now wait a minute. i like my trabant, it is a fine commisar-mobile for we
of the former soviet air army..hail to the late sovietski!
dick fontaine
48mgtc
62tr3b
"he who dies with the most toys, wins!"
On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Ross Overcash wrote:
> At 10:09 PM 1/27/97 EST, David C Littlefield wrote:
> >That's it! I give up!! I can't even mention a Chrysler LeBaron on this
> >list without it having a defender! From now on, I'm only going to say
> >bad things about cars that surely can offend no one! Things like:
> >"Damn, those Yugos stunk," and "gee, that Trabant was a piece of
> >garbage!" Oh, great, now I'm going to get hate mail from the Yugo
> >Owner's Club and the International Trabant Register. ;-)
> >
> >David Littlefield
> >Houston, TX
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:53:23 EST damitdick@juno.com (W. J. Richard
> >Criswell) writes:
> >>On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:47:35 EST dmeadow@juno.com (David C
> >>Littlefield) writes:
> >>>
> >>>Excellent insight! This was one of the reasons I bought my MGA in
> >>>1986. Just about the only convertible you could buy at the time was
> >>a
> >>>Chrysler LeBaron, and lord knows I didn't want to do that! Now, this
> >>
> >>>is not the only reason I keep it, obviously, but I might have gone
> >>>down a completely different path if a used Miata had been available
> >>at
> >>>the time.
> >>>
> >>
> >>David...
> >>
> >>I just gotta object! I love my 5 speed Chrysler LeBaron Turbo
> >>Convertable just as much if not more than I love my 7 MGs!
> >>
> >>Dick 8>)
> >>Vintage Parts & Products
> >>Camarillo, CA
> >>Have MG will travel
> >
> >Comarde why must you knock Trabant. I waited 20 years for mine and it only
> came in Chartreuse but it was mine.
>
> Only kidding!! They really were/are awful little cars, talk about
> polution.....I saw many of them while stationed in Berlin in the early 80's
> and then after the inter German border opened up and we could travel in to
> East Germany. Yes I'm in the service (Army to be exact) The west Germans
> hated it when they were driven into the west.
>
> Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
> http://www.tiac.com/users/jroverca
>
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