Skyscraper wrote:

bristlehog wrote:

Skyscraper wrote:

Vaz (Lada) were once very common in Sweden as they were the cheapest cars you could buy! 😀

I have it because its economical, no tax, extremly low insurance (less than 100 euro/year) and if the battery go flat you just use the crank! 😈

Come on. You drive a horrible thirty years old car with almost no safety at all?

38 year old car! 😎

The Volvo 960 is the car I use for longer trips, the noise in the VAZ gets a bit irritating after a while. Its a perfect second car though as it dosnt cost anything when its not beeing used. The volvo 960 is 24 year old though so Im not sure it can be called a safe car by todays standards and as it has a tuned B204FT 16 valve turbo engine...

What about corrosion and lack of spare parts?

I drive this one (year: 2000) with 267000 Kms :

Comfortable and maintenance is not expensive.

regular unleaded 1.8l engine, 117hp, ABS, Air Conditioning, Light alloy wheels...

Citroen Xantia Activa V6.

These days I mostly drive a pair of legs 😜

Never had a drivers license in my entire life. Nor owned a car.
My daily driver is a 4-speed normal standard bike.

I drive my kids insane, if that counts.

"Dad, I'm 10 and even I'm way more mature than you...."
"What do you mean?"
"You sing at the top of your voice in the middle of the shop..."
"But it's a good song! I think they liked it!"
"Dad... they didn't."
"But you did, right?"

I love it.

robertmo wrote:

What about corrosion and lack of spare parts?

Rust is not really an issue with the Vaz, sure there is corrosion but not more than expected, the Volvo dosnt have any corrosion at all. When it comes to spare parts its probably a bit of an issue with the Vaz as they stopped selling the 210x series in Sweden more than 25 years ago. I have not replaced anything except filters, bulbs, oil and hoses during the years I have had it so I cant say I know for sure though.

Skyscraper wrote:

robertmo wrote:

What about corrosion and lack of spare parts?

Rust is not really an issue with the Vaz, sure there is corrosion but not more than expected, the Volvo dosnt have any corrosion at all. When it comes to spare parts its probably a bit of an issue with the Vaz as they stopped selling the 210x series in Sweden more than 25 years ago. I have not replaced anything except filters, bulbs, oil and hoses during the years I have had it so I cant say I know for sure though.

Parts are still made and sold in Russia, for insanely low prices. The cars made for export were MUCH better, btw. Cars sold locally suffer a lot from corrosion. In most yards in Omsk you can find a VAZ that looks like this:

Iris030380 wrote:

I drive my kids insane, if that counts. […]
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I drive my kids insane, if that counts.

"Dad, I'm 10 and even I'm way more mature than you...."
"What do you mean?"
"You sing at the top of your voice in the middle of the shop..."
"But it's a good song! I think they liked it!"
"Dad... they didn't."
"But you did, right?"

I love it.

Good. For me it's the opposite.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

Something (slightly) older than the first IBM PC. Don't ask, I just love vintage things, from PC hardware to audio gears to auto […]
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Something (slightly) older than the first IBM PC. Don't ask, I just love vintage things, from PC hardware to audio gears to automobiles.

That thing is GORGEOUS! Off-roaders are not my thing, but that is one good-looking old timer.

I mainly drive a 2002 Peugeot 406 estate, 2 litre petrol auto - comfortable, spacious, easy to manouevre, cheap to maintain.

Our other car is a 2002 Skoda Fabia 1.4 8-valve. Characterful in its way.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:

Something (slightly) older than the first IBM PC. Don't ask, I just love vintage things, from PC hardware to audio gears to auto […]
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Something (slightly) older than the first IBM PC. Don't ask, I just love vintage things, from PC hardware to audio gears to automobiles.

Awesome truck!

Are you in West Sumatera? I've spent a fair amount of time in Padang & the highlands around Bukkit Tinggi; these are definitely the preferred truck for bush bashing & backroads up there. So many nice ones around and the off-road prep some of them get is just insane. I almost bought one myself from a 4WD shop when I was there but luckily(??) common sense prevailed. 😀

Some of the cars here make me almost embarrassed to share. Some not so much. I like my little BMW although I don't think it will survive its next MOT. 1998 1.9l 318ti.

Love the compact, I had one for 10 years before I got the 130. It was a MOT fail that made me sell it. Don't see many on the roads these days.

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Love the compact, I had one for 10 years before I got the 130. It was a MOT fail that made me sell it. Don't see many on the roads these days.

I see a lot of oldskool bimmers on the road here - quite a few E30s, E36s (saloon, M3 and compact), and quite a few E46 compacts. I would love love love an E36 M3 evolution.

I drove a E36 325 coupe once and it wasn't anything special. Lackluster drive with a rock hard suspension. In fact, it's one of the cars I'd least want to own.

I thought an old school bmw would be a 2002 or 3.0CSL. 🤣

Used to drive a '97 Hyundai Accent LS, now a '03 Coupe FX 1.6l. Quite okay for its price, cheap parts generally but its main advantage is that problems are mostly nonexistent!

SquallStrife wrote:

(Not my picture) http://i.imgur.com/Jrdoe9o.jpg 2014 Ford Falcon XR6, 4.0L inline 6. […]
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(Not my picture)

2014 Ford Falcon XR6, 4.0L inline 6.

Why dose ford have to sell all the cool cars outside the US? We just got the RS focus and it's just a botched ST 😵

You lucky guys in the US got the Ford Probe (92-97)... Only twice have I seen it here in Greece 😵