RE: 2021 Lada Niva Legend | Spotted
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Clivey said:
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this is tantamount to heresy on a motoring forum, but it reminds me a bit of those cliche London folk with a second home in Tuscany and an original 4x4 Fiat Panda for when they visit. I am sure the idea of owning the Panda is better than the reality of using it. They probably just hire a modern car from the airport and leave the Panda in the barn.
Why? Are some people now so soft, fat and lazy that they couldn't possibly drive to the supermarket in anything without an automatic gearbox and massaging seats? I used to have a battered old base model Peugeot 206 as a runabout / shopping car (until a van driver crashed into it). It had no central locking, keep-fit windows (which my wife and I used to have "races" with
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Salamura said:
Nivas are decent off-road, but not nearly as good as some people make them out to be. A Duster or a Jimmy will be better off road, and be much better cars on the road. Before you ask, yes, I've driven one and been in one many times.
Having owned examples of all three of your named vehicles I can confidently say that there is nothing between Jimny and Niva off-road, and both beat the Duster easily. On road the Duster is far and away the best, both Niva and Jimny are too short in wheelbase to make a good road car.Edited by Salamura on Friday 24th May 12:24
Pereldh said:
I think they had heated seats even in 1979... In Scandinavia anyway.
But definately not AC or el.windows!![biggrin](/inc/images/biggrin.gif)
Both Panda and Niva are 70s designs man. But definately not AC or el.windows!
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biggbn said:
I loved my original Pandas, brilliant wee cars.
Panda is a VASTLY more modern car, can't believe anyone even mentioning it here. And much smaller..Edited by Pereldh on Friday 24th May 14:31
Clivey said:
Why? Are some people now so soft, fat and lazy that they couldn't possibly drive to the supermarket in anything without an automatic gearbox and massaging seats?
Less that than a Panda 4x4 being a tropey looks-the-part accessory for the Italian second home. Tobias and Tchikasta don't know how to unhook a battery, or the number for a local mechanic, but its looks spot-on nestled in a slightly saggy timber outbuilding.
How all that relates to a Lada I don't know; are there folks willing to buy a car just to Commi-cosplay when they visit the dacha? (Then they'd be missing out on a Dacia for the dacha.)
LotusOmega375D said:
Clivey said:
LotusOmega375D said:
I know this is tantamount to heresy on a motoring forum, but it reminds me a bit of those cliche London folk with a second home in Tuscany and an original 4x4 Fiat Panda for when they visit. I am sure the idea of owning the Panda is better than the reality of using it. They probably just hire a modern car from the airport and leave the Panda in the barn.
Why? Are some people now so soft, fat and lazy that they couldn't possibly drive to the supermarket in anything without an automatic gearbox and massaging seats? I used to have a battered old base model Peugeot 206 as a runabout / shopping car (until a van driver crashed into it). It had no central locking, keep-fit windows (which my wife and I used to have "races" with
![hehe](/inc/images/hehe.gif)
The niva tried to appeal to the masses of the decadent west by offering no-nonsense motoring. While hiding its real nature of antiquated relic from a car industry that never had the ingenuity to develope anything better and that assumes that you won’t notice its backwardness and lack of safety features because you’re driving drunk. Basically a good metaphor of modern russia.
I wouldn’t touch that piece of s#%t if they were paying me 15 grands, let alone paying that sum for it. Send it to the fat guy in Pyongyang, I am a man of principles
I wouldn’t touch that piece of s#%t if they were paying me 15 grands, let alone paying that sum for it. Send it to the fat guy in Pyongyang, I am a man of principles
Angelo1985 said:
The niva tried to appeal to the masses of the decadent west by offering no-nonsense motoring. While hiding its real nature of antiquated relic from a car industry that never had the ingenuity to develope anything better and that assumes that you won’t notice its backwardness and lack of safety features because you’re driving drunk. Basically a good metaphor of modern russia.
I wouldn’t touch that piece of s#%t if they were paying me 15 grands, let alone paying that sum for it. Send it to the fat guy in Pyongyang, I am a man of principles
First mass produced 'unibody' 4x4....yeah, really antiquated for its time....I wouldn’t touch that piece of s#%t if they were paying me 15 grands, let alone paying that sum for it. Send it to the fat guy in Pyongyang, I am a man of principles
biggbn said:
First mass produced 'unibody' 4x4....yeah, really antiquated for its time....
So what? Is that a redeeming feature for being a car with dodgy electrics, ridiculous ride, an appalling engine and the design of a brick with lights? Do you think that’s gonna make its way into history books? Or maybe look at the European and American cars of that era, to see if it reaches the same level of sofistication and engineering (spoiler: no)Nothing defensible here. Just an antiquated piece of soviet crap that was terrible then and it’s even more terrible now.
Angelo1985 said:
biggbn said:
First mass produced 'unibody' 4x4....yeah, really antiquated for its time....
So what? Is that a redeeming feature for being a car with dodgy electrics, ridiculous ride, an appalling engine and the design of a brick with lights? Do you think that’s gonna make its way into history books? Or maybe look at the European and American cars of that era, to see if it reaches the same level of sofistication and engineering (spoiler: no)Nothing defensible here. Just an antiquated piece of soviet crap that was terrible then and it’s even more terrible now.
Edited by biggbn on Friday 24th May 20:19
garypotter said:
would we be breaking the sanctions against russia buy importing and buying said vehicle??
anyway not for me at £15k, £3k possibly
As a private citizen purchasing a car from a non-sanctioned Russian individual or company, it's probably doable in theory. Even if that is the case, it might be tricky finding a UK bank prepared to touch such a transaction with a bargepole.anyway not for me at £15k, £3k possibly
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