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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@chu The #CyberTruck has worse #QualityControl and #Craftsmanship than the fucking #Trabant P601 and that thing was a cheap piece of fiber-reinforced phenolic resin on steel tubes with a two-cylinder, two-stroke air-cooled engine that couldn't even bother to have a fuel pump but had to be gravity-fed!

Yet their panel gaps were far less crooked and their cars don't get stained by rain dying up on their surface...

Even the #DeLoream #DMC12 did that #Sheetmetal look better and didn't have the #rust issues...

#Tesla #RustBucket #CyberRust #EpicFail #Wankpanzer #Wanker #WankerCar #SuperUselessVehicle

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kami_kadse

@kkarhan @chu

as one having owned a Trabant some decades ago I can tell you it's conceptually exactly what one would want when combining indivdualist transit for the whole population and some efficiency in production and maintenance: it didn't waste fuel on mass, was *completely* self-serviceable and could fit the transport needs of a small family. (fuel efficiency was only okay when regarding the simplicity of the engine)

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kami_kadse @chu Shure, also its scarcity forced the #GDR to maintain #PublicTransport networks as a necessary utility...

Also yeah, the Trabant with it's low compression two-stroke just works by virtue of being for the most part 1950s motorcycle tech just with doible the wheels and a plastic cabin and steel tubing around...

In fact, if it wasn't a regular 2+2 car, I'd consider it a #PersonalLightVehicle by virtue of being engineered to simplicity.
github.com/KBtechnologies/PLV

@kami_kadse @chu Shure, also its scarcity forced the #GDR to maintain #PublicTransport networks as a necessary utility...

Also yeah, the Trabant with it's low compression two-stroke just works by virtue of being for the most part 1950s motorcycle tech just with doible the wheels and a plastic cabin and steel tubing around...

kami_kadse

@kkarhan @chu

die PLV of the time and day would be the "Krause Duo" 😸

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@kami_kadse @chu I did in fact list it as such in the documentation of said Project / Concept...

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