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Holden V.S Fords

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Tawakalna

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:17 am

You had Yugos in the US? I never knew that, I thought they were designed solely to be sold to retired englishmen wearing homburgs who only drove on Sundays

did you have Wartburgs and Moskvitches as well? (bet you didn't)

My dad had a Wartburg (for 3 days before he took it back)

Indy11

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:20 am

Yugos were introduced to the US during that brief time when Tito found a new way to straddle the Iron Curtain. The cars were the butt of so many jokes it wasn't funny.

I'm trying to remember but I think they were in the market here for about 5 years sometime in a late 70's.

Tawakalna

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:25 am

They were extremely popular in the West Midlands esp in the Black Country, as were Ladas.

how do you double the value of a Lada? put petrol in it
why should you get a Lada with a heated rear window? so you can keep your hands warm when you're pushing it home..
what's the difference between a Lada and a skip? No road tax required on a skip

Indy11

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:33 am

Why were sidewalks invented? So that Yugo owners would have a safe way to walk home.
How do you make a Yugo fly? Push it out of a plane.
How do you make a Yugo move faster? Turn off the engine.
What do you call Yugo passengers? Shock absorbers.
What's the difference between a Jehovah's Witness and a Yugo? You can slam the door on a Jehovah's Witness.



These and many more here

gromit

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:42 am

Holden? Que? Hold 'em? Was ist Das?

Leonhart

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:53 am

HUMMER!!

Well I would go for Ford....never heard of holden so dont know how crapy or good it is

H.Q. Victor

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:55 am

The Yugos we had, you had to do to the front to wind them up before you could drive them.

Michael
"Hezekiah"

Tawakalna

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:55 pm

handcrank?

Leonhart

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:03 pm

@Finalday

Not to funny m8 :/

<---------------Serbian AKA Yugoslavian

Lucky u started Tawsburg or I would not be forgiving so fast nor so easily

PS. Just j/k


Edited by - Leonhart on 4/15/2004 5:06:03 PM

H.Q. Victor

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:11 pm

The cars were basicly junk. hard to get warrenty work done and parts cost more than the car. Not to knock a country, just a car. Like the edsel.

Tawakalna

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:26 pm

or the Allegro. or anything made by talbot.

Indy11

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:11 pm

How are Kia's rated? They've estabished a marketing niche here as the cheapest car available that actually has 4 wheels and is able to self-propel. Not much beyond that from I've been told and seen. Compared to Yugos, though, a superior product, of sorts. They come with 10 year or 100,000 mile warranties. No one I know takes that seriously, though. Certainly don't use that as a reason to buy the thing, anyway.

Esquilax

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:45 pm

I don't have an opinion (long story), but Jaguars are not bad cars. And they are made by Ford as I understand it.

Griffon_26

Post Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:52 pm

I used to have a holden bombadore (commadore)

Esquilax

Post Fri Apr 16, 2004 6:18 am

Aren't you younger that I am, Griff? How could you afford a Commodore?

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