We go for a ride in a 1967 Trabant!!! A rare car in the USA Trabi

It isn't often that one can get a ride in an East German automobile where I live. I jumped at the opportunity.

[@trabiman26]

Trabant's are the best ;) I've got first Trabant 20 years ago and I had over 20 Trabants since then. This is kind of car which you love or hate nothing between. Sound of 2 stroke engine, smell inside the car make you feel happy ;) No modern car will give you that much fun because Trabant has completely unique construction. I'll be keeping my 5 Trabants forever 🙋

[@melonkat4703]

I wish I had one of these

[@advandervelden1588]

My dad was a dealer off trabant in The Netherlands. I remember he sold the first weekend 25 new trabi's. He sold some as "delux" That was with chrome bumpers and chrome rings on the headlichts. Brings back the memories.

[@joeblo5799]

+Ad van der Velden a trabant dealer in the netherlands, that's not something i would have ever guest at or put money down as a bet.

[@advandervelden1588]

+Aki Ami Masen It was indeed model 601. But it was arround 1965.

[@advandervelden1588]

+Aki Ami Masen mij father Let The bumper chromt by a local Shop.

[@Jeffrey314159]

A true Trabant meets these criteria: #1 A single body steel frame. #2 An outer skin made of fiber re-enforced plastic. #3 Front wheel drive & rear wheel steering. #4 Columnar transmission shifting with at least four gears including reverse. #5 An engine with at least 24 to 26 HP. #6 A maximum unloaded weight of no more than 1400 pounds. #7 It uses leaf-springs for the suspension, or their equivalent. #8 The Trabi automobile does not depend on any electronics for its vehicular operation.

[@MultiArrie]

@@joeblo5799 they were new cars for second hand prices, of a vw beatle in a time people could afford a car for the first time. import of cars with 2 stroke engines was banned in 1974 due to the high polution.

[@Innochamp]

Beautiful and nice to see that people in USA own Trabants and enjoy them.

[@Steelgreyeyes]

One of these made it to the US back in the early 90's ... inside the case of a Yugoslav built aircraft that was a copy of our AT-6 Texan. I had the honor to drive it down to the nearest auto show in October that year, and it was quite the attention getter as you cruised at a 45mph top speed. An East German woman came by and asked if we knew how to turn it into a sports car .... then laughed and said "Put a pair of Nike's in the trunk!"

[@KiwiPowerNZ]

+Steelgreyeyes Well 2 stoke engines are quite tuneable aren't they? It's all to do with the exhaust manifold design, expansion chambers and such.

[@MCTeck]

Thanks Chuck! The owner did a great job of describing the Trabant. These cars have quite a "Cult" following in Europe. I have seen some that have been heavily customized. 2 Strokes forever!

[@RideswithChuck]

+MCTeck They are very rare here.

[@zorngottes1778]

probably the most underestimated and missunderstood car ever. When You look at what the car had to be: cheap, simple, reliable, easy to maintain and repair (even by the owner), lightweight, with a high transport capacity, long lasting. It did it all.

[@robertschumann9059]

dont forget that the Trabant was literally made from nothing

[@rolandzoske448]

And 1970 also starts at the Monte Carlo Rally - and won it's class.

[@Jeffrey314159]

Except recycled clothes and the same plastic we make our toilet seats out of

[@ubalze5577]

it is so crazy!! the east german trabbi in the USA...unbelievable!! greetings from east Germany!

[@trabbipaul]

A verry cool Car. My new its from 1964 and he needs some Work. And i can make the first drive when the weather its a little bit better as right now. Sincerelly Paul from Germany

[@mtc2300]

The 2 stroke version production ended in June 1990. The fourstroke version, build with VW Polo 1.1 liter engine, was ended in 1991.

[@emanuelmayer]

this was my first car, drove it from 1995-1999 -.-' I still miss it.

