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Yugo sighting
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06-14-2008, 03:27 PM
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Yugo sighting
I saw a blue Yugo for sale along Route 3 here in Pa. on Wednesday. First one in years. Guess someone took it out of mothballs to capitalize on the run of economically proficient used cars. I had a friend in the Navy around 1987 who purchased one to run back and forth from San Diego to just south of Los Angeles. I rode in it once. That was enough.  |
06-14-2008, 03:29 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
the joke used to be that if you owned a Yugo, you would go nowhere
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06-14-2008, 03:47 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
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Originally Posted by xmr
the joke used to be that if you owned a Yugo, you would go nowhere
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Well, with an old EPA of 28/31, I'm not surprised someone pulled it out of mothball. These days people will take anything that has four wheels and is anything close to running condition and putting it on the road. It's certainly far and away better than the Fsp 's we have on the market these days.  |
06-14-2008, 03:51 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
YUGO...........the car with the built-in hand warmers in the back window. (when pushing it)
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06-14-2008, 03:56 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
I suspose the american version of the Yugo was the Chevette. They seemed to barley get down the road and belched black smoke that would gag you. (could it be they were hypemiling and we just did not realize it)
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06-14-2008, 06:06 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
Anyone know what sort of horsepower the Yugo generated? It was a three cylinder, wasn't it? I recall the headliner was paper-thin. And those original EPA estimates seem awfully low considering the size of the car, don't they?
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06-14-2008, 06:14 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
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Originally Posted by fitmpg
Anyone know what sort of horsepower the Yugo generated? It was a three cylinder, wasn't it? I recall the headliner was paper-thin. And those original EPA estimates seem awfully low considering the size of the car, don't they?
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It was the worlds first disposable car. Poor Quality = low FE.
Also-
Saw a Chevette on Northbound Rt. 12 Today!
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06-14-2008, 08:47 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
Yugos were Fiats built in Yugoslavia. Their build quality was even worse than the Fiats of the time, which is hard to believe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugo
My favorite is the GV, which I always referred to as the "Gee, Why?"
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06-14-2008, 08:51 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
joke;
guy goes into an auto parts store and says 'hey, will you give me a gas cap for a yugo?"
parts guy says 'hmm, sounds like a fair trade to me.'
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06-14-2008, 09:48 PM
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Re: Yugo sighting
Laurieaw. Now that is funny.
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