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saff_cossie Grand Master

saff_cossie

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Talking of Ladas. I saw three of those damn things in the same model as yours over the weekend. I wasnt at a Lada convention, merely commuting.

One had the plate "SALADA" and was a nice light shade of brown with the dark brown stripe down, in a soft top although the hood looked in nice condition in black when down. The second was also brown but a hard top and looked a little tatty, that is quite near my work. There was an orange/red one on the back of a trailer. All were in and around Dandenong so maybe there is an importer in the area.

Jamezilla Grand Master

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In Soviet Russia, Lada owns everyone!

Saff: Hehe - love that plate :)

Another ragtop though - cool! I've only ever seen 2. One had USSR as a plate. I wanted CCCP, but is gone :huh:

Shan: AutoVaz is one of the largest car-makers in the world. Since Glasnost - they have been involved with VAG in producing the new ones. The Niva was recently updated (1st time in 25 years) as a joint project with Chevrolet. The new one looks like the old Kia Sportage.

http://www.genser.ru/ru/special/chevrolet_niva/?frm=genser

Bec: Hehe - they're everywhere!

Adz sent me a pic of a white one yesterday too.

I was towing trailers on Sat.

Niva is rated to 600kg - we had one load weighing 1.9T - yay!

Jamezilla Grand Master

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Denham: Yeah - it's a later version of that (shown is an 80s era one). Was sold in the UK as the Riva until about 1995 when it no-longer met emission standards. I belive they have re-tooled using VAG parts (aka Seat/Skoda etc) and are now making them available again.

Whatever the case - you're better off buying a 10-year-old Golf.

Bec: The TX5 was lightweight compared to the trailer. The other Lada towed a tandem trailer with Endless on it most of the way to Heathcote - until Benny went too fast and nearly destroyed them both... but that's another story :D

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