[@nisserot]

Thank you for this video. I really like the sound of the acceleration and shifting at 07:30 - 07:43. Such a rich and beautiful sound. You used a recording device with good bass response and minimal/gentle AGC - which in my opinion is very important to properly capture car/engine sounds. (Most car videos here on youtube lack that)

[@Petr75661]

rrrrrrrran tan tan tan tan tan tan tan :-D

[@GrandTheftChris]

reng deng deng deng reng reng reeeeeeeennnnng deng deng deng reng deng deng deng (as we would say in german ^^)

[@alimombali2035]

Rrram bam bam rrr bam bam bam bam bammm bam bammm bam here in the Netherlands ;)

[@quas392]

If you were driving a barkas (which was wartburg van) it would go BLEM BLEM BELM BLEM BLEM DUNDUDDNDNDNDNDNDN BLEEEEEM DUDNDNDNDND

[@onesandzeroes]

Trrrra ta ta ta ta (Poland)

[@finno123456]

Lets leave it at crazy frog😂🤣

[@jocking3]

That can't be an 1967 one, because the vents on the "C" column first appeared in 1969. Also, the heating system is from a newer car too. It's maybe 1967, but it has been trough a lot of modifications, far from original. But still, it's nice to see a trabi so far from it's home. :)

[@benjyfriedman]

Wolfgang Sander the Trabant featured in this video can't be a '80 or '81 because the steering wheel is a two-spoke. The Trabants manufactured after 1980 had 4-spoke steering wheels.

[@RawData]

The cars serial number is 2296754 (you can see this in video), so the chassis dates of 1976. The motor seems to be a P63 (mixture 1:33) produced up to 1974. In east germany the people daily used this cars for very long time and after decades(!) older cars were a mix of many spare parts from different "epoches". This car is nonetheless a very nice one and it seems to be in very good optical AND technical condition! I would be happy to own this one.

[@jocking3]

Only the S and De Luxe models had 4 spoke steering wheels.

[@NuZTheRockerOFFICIAL]

Cars are one of my passions, this is a great old beast!

[@Doggieman1111]

Great interview and wonderful video of this historical vehicle. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@Miniorpernik]

nice to see trabi lives across the pond!

[@Stratotank3r]

The number plate at the front indicates that this "Trabbi" was registered in Berlin. The first character (in this case an I) showed in which federal country the car was driven. Our Wartburg had a C for the city of Neubrandenburg.

[@SuperNorstShow]

This would be such a great back up car. Simple mechanics, extremely low cost, likely easy to maintain. Sheesh, if Germany is still littered with them they can send one over to Mansfield Ohio, the ass crack of the USA.

[@Bulletguy07]

Great to see an American appreciate the Trabbie. When the Berlin wall fell thousands of these little cars came chugging over the border and many were practically given away. You can still see a few privately owned ones in Germany and in Berlin they have fleets of them as taxis for tourists! It's the sort of car that pees off the common as muck Ferrari and Lamborghini posers as they see more folks staring at that funny little car!!!

[@PeterM0911]

I use to own a '91 model, the latest one. It got newer igniton system with hall sensor not the old contact breaker. I have no problem with the car ever, altough brakes and wheelbearings weren't designed to handle the "racingstyle" driveing, what I practiced that time :), so I had to pay extra attention to keep them in good condition. It was quite comfortable too. One occasion I reversed into a ditch and the car banked on its sill. I'm wasn't a bodybuilder, but I could lift it up by its rear bumper and push it out. I have lots of great memories with that car. To be honest, I've had good few modern cars since. BMW, Peugeot, Mazda, etc.. But non of them was that perfect to me. Trabant was just a simplyfied and pure car. Made up to the job. Every minute I spent to drive that car was joy. Oh, and once I replaced the neadle sleeve bearings of the pistons wrist pins during my lunchbrake. And even I have left time to eat my lunch too. :)

[@enumrob]

I would love to pull up to some upscale restaurant or hotel and have the Valet park it. Smoke out everyone AND he probably wouldn't be able to get it into gear!!

[@caypiranha1246]

Berlin licence plate...I did learn to drive in the 1959 "600" model,my grandpa used to own...

[@TheCarArchives96]

Hi Chuck i run a large Facebook that is devoted to Socialist era cars mainly from 1945-1991 also a few members from the States with Volgas a Zil Trabants Lada's Wartburgs old Skodas and even a Dacia 1300 :D its called Eastern bloc cars over 5,000 members

[@TheCarArchives96]

Facebook group :D

[@motorman1873]

Oh man that's very cool hey bud if you're around this way anytime soon I'll get you to come down turn around and stuff all your ignorance straight up your stupid fucking ass and then you can go home smarter then you were how's that sound bud?

[@joaogoncalves1097]

This car was the symbol of the communist regime in the former East Germany. As well as Lada for the USSR. Great video. Thanks for sharing this for us. Superb.

