>>(Based on the anecdotes I've heard, the real-life Trabant is a strain
>>to the imagination.)
>
>I have relatives in the former East Germany (near Dresden, in fact),
>and they still have a Trabant.

True fact: The body panels of the Trabant are made from cotton. (Well, cotton-reinforced resin. Or resin-reinforced cotton, depending on how you look at it.) So, if nothing else, it's not like they'll have major fender-rust problems. :)

--G.
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