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  • livnxxxl
    Megoholic RocketScientist
    • Oct 23, 2007
    • 3903

    #16
    Anyone here remember the Yugo? I think that turned out to be a big flop as well.
    Enjoy what you like, and let others enjoy what they like. (C) Azrak 2009

    Too much space. Need more toys!



    Check out the ever growing Mego like sized vehicles data base.

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    • jp1969
      Banned
      • Dec 10, 2009
      • 52

      #17
      Noticed one at the post office today.
      I knowTastes are inarguable but.
      I would prefer a 1981 Lada to this.
      Could not bring myself to make the payments on this thing.

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      • Brad
        Batman Fanatic
        • Aug 20, 2010
        • 1230

        #18
        Originally posted by livnxxxl
        Anyone here remember the Yugo? I think that turned out to be a big flop as well.
        OMG, I actually worked at a large Chevy dealer who dealt the Yugo for a short period of time. Talk about total junk! I ran the used car conditioning department and every time I had one of those come in on trade the same problems had to be fixed. The window cranks would break as they were very cheap plastic, the speaker covers on the doors would fall off and be long gone, the locks would just stop working and I had to have a locksmith come out a re-key them, I could go on and on.

        I always joked that a rebuild kit for the engine was a rubber band in a blister pack!
        "Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you." - Frank Barron

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        • livnxxxl
          Megoholic RocketScientist
          • Oct 23, 2007
          • 3903

          #19
          Originally posted by Brad
          OMG, I actually worked at a large Chevy dealer who dealt the Yugo for a short period of time. Talk about total junk! I ran the used car conditioning department and every time I had one of those come in on trade the same problems had to be fixed. The window cranks would break as they were very cheap plastic, the speaker covers on the doors would fall off and be long gone, the locks would just stop working and I had to have a locksmith come out a re-key them, I could go on and on.

          I always joked that a rebuild kit for the engine was a rubber band in a blister pack!
          The sad part of all of this is that it will probably end up being a sought after collectible in years to come.
          Enjoy what you like, and let others enjoy what they like. (C) Azrak 2009

          Too much space. Need more toys!



          Check out the ever growing Mego like sized vehicles data base.

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          • Brad
            Batman Fanatic
            • Aug 20, 2010
            • 1230

            #20
            Originally posted by livnxxxl
            The sad part of all of this is that it will probably end up being a sought after collectible in years to come.
            That is if you can even find one! They didn't last very long.


            As a "car guy" I had quite a few people ask me if I thought it was a good car to buy. I believe they were around $3995 brand new at the time (1987ish). I gave them all the same answer. Take the same money and buy an American car with a small V8 like an Olds Cutlass as there were tons of those around. I told them the used car would long outlast the Yugo.
            "Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you." - Frank Barron

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            • livnxxxl
              Megoholic RocketScientist
              • Oct 23, 2007
              • 3903

              #21
              Originally posted by Brad
              That is if you can even find one! They didn't last very long.
              My point exactly. The less of them there is the harder it is to find and the more valuable it would/"should" be. To someone actually looking for one that is. You know some place. ???

              Maybe there will be a Yugo Museum some day? Wouldn't that be a hoot? We laugh about it now....we may be crying later for not snagging up those cars when we could have. NOT!!

              Originally posted by Brad
              As a "car guy" I had quite a few people ask me if I thought it was a good car to buy. I believe they were around $3995 brand new at the time (1987ish). I gave them all the same answer. Take the same money and buy an American car with a small V8 like an Olds Cutlass as there were tons of those around. I told them the used car would long outlast the Yugo.
              That was great advice. I could just imagine what it would have been like to be a salesman trying to pitch a sale for these cars.
              Enjoy what you like, and let others enjoy what they like. (C) Azrak 2009

              Too much space. Need more toys!



              Check out the ever growing Mego like sized vehicles data base.

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              • SlipperyLilSuckers
                MeGoing
                • May 14, 2003
                • 9031

                #22
                Originally posted by Zemo
                I saw two more today, and really, I have to slow down and look at who's driving these things. I don't why it bothers me so much, I guess it's like watching a train wreck. lol

                of course this is jmho
                They probably see you looking, and think you are envious

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                • Zemo
                  Still Smokin'
                  • Feb 14, 2006
                  • 3888

                  #23
                  Originally posted by SlipperyLilSuckers
                  They probably see you looking, and think you are envious
                  Man, I hope not! I really must have the stupidest face you could have on. I don't know what my problem is, I should have a lot more things to worry about, which I do, but man, I think I need treatment. I want to drive them off the road!!!!

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                  • Zemo
                    Still Smokin'
                    • Feb 14, 2006
                    • 3888

                    #24
                    By the way just got back from a ride in the Stang on 95. speedo locked at 120 between exits, Had to be at 140 at least.

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                    • Brad
                      Batman Fanatic
                      • Aug 20, 2010
                      • 1230

                      #25
                      The heck with the speedometer, GPS is the way to go as you'll know dead on!



                      That's what most of my friends use on their vintage Kaws (the modified ones anyway) as the factory speedometers were pretty inaccurate even when they were new.
                      "Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you." - Frank Barron

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                      • Brad
                        Batman Fanatic
                        • Aug 20, 2010
                        • 1230

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Zemo
                        By the way just got back from a ride in the Stang on 95. speedo locked at 120 between exits, Had to be at 140 at least.
                        And quit drag racing those Cubes.




                        I take it you got the new pump on and all is well again.
                        "Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you." - Frank Barron

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                        • Zemo
                          Still Smokin'
                          • Feb 14, 2006
                          • 3888

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Brad
                          And quit drag racing those Cubes.




                          I take it you got the new pump on and all is well again.
                          Yea man what a day, Had to drop the deck on the mower, chane belt, blades, oil, solenoid. The cut down a huge pine that got hit by lighting, took it out at the base with ropes in on shot, lucky I still have a roof. Then changed the fuel pump on the stang, it was leaking a little from the diaphragm, that was easy, But was at the bar at 12:30 of so for the Gators game. Nice win. Lucky I a a friends help though.

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                          • Brad
                            Batman Fanatic
                            • Aug 20, 2010
                            • 1230

                            #28
                            You did have a heck of a day! I don't envy you taking down that tree. I just finally got the last of my old willow tree out of my back yard. It was huge and took 3 years (doing a bit at a time) to get that POS completely gone.


                            Glad you got it all done and still had time for some fun!!


                            Hopefully tomorrow Jr. and I will put up our new 10' X 12' metal shed. We tore down the old wooden 8 by 8 last Sunday and that sucked. I think we killed a million wasps and at least thirty nests.


                            I am out of room in our 2 1/2 car garage thanks to Maggy's Sponge Bob collection and all my Kaws so we need the extra space badly.
                            "Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you." - Frank Barron

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