[@GJ-zb3me]

Great vid ! I have a trabbi I drive regularly here in Australia and am always surprised at the attention it gets

[@patrickmuller590]

Great to see this Zwickau legend there in the US ❤️

[@f.d.3595]

In Germany and Europe, nobody says 1967 Trabant. People say Trabant 601. Later, the Deluxe version also had a fuel gauge. The license plate says that the vehicle was registered in Berlin. It's nice to see that the owner looks after the Trabant and enjoys the vehicle.

[@RideswithChuck]

Thanks for your kind words.

[@marzsit9833]

basically powered by a snowmobile engine. one cool feature of the plastic body is that they don't dent or rust out.

[@Forsetti125]

Make some oil in the rubber of gearshifter-its very easier to shift. Greatings from east Germany, near berlin, where the car is from.

[@Spongschbob]

One thing about the fuel: Back in the days there were two types of premixed fuel available at the gas stations, so there was no need to fumble around with an extra oil can and such...

[@dominiksiebrecht8932]

The "S" means "Sonderwunsch# or extra .

[@dominiksiebrecht8932]

s.O.

[@GrandTheftChris]

@Mathias Wiegand: er meinte nicht das S auf der haube sondern hinter 601 du vogel. ;)

[@GrandTheftChris]

Amon Herntrich nö ist genau richtig.

[@95thFoot]

Sonderwunsch = "special edition" or "special request"

[@dominiksiebrecht8932]

Wo siehst das?

[@jlh4jc]

Many of these cars are in remarkably good condition for their age. In a planned economy, East German citizens had to get on a 10 year waiting list for one of these unless they worked for the government. They didn't have an option to say screw this, I'm getting a VW, an Audi, or any of the other West German vehicles. So when they got the Trabant after waiting a decade, they took great care of it.

[@paulccraciun1816]

Independent suspension? Damn, I bought a 2015 car and it only has semi-independent. And it's a 4 door hatchback. You can cut down the frame of the doors and you can call your trabi a coupe :)

[@AriDerGamer]

The S in the Name Trabant 601-S stands for "Sonderwunsch" and this means you can have a extra wish. The radio was not the wish, someone fitted it in later probably, it was the extra shelf under the radio and this had an extra cost which was very high in the communistic GDR :D Greetings from eastern Germany ;)

[@RideswithChuck]

+Aspera-Ari Thanks for the info!

[@AriDerGamer]

+Aki Ami Masen sorry that the terms are different in German. I'm living in the former GDR an as i said, i was not really sure which version has a Radio^^

[@lochlannach9256]

I visited East Berlin a couple of times before The Wall came down. When the lights turned green at intersection and about 1000 of those things revved up you could neither hear a thing nor breathe. Disgusting devices they were, though fascinating. Nice car there :)

[@elhatarolodohod2040]

They used to sell the gas and oil already mixed at the gas station.

[@42luke93]

If there is something to be liked about this car I would say that shifter is very convenient to use: 0:08

[@tompinion4138]

It's nice that the owner of this car is so knowledgable about them. It's always interesting to hear about the history and details behind a particular automobile make.

[@RideswithChuck]

I had breakfast with John this morning. He informed me that he has entered his better Trabant in the Geneva Concours Show.

[@ottovonostrovo1486]

When I was there in the 70's both East and West Germany has separate gas pumps for premix gas-oil or gas. A god send for us with 2 stroke vehicles without oil injection a la Japanese bikes of the same vintage (1970's). I had a 1957 RT 250 DKW motorbike.

[@AOP762]

If I have shall so much money that I could to go to see You car and You in USA. Unfortunatelly nowadays is some problems , but maybe it is possibly later . I´m from Finland, near of DDR. Oh yeh.

[@henryseidel5469]

Nice to see an American describe this car as it is: an easy piece of technics. In Europe it is just described as a piece of negative political propaganda. Of course it is a very simple one, but it works and does not claim to be more than it really is. A cheap way to get from A to B ! Ideal for short distances.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

lately a bunch of my xbone crew were playing Forza 4 and showing off the different vehicles in the game including a Van that you can do in A-team livery(I pity they fool who doesn't deck out in A-team livery) an isetta, and apparently a car you can do as the Ecto 1. I've decided we need the Trabant. Seriously. WE need to put a Trabant and Wheego in the game.

