This is the Bosnian version
Posted on 03/04/2010 6:35:13 AM PST by C19fan
would seem to be an inappropriate reviewer for a book about "the worst car in history." I drive a BMW, after all. In my defense, it is a 26-year-old BMW. The window motors failed a decade ago, so I must chin myself up through the sunroof to collect my burgers at the drive-through. I hate driving in the rain because my ankles get wet, thanks to a hole in the floor. I now realize, though, that the rusty old wreck only buffs my reviewing credentials: It approximates the condition of a brand spanking new Yugo, the subject of Jason Vuic's rollicking chronicle of the rise and fall of the homely little hatchback that couldn't.
Mr. Vuic (rhymes with Buick), an assistant professor of modern European history at Bridgewater College in Virginia, keeps his foot off the brakes when describing the Yugo's limitations. The car was "a turkey, a lemon, a dud," he writes, "a failure, a blunder, a boondoggle, and a bust." He weaves a tale about crazy socialist factories, just-as-crazy Western financial practices, geopolitics in the days of the Cold War and an American public yearning for affordable cars—all combined with the "cutting edge of Serbo-Croation technology," as the Yugo was referred to in the spoof movie version of "Dragnet." Along the way Mr. Vuic generously sprinkles Yugo jokes, such as: What's included in every Yugo owner's manual? A bus schedule. This was an amenity-free car that nonetheless had a rear-window defroster—which owners soon suspected was there to keep their hands warm while pushing. The Yugo's name itself fueled jokes, as in: "You go call the tow truck, and I'll stay here with the car."
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Obama takes over GM and Chrysler, and there is renewed interest in the Yugo. Coincidence? I think not.
with government motors the true meaning of GMC gotta mechanic coming and MOPAR my old pig ain’t running
Rush used to play a haunting melody called, I think, “In a Yugo” by maybe Melvin Presley? Any way it was the best of Rush’s Update songs.
The Yugo has to be better than Toiletas. LOL
Paul Harvey once said that, if you wanted to double the value of your Yugo, all you had to do was fill the gas tank.
Ho Ho it’s Adobe
The little car that’s made out of clay!
I always thought MOPAR meant “Mostly Old Parts And Rust”.
ha... Yugo
We had 5 guys (all over 200lbs) piled in a Yugo.
I’m 6’4” and I ended up curled up in the hatch. We somehow ended up stuck in the middle of a football field with a stripper asleep in the backseat.
“A funny parody of Elvis Presley’s “In a ghetto” performed by Paul Shanklin.... (with lyrics)”
“In a Yugo”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqTKZgEW8pM
My mom had a Yugo, she took care of it and changed the oil regularly and put over 300,000 miles on it before she sold it to someone.
Six months after purchase (best thing I ever did was to purchase the extended warranty) the engine failed, and I got a brand new one for free.
Never had serious issues--the driver's window crank kept breaking off, but that was it.
Got it up to 90 once. :)
This is the Bosnian version
“Got it up to 90 once. :) “
That’s because the wind was at your back.
I couldn't hear the radio at that speed.
The GT version has a louder motor.
I read the article this morning on the train ride in a had to contain myself as I was laughing my ass off.
Being son of Serbian immigrants and personally knowing individuals who purchased this fine piece of communist engineering, I had a greater appreciation for the content of this article.
No, that’s because there was a strategically placed hole in the firewall behind the engine.... legs were always nice and toasty.
Oh so funny in so many ways.
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