LADA cars. What's not to love...

[vav]

I had one for more than 10 years. Put around 150 K miles on it. Really challenging to keep it running. Everyday something broke and needed to be fixed and I mean it: EVERY DAY I used to hate the car but reading the article made me feel nostalgic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/au...nland.html?hpw

[christian]

My aunt had a 2107. I am not nostalgic.

[JLP]

Originally Posted by christian

My aunt had a 2107. I am not nostalgic.

Back to the future

[DRZRM]

Pretty sure the VAZ-2107 is a model number, not a date.

Originally Posted by JLP

Back to the future

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by christian

My aunt had a 2107. I am not nostalgic.

Looks pretty good to me.

http://www.insideline.com/car-news/c...graveyard.html

[christian]

Where did you find that picture of my aunt? That's her old Mistral sailboarding kit. I learned to boardsail (windsurf for you yanks) on that!

[firerescuefin]

Lived in Hungary/Croatia/Bosnia for 3 years. I'll tell you what's not to love . The oil slicks that Ladas, 2 stroke fiats, trabants, and other awesome car brethren laid down to create road conditions (after it rained in the summer) that made ice look grippy. In one 3 week period, I went down 4 times. I remember the last one as if were in slow motion...literally thinking as I was falling "you've got to be F-ing kidding me"..not to mention the "spy hunter" video game quality smoke screen that many were capable of dropping on you when passing you

The OP actually made me smile.

[goonster]

Originally Posted by christian

Where did you find that picture of my aunt?

Your aunt drove around with a dummy front plate?

As a young child I was given a memorable ride in a Lada. It impressed me as very "peppy", but that could have just been the massive NVH!

[christian]

Originally Posted by goonster

It impressed me as very "peppy", but that could have just been the massive NVH!

Yes, I always found they had a very engaging driving experience. Oh, but that could have been the lack of radio. (Which you couldn't have heard above the clatter, regardless.)

[William]

There were a few with a bit of prep out there....








William

[Louis]

Originally Posted by firerescuefin

not to mention the "spy hunter" video game quality smoke screen that many were capable of dropping on you when passing you

That takes me back a while!!!

Spy Hunter was one of our favorites in college. And the background acoustics...

[goonster]

[William]

Originally Posted by goonster

For some reason that reminds me of the Top Gear episode when they were in Albania. To see if the cars they were driving would make a good Mob car they had to get a "dead" body in the boot.





William

[firerescuefin]

Originally Posted by Louis

That takes me back a while!!!

Spy Hunter was one of our favorites in college. And the background acoustics...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNWauOxMDl8

[maunahaole]

Fiat design with Sovietski quality control. A winning combination for sure.