[@moenchii]

Finally someone who doesn't hate on Trabis! :D

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

They are not bad cars for their time. Yet it took 5-10 years for one to be delivered and they were produced well beyond the time they should have. Every bit as much sandbagging as Intel did with their quad core CPU's but x15. Its quite weird what no competition will do to a market, or a system of organization.

[@PRH123]

Thanks for the nice balanced review. Without silly jokes and political comments. Thanks!

[@ChannelNotFound]

I don't think it's a 67. More like mid-late 70's. The interior is wrong. It also has the pillar vents,

[@TalladegaNight]

i want one, i don't know why, but i want one.

[@ricusserfontein1086]

I love it. Simple peoples car with tons of character. Wil still run in a 100 years.

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

I expect that this car is very rare here in the US. Neat little vehicle that kinda reminds me of the older Saabs that were 2 stroke.

[@coolrides]

Nice! I videoed one for sale at Mecum Kissimmee! :) Jack

[@Monstervolging]

The roar of that beast

[@MikesMovies]

What a fascinating video with a iconic car! a real bit of automotive history that, thanks for sharing!

[@norbertwahrstein365]

Beim rein setzten solltest du das Lenkrad nicht so strapazieren. Sonst hast du da nicht lang Freude dran ;) ich Rede aus Erfahrung...Gruß aus Deutschland

[@_julian.rr_6207]

Dacht ich mir auch so :D von mir auch Gruß aus Deutschland

[@brokkrep]

Hoffentlich spricht er Deutsch, sonst ist der Kommentar sinnlos :()

[@oooSturmgeistooo]

"When you sit down in your trabant, you shouldn't stress the steering wheel this much. Otherwise you risk breaking it". Habe es fuer sie uebersetzt. Hoffe es ist sinngemaes richtig. Nun kann er auch ohne deutsch kentnisse ihr gesagtes verstehen. :)

[@norbertwahrstein365]

@Sonstiges gibt doch Englisch-Deutsch Translator 👍

[@norbertwahrstein365]

@Sonstiges hat doch schon der Junge Mann im Komentare vor dir gemacht 👍👍👍

[@romazon6729]

Am 2 Trabanturi de vânzare în România, 4000 euro bucata, din 1981

[@wolfgang4078]

Real exotic car for the US ! Evan here in germany it became a rare car. Back to the car basics like a 2CV ( wich I drive) makes a lot of fun and takes you back in history.

[@RideswithChuck]

I still can't believe I had a ride in one.

[@horstgirtew3086]

The Trabant won the 1970 Monte Carlo Rally in the class up to 850 cc with a double victory.

[@atilapapns]

My first car in Serbia. 1994 🙂🙂🙂

[@ChannelNotFound]

Incorrect dash, trim for a 67. Looks mid 70's.

[@patrykmang4944]

He still needs to learn how to change gears like a pro. None of us does that with the complete hand, 'cause it's uncomfortable. You use max.2 fingers and maybe but only maybe your thumb. And 1 other thing: Don't keep your food on the clutch. Why do you think there's rubber on the wheelcasts?!

[@justboy5182]

Man how I love this car, nice video! I thought americans can only laugh about this car but this video showed me the opposit thank u man! Bth I am from germany.

[@RideswithChuck]

Thanks for watching!

[@tomg5106]

thanks for sharing

[@curiosity2314]

I was going to say, from the start it sounded like a lawn mower... :) Ingenuity when you do not have, interesting car. Would be interested to know what the gas mileage would have been...

[@95thFoot]

Mine gets 48 mpg.

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

It's a Bernie mobile!

[@ordygamer9236]

This Trabant is very good, but you don’t must press clutch, when you braking (for example 60-35 Km/h). But when you braking for example 40-0 or 40-5 😂 Km/h, press the clutch but otherwise no (When you R - 1->2->3->4->3->2->1 YES 😂!).

[@mannlichesgehirn7689]

And with a gdr car sign for "berlin" ...😁

[@damian1228]

Hey Chuck, we're a car club in Chicago with many eastern block cars including 1 trabi. Check us out on facebook "Auta PRL Chicago".

[@RideswithChuck]

+damian1228 I will.

[@antti_kukkonen]

+Aki Ami Masen My dada has 1987 601S and it doesn't have radio. It had never a radio. And the engine of 1,1 is license engine from VW Polo Mk2.

