I have a friend in MN with a Citroen 2CV. Also an interesting car. BillG
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Rhodes Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:21 AM To: Spitfire List Subject: Re: [Spits] OT: Trabant 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. [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
