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well.. for about 2 years i have been ppondering to get a lada niva. i think its that time. i have been driving zee german cars for too many years, and not like i can go into mud etc with a 2 tonne mercedes. this is more directly aimed at jamezilla

what is the most common prob on these little critters. found 3 of em in top nick. just want to know what to look out for

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iv had a landcruiser for years.. and throwing it around in the mud is the best! take it fishing and hunting.. only been bogged one.. get urself a lift kit, winch and mud radials.. ur set

Unless he gets something like this

niva6.jpg

Then you win, dont ask me what, but you just win.

Get an old 86 mazda 323. I had one of them and drove it off mount dandenong. Still drove it home after. If thats not suited for offroad i dont know what is :P

My neighbour when I was growing up had one of those minus the seamless cut n shut job! Brown with a stripe down the side, was a wagon. Forever breaking down and held about as much street cred with us kids as coloured tassles on the end of a boys bike.

The Lada Riva :P

I've had a lada, not a bad car, defineatley not a good car somewhere inbetween.lol. Sold it to a freind and he had trouble galore. The family car is now a 62 series landcruiser and is much much better as an off road and reliable vehicle, and they are relativeley cheap these days.

all u need is a pack of huskies and a whip

mush mush

I've got two of these as well.lol.
well.. for about 2 years i have been ppondering to get a lada niva. i think its that time. i have been driving zee german cars for too many years, and not like i can go into mud etc with a 2 tonne mercedes. this is more directly aimed at jamezilla

what is the most common prob on these little critters. found 3 of em in top nick. just want to know what to look out for

Obviously James have a bad taste,

There are other COOL RUSSIANs like MEET YOUR RUSSIAN BRIDE ahahaha.

* sigh

You all f*cking loved the stupid cars. Admit it.

Hands up if you won a trophy at AutoSalon....

Anyone?

Main thing to check is drive-line - ensure there are no vibrations over 80km/h from the transfer case. They sometimes fall out of alignment.

Engines are good, but do need to be taken care of (warm them up, change oil every 5,000km etc) - and being Fiats, they love to be revved.

Make sure the window winders work too - they are a bitch to fix.

Best mod you can do is tyres - stud pattern is the same as Vitara, Sierra, Rocksta, F100 and Jeep TJ - so there are lots of second hand rim options available.

Good and cheap to buy, run and fix.

Lots of spares available through Fiat, Lancia and Lada parts suppliers.

I must admit.

I "teh lada" a number of times, it might not go fast, it might be f*ken FREEZING inside. But it never missed a beat... except that one time we had to push it across the road on Richmond LOL

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