Question about a kind of car called Trabant

It's a humorous exaggeration. Buildings don't really crumble from automotive exhaust fumes. At least, not in short periods of time.

The pollution helped weaken and deteriorate the front's of the buildings until parts started breaking off and falling down.

Roger, I don't believe they're talking short periods of time or entire building facade failure either. Then again, we're talking about Soviet Union buildings which must have used horrible building materials and that the pollution was only a contributing factor.

I think they're making fun of the Trabant, in the same way some exaggerate the corrosive effects of a particularly nasty fart.

I might agree with you except for the inclusion of the breakdowns of the Barcas truck, or whatever it was. It really sounds like they are describing Soviet era vehicles more that the effects of vehicular pollution.

That's my opinion, but I'm sure somebody will be along to straighten us both out.

Why would one assume that the buildings in Budapest were built by the Soviets, and why would anyone assume that the Soviets could not reliably construct buildings? The aesthetics of their architecture may have left much to be desired, but i know of no reason to assume they were not competent builders. That claim reeks of cold war rhetoric.

Guy waks into a repair shop and says "can I get a side mirror for a trabant?"

Guy behind the counter says, "sounds like a fair swap."

Trabant models and prices in Euro

http://www.mobile.de/modellverzeichnis/trabant/

In Robbie Coltrane's series "Planes and Automobiles" Coltrane single handedly dismantled a Trabant with a pair of pliers, a flatblated screwdriver, and a crescent wrench in 23 minutes.

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Why, that's less than the scrap metal price. They do contain metal?

A lot of East German buildings had crumbling facades caused by the effects of pollution, but I seem to recall it was acid rain from the lignite fired power stations and factories, not the Trabants.