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Old 01-30-2010, 09:13 PM
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Trabant Expedition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv0XcJtEcIA

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Old 01-30-2010, 09:38 PM
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26 HP on a good day, down hill, with a tail wind.

I had the 'opportunity' to ride in one, it's like an enclosed riding lawn mower.
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Old 01-30-2010, 11:03 PM
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Here's another, showing the Trabant's tremendous towing capacity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrIH8oE1hzA
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Old 01-31-2010, 01:45 PM
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As much as I like the idea of the plucky little two wheel drive car making it across a tremendous distance....They would have saved themselves a lot of pushing time if they had just had a real expedition truck/SUV. There is a pretty funny moment though at 2:36 which show the advantages of a very light vehicle I did the same thing with my uncles Peugeot some years ago
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Old 01-31-2010, 02:09 PM
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Here's another, showing the Trabant's tremendous towing capacity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrIH8oE1hzA
Kind of answers the question why FWD vehicles have a lower towing capacity doesn't it

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