Ok here come the trabi jokes(from the ol' east german days):

Q: know how you triple the value of a trabi?
A: put a bananna in the back window

Q: why does a trabi have twin exhaust pipes?
A: so that when it breaks down you can push it like a wheelbarrow

Trumpy is dead right about the manual chokes too. As I recall it was also a feature of Datsun (now nissan) Z cars in the early years too. And god help you if the thing ever sticks..