[@antti_kukkonen]

+Aki Ami Masen Guy who bringed Trabis to here Finland at 1990's saved it from girl, who got it as a present from her parents, but she didn't care about it because Berlins wall fell and there were Trabis everywhere, so she bringed it to scrap yard, where that guy saved it and brought it to Finland and sold to my dad at 1995. It was not registered until 2003 or 2004. It needed rear safety belts, reverse light and side blinkers. It has radio cover from VW Transporter, so it is very possible, that it had radio.

[@barrycarlisle8206]

Would love to find a trabant for sale in the U.S

[@f.p.1308]

The vehicle still has the old 6V alternator and the old 6V starter. The vehicle can be converted to 12V, as it was later equipped with 12V electrics ex works. That is definitely better than 6V. I would replace the radio. There were also other car radios in the GDR. The radio inside is a cheap radio with medium and short wave. Listening to something like that is no fun. If you like, you can also fit the vehicle with a rev counter and a fuel gauge. That was also available back then. The recommended mixing ratio of oil and gasoline was till 1972 1:33 and from 1972 1:50 (further developed engine). The ignition is also in need of maintenance. The breaker contacts have to be adjusted again and again and replaced if necessary. Later, there was a maintenance-free electronic ignition. You have to look after a car like this, always lubricate the grease nipples etc. In any case: Always have a good trip with your Trabant.

[@ziggassedup]

That almost looks like an "Opal" badge up the front..I would have liked to have been in the design room when that idea came about..

[@DKlegacyRS]

+ZIGgassedUP. It's simpel, The manufacturer of the Trabant is VEB SachenRing. S for Sachen and a ring for the ring in the manufacturer name

[@MopedCloyd]

Thank you for that nice Video Chuck and John!My grandpa had two and my dad had one of these.Since I am a GDR born guy, I know these pretty well.The smell of the interior, the sound and all the small odds.You could say I grew up on the back seat of the 601 my dad had.It became a collectible classic here and people care for them really well.You can get all the parts you need, even NOS parts.There are a lot of clubs around here. For one of the next video, maybe you can find a Volvo guy who has a nice 240 series from the early years.Cheers!

[@jamesingersoll7722]

I love that Trabant! Two-stroke, baby!

[@kaztrohun]

My first car was a Trabant 601S. Greetings from Hungary. :D

[@TWTR4EVER]

Lol......From point A to point B you'll get there faster in a Vespa

[@Rubycon99]

6:24 Pretty sure those are Yugo jokes, not Trabant ones :D

[@Jeffrey314159]

What's the difference? It is all defective commie technology

[@pommesmayo7336]

lol Rennpappe xD

[@RawData]

This dude knows his trabant. The car is in very good and original condition. The car starts excellent and smoke is minimal. Even the tires are good fitting the time. Congrats! I love it!

[@RawData]

Btw. The radio is from Czechoslovakia and for sure "after market".

[@trainroomgary]

Hi Chuck - Interesting automotive history and ride. How did the car pass the EPA Test for admissions? Back seat? • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@RideswithChuck]

+trainroomgary A 1967 automobile only needs to pass 1967 standards as I understand things.

[@TheCarArchives96]

Also as its over 25 years old you can import any vehicle made before 1990 and also they made the Trabant 1.1 from the engine of a VW Polo you can buy them cheap in Hungary for around under a couple of thousand dollars

[@ufoengines]

Did they ever use hemp in the body panels? Patent 672256 .

[@P7777-u7r]

For all its simplicity i wonder why people had to wait 15 years for them? A car like that you should be able to churn out millions of them quickly

[@windhelmguard5295]

the reason why it took so long to make as many as where needed was because east germany didn't have enough workers. trade blockages from the west forced east germany to comit a vast majority of it's work force towards food production (they wouldn't even send tractor drivers who showed up to work drunk, home because they needed every single one) so they simply didn't have enough capable workers to meet the demands on anything else, additionally making false reports on ones productivity and stealing from the factory was par for the course at the time as well. most shortages where caused by the central leadership simply being missinformed about how much they had, causing them to export too much, leaving too litle for the domestic market.

[@brutalmaster]

A "Pappe" (Cardboard) in America.. :) Cooool..

[@56squadron]

This one is clearly not running right.... there isn't a cloud of oil smoke behind it.

[@soldierorsomething]

A Trabant?, time to find out that, why there are so many jokes about this car...

[@Innochamp]

Nice to see that even in the US some Trabants are preserved and driven.

[@swunt10]

that Trabi doesn't sound right. something is wrong with the engine.

