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To: Crim
when you get run over by an American made semi they can just bury you in it...

Not "can" but "have to," considering materials and workmanship that went into that car. I guess it will be a new Yugo, only cheaper and without any quality control whatsoever:

A 1987 Consumer Reports review of the car concluded that buyers would be "better off buying a good used car than a new Yugo", and also stated that it "barely qualified as a car."

In 1989, 31-year-old Leslie Ann Pluhar, driving a 1987 Yugo over the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, was blown over the bridge's 36-inch railing by a 50 mph gust of wind. (photo)

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14 posted on 05/13/2009 11:11:39 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: Greysard

heh...My motorcycle could total one and not flatten a tire...


15 posted on 05/13/2009 11:13:04 PM PDT by Crim
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To: Greysard

“In 1989, 31-year-old Leslie Ann Pluhar, driving a 1987 Yugo over the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, was blown over the bridge’s 36-inch railing by a 50 mph gust of wind.”

A friend of mine was part of the recovery team for Leslie.
The team had an unofficial motto after the incident.

“Yugo over, we go under”


29 posted on 05/14/2009 3:07:34 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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