Wednesday Night Wartburg

"Jonee" (Jonee) 01/08/2015 at 02:07 • Filed to: wartburg

3

14

Spunky car. Twist ending.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jonee 01/08/2015 at 02:14

0

great ending!

Jonee > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/08/2015 at 02:27

1

I feel bad for such a willing car. And I hope that kid's ok.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jonee 01/08/2015 at 02:28

0

i hope he's alright too, but really the ending was no shock.

Jonee > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/08/2015 at 02:30

1

yeah, I think he got what he wanted. provided that didn't include a concussion.

Jobjoris > Jonee 01/08/2015 at 05:18

2

Did you develop some weird fetish for Eastern block manufacturers over the last couple of days?

Wartburgs are quite fun when it comes to handling. They're known for their reliability though I hardly think safety was a thing over there. So if the driver got out unharmed: I doubt it. Lovely video nevertheless!

Fact: very few Wartburgs were equipped with a stereo because it was not possible to enjoy over that 2-stroke engine noise. No sound-damping whatsoever!

Babz > Jonee 01/08/2015 at 05:56

3

Ahhh wartburg's, I had a great aunt who had one of these (pretty weird, since she lived in Belgium). Their tagline at the time was "3 x 2 = 6", meaning 3 cylinders 2-stroke was comparable in performance to a 6 cylinders engine.

Comment Box Sanitation Dept. - never sticks to cars > Jonee 01/08/2015 at 06:21

2

oh man. this is one of my dream cars. don't worry about the kid, he's fine. i bet the wartburg is too.

MultiplaOrgasms > Babz 01/08/2015 at 10:01

1

Note the 3=6 badge

The logic behind that was that a three cylinder two stroke engine had the same number of explosions inside the engine per rotation of the crankshaft as a four stroke six cylinder engine.

MultiplaOrgasms > Jonee 01/08/2015 at 10:04

0

Bonus points for 90s music.

Babz > MultiplaOrgasms 01/08/2015 at 11:22

0

Yeah, I knew, but it's still funny to me how such a theoric and silly thing was their official tagline.

MultiplaOrgasms > Babz 01/08/2015 at 11:52

0

What else do you expect from what is now known as Audi?

Jonee > Jobjoris 01/08/2015 at 13:17

0

It's a fetish I've always had. I guess I'm finally comfortable sharing my kinks.

This one looks like it handles great. I'm putting a Wartburg wagon on my list.

I had a Subaru 360 with a factory installed radio and, yeah, you could never hear a thing with the car running. I think it was a $5 option, so not a big loss to whomever bought it new.

Babz > MultiplaOrgasms 01/08/2015 at 14:33

0

Wasn't it bought by Opel ? I vagly remember something about Opel buying them during the german reunification.

MultiplaOrgasms > Babz 01/08/2015 at 15:25

1

Sort of, and sort of not. Opel bought the Eisenach plant that used to build Wartburgs (and BMWs before that) in 1991, while the original Audi plant in Zwickau is now most famous for making Trabants. Both the Trabant and Wartburg were essentially developments from pre-war DKW designs which in west germany evolved into the first "modern" Audi.