Apollo11
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Joined: 6/7/2001 From: Zagreb, Croatia Status: offline
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Hi all, quote:
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay A friend of mine worked the dockyards in Savannah, Georgia where they were imported. He said that two out of three refused to start when they tried to drive them off... quote:
ORIGINAL: USS America Yep, Yugo's were here, and I saw a few back in the day, but didn't know any owner personally. quote:
ORIGINAL: oldman45 I can't think of anybody that would admit they owned one, that was like admitting to owning a Gremlin. quote:
ORIGINAL: rtrapasso The Yugo got sort of a bad reputation where is was raised... a shipment of 20 were unloaded from a freighter (a ro-ro ship?) and driven across town to the dealership... i think 13 broke down. quote:
ORIGINAL: AW1Steve When I lived in DC, there was a major Art School exhibit at Union Station called "a 101 uses for a dead Yugo, where the cars were turned into every imaginable use. A coffin,a phone booth, even a confessional! quote:
ORIGINAL: AW1Steve In the mid 1980's they were trying to set up an assembly plant in my home town. It failed. Pretty much like everything else about the car. quote:
ORIGINAL: stuman A friend of mine bought used Yugo as his first car. It was dirt cheap, and he thought it would be sort of fun to own something " unique ". Boy was it a mistake. Something was wrong with it almost every week. All of his friends helped him out on various fix up projects. It was like being in a real time , ongoing shop project for all of us. He didn't keep it for even a year. And he was much poorer at the end.. Thanks for the "Yugo" stories guys! It was as bad in USA as it was bad here (and please remember that you guys in USA had teh "de Luxe" version )... Leo "Apollo11"
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