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23 March 2008

I bought a car. Can your car do this? or this? my car is a 1985 Lada Niva.
Yes. And it plays Russian music, while underwater.

That isn't true, of course.

This is: I just ordered the music that's playing in the first video, so thank you. My day is brighter.
posted by disclaimer 23 March | 09:28
cool! yeah that music is a riot.
posted by dabitch 23 March | 09:43
The second video got me scared for a minute. Nice car, dabitch. Conrats!

I learn something new everyday on the Metachat. I read the Wikipedia entry on Ladas.
posted by LoriFLA 23 March | 09:55
From reading European websites and watching Top Gear, it seems like 75% of the cars in the world don't get sold in the US. Ladas, Citroëns, Renaults, FIATs, SEATs, Peugeots, etc are never imported here.
posted by octothorpe 23 March | 11:12
Counting the cars in my family, we've had Volvo's (PV! - the newlywebmobile of my parents) Fiats, Peugeots, BMW's, Audi's, Volkswagens (a few - they just work), two Cadillacs (when we actually lived in the US) and now a Lada Niva. :)
posted by dabitch 23 March | 11:18
Cool! It's cute!

I'm still waiting for my Smart car. 2nd half of 2008, I was told.
posted by chewatadistance 23 March | 11:29
octothorpe: if Ladas were sold in the US, there would be no end to complaints. The build quality is awful and the cars generally lack power steering, airbags, air conditioning etc - anything you'd expect from a modern car.
posted by Daniel Charms 23 March | 11:32
Yeah but then, some people pay 400 USD on monthly payments on their cars, while I just bought the entire car for 400 USD. So hey, I'm not expecting airconditioner, or for the seats to be as surprisingly comfortable as they are, or even for it to last that many years. I just need a cheapomobile and wanted to start somewhere fairly cool (knowing me I'll be driving it ten years anyway).
posted by dabitch 23 March | 11:37
Daniel, I'm sure that you are correct about the Lada but I'm complaining about the general lack of choice for US car buyers. Especially if you are looking for a small 4 cylinder economical car, there isn't too much to choose from.
posted by octothorpe 23 March | 11:53
dabitch: Fair enough :) Another good thing about Ladas is that they're relatively easy to fix thanks to their simplicity. The downside is, this tends to happen quite often if you drive one day to day.
posted by Daniel Charms 23 March | 12:00
Hahaha, yeah probably, but I do like a car that I can fix with hairpins and bubblegum, as opposed to a car that needs a NASA computer hooked up to it before you can even open the hood. ;) [I also prefer diesel - I don't care about the noise - to gas cars for their drive forever before you need to stop at a station /borrow some diesel from a traktor ability. Farmer-mentality, a.k.a "do it yourself" is firmly bred into me I guess]
posted by dabitch 23 March | 12:21
... ooops, I forgot the last part - the reason I didn't get Diesel was because of tax-change around here, Diesel cars are much more xepensive in tax. Otherwise I would have kept my eye out for an old diesel mercedes.
posted by dabitch 23 March | 12:22
i have hairpins and bubblegum! i want a cheapomobile! i could decorate it willy nilly, wings one week, jewels a month later, the possibilities are endless!
posted by ethylene 23 March | 12:34
ethylene: you mean like this?

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posted by Daniel Charms 23 March | 13:01
Something says not quite.

Disclaimer: You must to hook us up with the russian musics!
posted by ethylene 23 March | 13:31
Hold on a sec, I'll see what I can do...
posted by Daniel Charms 23 March | 13:54
That car is adorable and I would love that music.
/looks at her own Neon and wonders at its jumping capabilities.
posted by rhapsodie 23 March | 14:01
My brother's first car was a Lada; this is around 1980. He bought it brand new; I'm in Canada by the way. I never see them around anymore, so perhaps they are no longer available here. That car lasted forever. It reminded me of a kleenex box though, because it was so square.
posted by cleo 23 March | 14:18
Here's a Russian song to go with that Lada. You can listen to it underwater, if you wish (it's about a fish).
posted by Daniel Charms 23 March | 14:21
Click me:

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posted by Doohickie 23 March | 16:16
My first car after learning how to drive was a 1981 VW Rabbit four-door diesel. Only three of the back doors worked at any given time (the latch cable on one snapped right after I got the one on the other side fixed) and it had a cracked engine block (had a mechanic not powerwashed it to find the leak, I wouldn't have had to refill it quite as often), but I absolutely loved it. The lack of antilock brakes turned out to be a disadvantage, though, as I eventually wrapped it around a tree after recovering from a skid -- the brakes locked when I got on the road, and I skidded right across.

Still, I'd buy one in a minute if I had the extra cash and a place to put it.
posted by me3dia 23 March | 17:46
The music is from Garik Sykachev, and the track is from his album "Poetica 2003", and as soon as I have it, I'll share. :)
posted by disclaimer 23 March | 22:22
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