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Self Drives

The Trabant

4. Gearbox Blues

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Will runs into mechanical difficulties with his iconic communist car.

Having resolved to continue his 700 miles journey to where the car was manufactured, Will's vehicle develops a gearbox problem on the motorway.

Will and his travelling companion Mike hope that a friendly Trabant enthusiast might be able to save the day.

Producer: Laurence Grissell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016. Show less

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