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minus-squareAnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoCommunist West Germany? You mean East Germany? Because I lived there when the Wall came down, and I can tell you based on the huge influx of Eastern Germans who had floorboards you could see through that quality was not a priority.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agothey don’t mean quality as in nice. They mean quality as in it still exists. Those wooden floor boards are probably still there, to this day. Still shitty, but there.
minus-squareturmacar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIt’s not a mystery which of the car might’ve been available in East Germany. Trabants aren’t exactly known for being long lasting.
Communist West Germany? You mean East Germany?
Because I lived there when the Wall came down, and I can tell you based on the huge influx of Eastern Germans who had floorboards you could see through that quality was not a priority.
they don’t mean quality as in nice. They mean quality as in it still exists.
Those wooden floor boards are probably still there, to this day. Still shitty, but there.
It’s not a mystery which of the car might’ve been available in East Germany.
Trabants aren’t exactly known for being long lasting.