold! What a great commercial!
@SimMess10 ай бұрын
Trabant is called "Ford Karton" in Poland, which means "Cardboard Ford" XD
@roger.monitor4 жыл бұрын
We sold these cars in the seventies in Belgium, together with Gaz Volga and Moskvitch, the Russian cars where reliable, where the Trabant was more for running around church like we say overhere.
@no-damn-alias2 жыл бұрын
That car could even pull a trailer. Imagine. Four people luggage and a house on wheels.
@MrJohndoakes5 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just Wartburgs and Trabants, you would see Soviet cars on East German roads as well, due the the Soviet Army's presence in the DDR. Lots of AvtoVAZ Ladas, the occasional GAZ Volga, maybe a KAMAZ truck or one of those UAZ 4x4 vans.
@romanomoselle65717 жыл бұрын
At VEB Sachsenring they even secretly developed several prototyps of Trabant (P603, P610 etc) and different engines as 4-stroke petrol engine or a 3 cylinder diesel-engine. But unfortunately they weren't allowed to launch it. No permission by the "Politbüro" (executive committee of GDR), too expensive. btw there is a concept car named "TRABANT nT". Its such a beautiful electric car. Hopefully it will go into production one day [ www.trabant-nt.de ]
@paddlehard57225 жыл бұрын
I never laugh out loud on you tube videos, but you made me burst out with fuel gauge aka dip stick.
@AOWarwick6 жыл бұрын
Well, I had the 3-gear 601 sedan first, it only did cost me ~ US $ 40.- and since I needed more room for transporting the gear for the band I was playing the guitar in, I found an abandoned kind off station wagon where I could get the speaker boxes in that had 4 gears later on. That one was given to me by an Hungarian refugee who fled over the border to Austria. He drove it until it had no spark as the ignition contacts were warn off - a quick fix that did not cost much. There was always a little bit of work to be done on it to keep it going. However I was unable to sell any of them in Austria, so I kept both cars until the really smoked out the street while driving them. The oil rings went soft due to overheating so I drove them to the tip where I had to pay a disposal fee. They did do me for quite a while - no regrets!
@louisbailey49008 ай бұрын
I live in the boot heel of Missouri and would love to find one if these just to scoot around town in.
@Happymali103 жыл бұрын
You know why they fitted a defrost? Because people's hands kept freezing off when pushing.