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298 messages, Last post on May 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM
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The problem is your attitude Exactly! I was once complaining about a problem with my Acura Integra, and my friend said, "What do you expect, Lokki? Of course you're going to have problems. It's just a cheap little car. They all have problems." Silly me. Expecting better.
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Replying to: lokki (Dec 01, 2008 11:24 am) |
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Replying to: lokki (Dec 01, 2008 11:24 am) |
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"In all seriousness, I would rate a Trabant higher than a Chevette." An objective comparison (considering only the attributes and deficiencies, and not assigning any value to the historical significance of the Trabant) would have to put the Trabant below the Chevette.
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Dec 01, 2008 8:35 pm) It had a steel monococque frame at a time when most cars used body-frame construction. The roof, doors and fenders were of Duroplast, a plastic at when only Corvettes used non-metal body panels and it was driven by the front wheels when only Saab and Citroen were using FWD. Unfortunately the design didn't change during the 40 years of production so it was completely obsolete by then but then again so was the VW Type 1 (Beetle). The Chevette OTOH was obsolescent the day the first was made.
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Replying to: andys120 (Dec 02, 2008 7:02 am) 
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 02, 2008 9:46 am) |
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"If the Trabant was communism at its worst, the Chevette was capitalism at its worst and more shameful, in that it was created out of free will." I certainly wouldn't cite the Chevette as a paragon of advanced design, but in my opinion the Vega was worse. I also wouldn't defend the Chevette. However, let's be totally, totally honest; if you could afford only one small car, which I presume was the case with most Trabi owners, wouldn't you choose a Chevette over a Trabi? You might, for a variety of reasons, choose a Trabi over a Chevette as your third car, but would you really prefer it as your daily driver and only mode of motorized transportation? In response to the limited versatility of the Chevette Scooter, Chevette also offered a 4-door, which Trabi didn't. I'll grant you that the Trabi handily exceeded the Chevette in one area, and that's in the amount of pollutants its feeble 2-cycle engine spewed into the atmosphere. |
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Dec 03, 2008 4:16 pm) 
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Dec 03, 2008 4:16 pm) A diesel Chevette with woodgrain side trim would be a really interesting ride 
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