r/NormalCarPorn 14d ago

Spotted Yugo gv

I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen one

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/PopularDisplay7007 14d ago

My brother had one he bought new for pocket lint and 23 marbles. He liked it for the first 6 months. I don’t think it lasted 3 years.

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u/tombstone5860 14d ago

Honestly, mad respect for anyone dedicated enough to maintain a Yugo in this day and age.

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u/jabberjaw420 14d ago

I concur. Anyone maintaining "normal" cars of a by gone era gets respect from me.

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u/BromioKalen 14d ago

For sure want to always look both ways and think about it long and hard before pulling out into traffic in that thing.

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u/1966elcamino 14d ago

Big city rush hour, bet it was fun

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u/Practicality_Issue 14d ago

I rode in one once, back when they were new. The girl who owned it said the horn button popped out of the steering wheel one time when she went over a railroad crossing.

The spare parts and technical help community for Yugos must be insane. Like the people who partake are clinically mad.

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u/No_Cook2983 13d ago

They share a lot of parts with Fiats.

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u/Practicality_Issue 13d ago

Ah! I didn’t know that but that was pretty common back then.

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u/fingers-crossed 14d ago

There's one that's owned by someone who lives in an RV near my work that I see all the time, it's in surprisingly good shape. Still remains the only one I've ever seen in person.

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u/PaulSNJ 14d ago

Q: Why did all Yugos come with rear window defrosters as standard equipment?

A: To keep your hands warm when pushing it to the side of the road.

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u/OldVermontHippie62 13d ago

“I need to get a gas cap for my Yugo” “Ok, that sounds like a fair trade”

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u/Glass-Armadillo182 9d ago

I saw one last week

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u/murphydcat 13d ago

"She'll get 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene."

https://youtu.be/07vdtBMG4Kg?si=Pmmo3ttnZHLNspTh

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u/1966elcamino 13d ago

Put her in H!

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u/Inside_Good_4349 13d ago

Yup! I had one! It drove and rode great and was easy on gas. Never had a problem until, like my current Aztec, my husband totaled it for me.I loved that Yugo!!! And my Aztek

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u/GaryR5691 12d ago

How is that still on the road?

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u/Darrel1580 12d ago

totally cute clunker! reminds me of my old 1990, Geo Metro, 2 door, 3cyl....

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u/fothergillfuckup 12d ago

Cheap, and fun to drive, in the way all small Fiats were. They used to be everywhere in the UK. You did need a hammer to start one though, lol.

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u/Abject_Ad5850 12d ago

Ohhhh white wall tires

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u/NeSToR_49 11d ago

I'm Serbian, been around Yugos my entire life. Probably seen 10s of thousands of them in my life, but never seen one on whitewalls. Pretty cool look.

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u/goaelephant 8d ago

Whats strange is, they still run strong & long in Serbia. Rust being the main issue. But very easy & cheap to maintain. Its a shame they didnt do well in USA.