>>>Indeed. I drove a Trabant, and I can confirm that.
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>>Is that the notorious East German car?
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>Why the? Actually there was to brands of cars.
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>Check http://tinyurl.com/y4gfj8w
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>I loved mine. Not much noisier then my Ford, but much easier on maintenance.
>The only reason that I found to buy a new one was that it was to small for the scuba equipment. (And now for all the kids)
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>It was ok when it was designed (in parts ahead, it's modern now to have the car made from compound materials), but there was only minor change over decades.
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>At least it would not speed up on itself.
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>(^.~)
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>Agnes

"The only reason that I found to buy a new one was that it was to small for the scuba equipment."

I knew they could be a bit leaky but I had no idea it was that bad. :-)