17 Oct
2025
17 Oct
'25
4:23 p.m.
On Fri, 2025-10-17 at 15:47 -0500, Doc Shipley via cctalk wrote:
I worked on a few Yugos, and had a disproportionate
number of friends
who owned them. My take:
They were designed & built on the AK-47 Principle - inelegant,
ultra-simple, no consideration at all for style, and manufactured to
intentionally ridiculous tolerances.
Turned out all that works a lot better in a rifle than an
internal-combustion vehicle.
Has anybody wondered why the English don't build computers?
They haven't figured out how to make them leak oil.