We had joy, we had fun, we had timing belt changes in the sun. And @bvg_weilwirdichlieben got the hint with the color and the number plate too ◡̈
It has basically seen the world – Rügen, Cologne, Chomutov, and that one first petrol station in Poland coming from Berlin. It will now be someone else’s problem/companion down in Weimar. (Fun fact: “Trabant” means companion(-planet) – or “Sputnik” in Russian. So it’s basically a little satellite).
This car is misunderstood by basically everyone – east germans will say there’s “nothing on it that can break”, which is quite wrong. It doesn’t have a fuel pump, for example, but most of them still have problems with fuel delivery. “It’s a soviet shit box” say the Americans, also not true: it’s German, not Soviet, and when it came out it was pretty much the height of small-car technology – independent suspension, integrated chassis/frame, composite body panels, bigger than a Mini, faster than a 2CV, cheaper than a VW Beetle. It’s just that times changed, and this little car didn’t.
Last image is East-German TV star “Schnatterinchen”, which should explain the name.
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