[Spits] OT: Trabant

[Kevin Rhodes]

I owned one for a summer in Budapest, summer of '91. I was spending 
the summer with a college friend from there, we bought it together 
for ~$1000, and sold it for the same at the end of the summer. 2 cyl, 
2-stroke, about 2 mouse-power. It would wind up to ~110km/hr 
eventually. The body is made of some sort of wood pulp and resin - 
you could easily kick a hole in it. A complete and utter deathtrap of 
a car, but we had a ball with it. Reliable too. Not much to break. 
:-) Wartburgs are far better, those had three cylinders and a METAL 
body! But more expensive.

Kevin Rhodes
Westbrook, Maine


At 10:10 AM 12/31/2008, you wrote:
>I went to Krakow, Poland at the beginning of December, and took the 
>"Crazy tours" communism tour. I got to ride in a Trabant car. I must 
>say, the Trabant makes my Spit looks like some sort of high-tech 
>supercar. 2-cycle engine, goofy shifter layout & really rough 
>running condition makes for a weird ride. Our tour guide/driver ran 
>out of gas & switched gas tanks(with a switch)  as we were doing 
>down a busy street.