Re: Fw: Audi-Yugo

[George Rath <lxl@dnai.com>]

Vlajko Jokic wrote:
> 
> >Remember, not everything was bad on the Yugo.  We even have a lister who
> >races one!
> 
> >-Ingo Rautenberg
> '>90 V8Q
> 
>  I  had a 1990 YUGO and I am almost certain that ignition system was more reliable that
> one on my Lumina 91... Complete YUGOs ignition system including module, distributor,
> coil, cap and wires were BOSH components - made in Germany.  Some 4 cyl BMWs had almost
> the same ignition.  Rest of the car was bad.  It was based on an old FIAT model 127, but
> those Fiats (made in Italy) were not much better than YUGOs imported in US.  You probably
> won't believe that YUGOs for the American market were drastically better than those sold
> on the  local Yugoslavian market, although both were assembled on the same line in Serbia
>  (Yugoslavia)...
> 
> Vlajko Jokic
> Canada
> 
> 88 90Q
> 
Even worse... I remember myself and my girlfriend passing on the train
the Yugo-town
(Kragujevac???)... We where on the vacation in the "Capitalist
Super-land" (i.e. Yugoslavia);
our money was a mere $200 or so/per guy/girl. True, the hotels where
CHEAP - but we had
really watch for what we spend. Anyway, as we passed the city we thougt
- we never ever
will have enough money to buy a "Crevena Zastava" - the name of the Yugo
used in the
East Block.
In the fact, the "bad" Zastava (for Yugo/Hungarian market) was the best
car our money in
Hungary could buy. Everything else was far worse. But even this was
relative: my friends
from the East Germany where jealous, it WAS possible to buy a Zastava in
Hungary.
Today... khm, khm...
 1) My friend in (East???) Germany has a Toyota Carina (an
almost-Camry).
 2) I had a year of "fighting" with my not-anymore-girlfriend (she was
"promoted" to "wife"
    a few years ago). The main topic of the fight was, who will drive
the '95 Mitsubishi
    Diamante wagon and who the not-really-loved '95 Chevy Lumina.
    The fight was settled a few days ago after I bought a '97 A6 Quattro
wagon for myself.

Unfortunately, somewhat was gone forever - 17 years!!!
I would give my Audi (and my wife's Mitsu) in exchange of a slightly
rear-ended '80 Zastava
and these 17 years. (My friend wouldn't hasitate to give his
house+Toyota Carina for
a Trabant+17 years, too.)


Ehhhhhh........


George Rath
Cupertino, USA