[quote E2DEC4S0XN8FZ3N6]Nothing too flash in the GDR either. Trabant or not much else. At least it got a fuel gauge. Kids would ask their parents to drop them off in another town, if it managed to get there that is.[/quote] Silvercloud, even in the East German worker's classless paradise where every one is equal, some are more equal than others. The Trabant came in three levels of luxury - base, S and De Luxe. Not being able to read German, I guess the chrome bumpers on the De Luxe meant an extra two year's wait to become mobile. I can't tell if you were lucky enough to get a door mirror on the base model.