stealthstylz
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Nov 26, 2007 21:35:05 GMT
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Every so often I check ebay for Lada's. There always seems to be a couple of Nivas on there but no other cars. Does anybody know why this is? I'd have thought somebody would have latched onto the whole tramp drift thing with them by now.
Matt
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Nov 26, 2007 21:42:45 GMT
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it'll probably be because they all fell to pieces due to the curse word build quality... so I heard anyways.. ;D
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Last Edit: Nov 26, 2007 21:43:12 GMT by redvictor
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Nov 26, 2007 21:44:46 GMT
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tramp drift thing? WT F? they are on there quite often, or you could contact www.lada.co.uk thats alan bird car sales, the best place for lada parts EVER!!!!! have a loo at my lada www.avto.co.uk folder my lada!!! |
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Nov 26, 2007 21:50:09 GMT
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i think most of them have returned central europe
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Nov 26, 2007 21:51:56 GMT
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Nov 26, 2007 21:53:06 GMT
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I think most of them have returned central europe most of the 2101's foubnd their way onto RUssian ships, they where stripped for parts and shells dumped at sea!!!! Russia put a big import charge on this to stop it! |
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BiAS
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Nov 26, 2007 21:55:18 GMT
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Yeah, there was a time some years back where they were worth nothing over here but highly prized all over eastern europe, ones with terminal tin worm were stripped of anything useful by the crew on board the ships en route and the shells just pushed over the side!
autovaz- you beat me to it!
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Last Edit: Nov 26, 2007 21:56:16 GMT by BiAS
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Nov 26, 2007 22:05:11 GMT
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ah, ok, ill let you tell everyone what my user name means then!!!!!
btw, you are half way there with the spelling you used!
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Last Edit: Nov 26, 2007 22:05:46 GMT by avtovaz
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Mike
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Nov 26, 2007 22:10:23 GMT
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Every so often I check ebay for Lada's. There always seems to be a couple of Nivas on there but no other cars. Does anybody know why this is? I'd have thought somebody would have latched onto the whole tramp drift thing with them by now. Matt Its not just Ladas that aren't on ebay, anything that you decide you might fancy buying disappears when you have a look on ebay. Its like it knows you are looking and hides them. |
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BiAS
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Nov 26, 2007 22:17:56 GMT
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ah, ok, ill let you tell everyone what my user name means then!!!!! btw, you are half way there with the spelling you used!  That's got me intrigued. |
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Nov 26, 2007 22:21:21 GMT
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Its auto Vaz to us auto as in car, Volzhsky Automobilny Zavod as in awesome car! and a lada riva is a lada 2105, slx is a 2107, a lada estate is a 2104  |
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Nov 26, 2007 22:36:26 GMT
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As well as the cars all being exported they have been destroyed in films too. One of the james bond films and one of the 'Bourne..........er, one of them anyway. Also there were afew all lada banger meetings too. It probably didnt help that everyone who never owned one hated them and thought they were cr@p. I found my one totaly by chance on the exact day that I needed a new car, and I'm more than over the moon with it. Its fun, reliable, cheap (tax, insurance, fuel(once its sorted)) RWD, its old with enough modern touches to hold its own, get looooaaads of attention, and its also coool as feck. Do ya envy me, do ya? Ha?   The Golf is my mates and these were taken on saturday whilst 'prepping' my old maxi, the Bilge Barge its got a lovly fur coat that car  . Love that yard, full of rated rotton motors and spares. Free spares ;D Free classic spares ;D ;D |
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Last Edit: Nov 26, 2007 22:54:30 GMT by bmcnut
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Nov 26, 2007 22:38:44 GMT
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yesa actualy, your car looks nice in the pic!
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Nov 26, 2007 23:12:14 GMT
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Go Lada's!
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Nov 26, 2007 23:15:47 GMT
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Every so often I check ebay for Lada's. There always seems to be a couple of Nivas on there but no other cars. Does anybody know why this is? I'd have thought somebody would have latched onto the whole tramp drift thing with them by now. Matt Its not just Ladas that aren't on ebay, anything that you decide you might fancy buying disappears when you have a look on ebay. Its like it knows you are looking and hides them. This is true  |
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Nov 26, 2007 23:18:08 GMT
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that looks really nice mate! here is my car in action! RWD Lada forever  |
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Nov 26, 2007 23:38:33 GMT
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Thats another thing, when it was wet last week I went through a ma-hoo-sive puddle (lake) and expected the worse, yet I didnt even notice a splutter.
Oh, another plus for Lada's- Cold starts on freezing mornings- starts like its the middle of summer!
Has anyone got any idea how many of these are left in the UK? Ive seen a couple of estates on ebay, but no saloons. I'm guessing there will be more estates left than saloons but I wouldnt be suprised if the amount of saloons left doesnt go much higher than double figures. I don't EVER recall seeing one on the road and it would explain peoples reaction to it. Also, ive just made contact with someone who used to rally ladas in the 80's and earley 90's who decided last year to start again. After a year of searching for a saloon he couldnt find one so he settled for a Sunbeam, and he's selling his lada stuff to me, which rocks BIG TIME!
Which leads me to ask, what are the chances that my car is almost unique in this country? How many ARE left?
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Last Edit: Nov 26, 2007 23:39:15 GMT by bmcnut
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Nov 26, 2007 23:53:52 GMT
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LOADS!!! who is the guy selling parts btw? Ill most likely know hm! join www.lada.co.ukyou will see how many of us are there! BTW, your car is far from Unique!!!! )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) interesting reading goto www.zsiguli.hu this is a web site run by Zolli Houldek, DarrenW and myself have visited him a few years ago, Lada HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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GOOD! That means I'm not alone! Ive registered with that forum and I'm waiting......
.........and waiting for my confermation email.
Not sure who this bloke is, cant remember his name but he's in/near durham? He hasnt actualy sold me all his stuff, but i think ill end up buying most of it, unless its a barnfull lol
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Theyve all been scrapped now. Zero "on the road" value, high scrap steel prices and their seemingly average life span of approx 5 years have all hit them hard. Gone the same way as F.S.O,s........ Shame, like alot of cars when they were plentyful they were "curse word", now they're gone they're cool!
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Last Edit: Nov 27, 2007 17:20:10 GMT by Lankytim
1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.  |
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. Love that yard, full of rated rotton motors and spares. Free spares ;D
