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Did my car have a name...yup...heap o junk

Advantages: It's 'tall'. You can see over the top of most cars
Disadvantages: Everything else

Background - or, How Did I End Up With This? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I originally learned to drive in Oregon. I learned to drive an automatic transmission, and the test was ridiculously easy (just drive for a bit, really). I never owned ...

mattygroves 25.07.2002 · Read full review
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My First Car

Advantages: It was solid and reliable
Disadvantages: Are you serious?

It's the Summer of 1991. In a small village in North West Kent, a young man named Iain is nearing his 17th birthday and immensely looking forward to learning how to drive, as most of his friends live a long way away, public transport is appalling and his ...

Soho_Black 15.09.2002 · Read full review
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Lada Riva, Da! Spasiba!

Advantages: Die Hard Car
Disadvantages: Well, Its a Lada.

Truth be told, Ive never actually owned one, I would never admit it, but Ive been in quite a few. This is the car made from scrap sardine cans, yet can run on Vodka, that is because, of course, it is Russian made! (In Russia, its called the Zhiguli) ...

gt5952 20.11.2007 · Read full review
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Petrol in the Tank, Wodka in the Driver

Advantages: Can't be beat for reverse snobism
Disadvantages: Everybody thinks you are a total lunatic (this is NOT viewed as a disadvantage by me)

...Past Saturday I went to buy a Rolls Royce. Unfortunately they didn't have one in stock, so I had to settle for the next best, a 1988 Lada Riva 1200L saloon with flames painted on. The car has a blistering array of base equipment, which includes, but is ...

krazykriz 30.06.2007 · Read full review
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Lada Riva

Advantages: Very cheap; practical estate
Disadvantages: Crude; uncomfortable; thirsty; noisy

Value Needs to be both clean and cheap to be worth considering; rusty heaps are worth nothing nowadays. Costs Heavy body and ancient engine mean poor fuel economy; cheap insurance; very easy for DIY maintenance. Reliability ...

Bluemonkey 09.05.2004 · Read full review
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