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anotheridiot · Guru

Gmg latest trick build..

1Moparsick0 · Guru

Wow.. This latest ride from GmG inpresses me... I wouldn't think Richheads ego fit in one of these vehicles.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/290895686155?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item43babbea0b&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:102

jakemac · Senior Member

I didn't think that there were any of those left. Those buckets used to start rusting as soon as you drove them off the lot. That must have been an Arizona car. How is he supposed to make a profit on a car that isn't even worth the money found in the couch cushions ?

Although, I must say that I miss the days when you could repair your own car in your driveway, without having to get a degree from MIT.

jakemac · Senior Member

Rare doesn't always mean valuable, or desirable. I could get a descent pre AMF Harley XLCH for $4100. (if I could scrape $4100 together, I'd already have one). I used to know a guy who drove Yugos. We made fun of him all the time. The reason he chose to drive it was because he was raising his nephew and needed to drive a car he could fix on the cheap. For $150 he could buy a whole car at the junkyard for parts anytime he needed to. The downside (other than being seen driving a Yugo) was that he always had a bad back because the car was so uncomfortable and the seats wouldn't adjust to his size. We tried to at least get him to upgrade to an old Rabbit, but he said that it cost too much to buy parts.

1Moparsick0 · Guru

jakemac wrote:
I didn't think that there were any of those left. Those buckets used to start rusting as soon as you drove them off the lot. That must have been an Arizona car. How is he supposed to make a profit on a car that isn't even worth the money found in the couch cushions ?

Although, I must say that I miss the days when you could repair your own car in your driveway, without having to get a degree from MIT.

A Mentor when I was in my teen in the 80's had one of those vehicles, you'd go across the I-81 george wade over the Susquehanna, when a very strong wind blew across you'd jump lanes from it being so light, but maybe 6-8 months after he had it he got rear-ended, an forever after had back problems because of the yugo folded up like a tin can.

1Moparsick0 · Guru

But I thought GMG was only into "cool" cars, and turning the classics into item that are FAST N' LOUD. MORE like sell you a P.O.S, cause I think I can buy a P.O.S. an flip it for a loss on the interweb...

jakemac · Senior Member

The only way that Yugo will ever be Fast-N-Loud is if you push it off a cliff and listen to it hit the bottom.