More Trabants stolen in Berlin than Porsches

[Kellanved]

BERLIN - Remember the spluttering East German car called the Trabant? After years of being cast off for more modern vehicles they have suddenly been accorded such cult status that more "Trabis" are being stolen in Berlin than Porsches, a report said Wednesday.

The Trabant is now the third most popular car in the German capital for automobile thieves, said a report in the Berliner Kurier newspaper quoting figures from Germany's Insurance Association.

A spokesman for insurance companies said this was likely due to the growing scarcity of Trabants which has led the car to be favoured by collectors.

There is also a booming business for cannibalized Trabi parts given that the factory building the cars closed down shortly after the 1990 German unification.
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[DBoon]

1. From zero to 100 kph

in 15 minutes!

[Kellanved]

2. or

Max acceleration about 9.81 m/s².

[Aristus]

3. Hey, Kel. I saw a Trabant once with some niiiiiiiiiiiice accessories!

I was riding in the bed of a deuce-and-a-half with some fellow soldiers the summer of 1990. We were on a secondary road somewhere in the vicinity of Schweinfurt, when a red and white Trabant pulled up behind us. In it were four exceptionally beautiful (what I assume were East)German young ladies. They waved at us in the back of the truck, then pulled over in the left lane to pass us. Right before they did, the girl in the front passenger seat whipped off her blouse and kind of shimmied and shook for us. Naturally, all of us guys went crazy, whistling and clapping. I think she enjoyed it, too.
What a memory.

I've never forgotten that Trabant.

Or the girls. :D

[Kellanved]

4. ah, yeah. You see, with a car as unreliable as the trabbi,...

... several young ladies help to summon swift help in the likely case of a breakdown.

[Aristus]

5. I'll say.

That'd receive a swift response anytime! :-)