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Showing posts with label Trabant. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Trabant heating

 Why do Trabants have heated rear windows?

To keep your hands warm as you push it.

A man goes to a Trabant dealership

 A man goes into a Trabant dealership, goes up to the dealer, and asks, "Hello, do you have any Trabants with a two-tone paint job?"

"As a matter of fact, we do," the dealer replies. "It also comes with power steering, cruse control, adjustable power seats, heating, air conditioning, and a digital instrument panel."

"You're joking!" replies the man.

"Well, you started it!"

Trabants at a green light

 Why would a Trabant be stopped at an intersection with a green light?

There's some gum on its tires.

Trabant 601

 What does the Trabant 601 stand for?

600 cars ordered, 1 car delivered.

A man's Trabant wipers break

 A man's driving his Trabant when his windshield wipers break. He pulls into a service shop, goes up to a mechanic, and asks "Wipers for a Trabi?"

The mechanic pauses for a moment and says, "Sure, seems like a good deal."

Two Trabants crash

Yesterday in East Berlin, two Trabants collided with another.

There were fifty-two injured: two drivers, and fifty fighting over the parts.

Trabants and teenagers

How is a Trabant like a pregnant teenager?

They're both fifteen years old and the shame of the family.

Trabant on a hill

 What do you call a Trabant on a hill?

A miracle.

Monday, November 15, 2021

The sheik's Trabant

 A wealthy Arab sheik hears of the Trabant, a car so rare that people are willing to wait ten years to get ahold of one. He figures that it must be incredibly desired, and places an order for it.

The factory gets word of the order, and they're so excited that they make it a top priority. After only a month, the car is ready and it's shipped off to Arabia.

When it arrives, one of the sheik's aides goes to tell him the news. "Sire, you know the car you ordered? They already sent you a cardboard model of it!"