[@goclunker]

Sounds wierd compared to euro trabbies, i guess NA gas ignites differently due to different rating systems. A guy who brought a fiat 126p also had some issues due to gas differences

[@antti_kukkonen]

They never imported Trabis to USA. All Trabis in USA are imported by people from EU

[@goclunker]

Do you comprehend what you read at all? WE HAVE DIFFERENT OCTANE IN NORTH AMERICA, it IGNITES differently...No one said ANYTHING about imported Eastern block cars here.... jesus dude, read, comprehend, then write

[@GrandTheftChris]

who cares, trabi even runs with vodka. :)

[@huseyinuguralacatli5064]

I have 126p and it can run any gas above 85'ish due to relatively low compression ratio

[@corvette724]

Chuck, why do you note the year? They changed nothing for about 20 Years. :-) :-)

[@RideswithChuck]

+corvette724 Oh no! My next upload is of a 1926 Model T Ford. They didn't change too much over the years either....

[@corvette724]

not even the colour :-)

[@RideswithChuck]

This one might be green!

[@bennyhannover9361]

+corvette724 Off Course they changed a lot, this early model has door handles made of alloy. The early models between '64 and '69 had alloy parts and all metal bumpers later models from '75 on had plastic handels and bumpers with plastic corners. The early models still had wiredriven drum brakes at the rear axle and hydraulic at the front and six volts electrics. The late models from '81 on had twelve volts and two circles hydraulic brakes. That seems perhaps ridiculous but in these circumstances it was a lot.

[@corvette724]

ok, you`right, i agree.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Rather have one of these than some self-driving monstrosity, as I will drive IT, rather than it driving me.

[@mityatarasov874]

The official vehicle of gopniks.

[@nikolanikola8543]

Nah... That would be the Lada or Zastava

[@chadcastagana9181]

What is a "gopnik"?

[@nikolanikola8543]

@Neil Foster *Moskvich

[@Tandler77]

Sound like rust ate your muffler away. And how you get spare parts on this piece of history?

[@anonmouse15]

Probably recycled parts from Germany from the junked Trabants.

[@95thFoot]

No, they are still made new. You can get any parts for Trabants at trabantwelt dot de, as well as from project601, and other companies. Airmail and you have them in the USA in a week.

[@maerzen77wellcome]

Sounds a bit more noisy than usual - maybe the heater pipe is rusty inside. That could be an unhealthy problem, the air is heated directly by the exhaust and exhaust gas could reach the inside of the car through a rusty hole. Turn on the heater for a quick test and if there's any smell of exhaust gas in the car, order a spare part soon and enjoy a quieter engine and clean, warm air from the heating-system on cold days! Nice car, btw :-)

[@Horvi83]

I love it! - Congrats for the video! :)

[@afrikan1641]

Everything about this car is beautiful. Glad it still is in a stock condition. I just came across a 78 buick opel for sale which i plan on purchasing. Gotta love the oldies, lol am the only 22 year old here looking at these old beaters?

[@brianrevere6218]

We have been running an opel at the 24 hours of lemons for a couple seasons. We punish her badly and she just keeps going. Love that little thing! Enjoy yours

[@timrichter1980]

In Germany, we use the shorter form of pronouncing 'Trabant'. We were glad to have 4 stroke engines in west germany, but now we are happy to have some Trabants still on the street, but not much. Preservation of the past if you will. Very reliable for its kind.

[@noelconroy3647]

2 stroke engine good in frosty weather are cooled :)

[@noelconroy3647]

Yes Stoke have a good week ahead and family regards :))

[@chaoscast]

I owned the Trabant 601S from 1996 to 1999 and I loved it. It was perfect in winter. I truly miss it.

[@drpsionic]

Sounds like an 80s GM car.

[@kraftwerklover69]

automobile version of hickok45

[@laszlokruzslik3120]

Changing gear without release throttle. ;)

[@Finsami71]

Great video! Just search like 'East Berlin 1987' on youtube and youll find some more. For elderly guys like me, it really takes me back in a good way.

[@jameshaury2716]

there was a Trabant in THE Man From UNCLE it was very funny.

[@quas392]

The white one was a trabant and the nicer black one was the wartburg 311

[@RundeKatze]

The Exhaust pipe at 0:25 is not in good condition. I think there must be a hole around the heat exchanger. Or maybe the exhaust isn't tight fitted to the engine. There is a leak somewhere. You really have to check this cause you will breath too much exhaust gasses.