Lada Niva...... just look ok.

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Lada Niva...... just look ok.

Post by volvosneverdie » 12 Mar 2011 09:10 pm

One for Ian Mac??

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Post by MCHUDD » 12 Mar 2011 09:57 pm

Hi mate.
I had a Lada once, nothing wrong with the blooby car,just rust.
I took it to the machanics for a check up before MOT and he told me to
scrap it as it was rotton. End of Lada.
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Post by filthyjohn » 13 Mar 2011 03:31 am

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Post by Ian Mac » 15 Mar 2011 09:13 am

Nothing wrong with Ladas - I've just bought another Samara, 1992 on a K plate with a genuine 10k miles on the clock. This is to replace the 1996 Samara with 24k miles on the clock which I've managed to blow-up.

Don't ask... :oops:
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Post by volvosneverdie » 15 Mar 2011 09:21 am

Ian Mac wrote: Don't ask... :oops:
Im guessing you tried to drive it..........?

Nivas are cool. Ive always wanted one, but theyre pretty expensive for what they are..
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Post by Ian Mac » 15 Mar 2011 09:32 am

volvosneverdie wrote:
Ian Mac wrote: Don't ask... :oops:
Im guessing you tried to drive it..........?

Nivas are cool. Ive always wanted one, but theyre pretty expensive for what they are..
I didn't get as far as driving it - the timing belt jumped-off on the drive just after I'd fitted it. For some reason I thought it was a good idea to start the engine and recheck the timing marks before refitting the cover etc - it started perfectly, ran like a watch and then the lower timing gear fell-off the end of the crank and rolled down the drive with the predictable pistons meet valves scenario. It was cheaper to buy another Samara than to rebuild the engine - which of course is the reason there are so few survivors and now I'm guilty of wrecking another... :oops: :oops: :(

New Nivas are now available in the UK from a guy who's importing them from Russia. He converts them to UK spec (apart from left hand drive) and sells them with a warranty for around £9-£10k I believe.
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Post by volvosneverdie » 15 Mar 2011 09:36 am

Ian Mac wrote:- it started perfectly, ran like a watch and then the lower timing gear fell-off the end of the crank and rolled down the drive .
:lol: Thats my first laugh of the day. Cheers man....
Ian Mac wrote:- New Nivas are now available in the UK from a guy who's importing them from Russia. He converts them to UK spec (apart from left hand drive) and sells them with a warranty for around £9-£10k I believe.
Thats quite cheap for a factory........... hang on. Do you mean 10k PER CAR!!??

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Post by Ian Mac » 15 Mar 2011 09:49 am

volvosneverdie wrote:
:lol: Thats my first laugh of the day. Cheers man....
How uncaring... :cry:
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Post by volvosneverdie » 15 Mar 2011 10:04 am

Ian Mac wrote:
volvosneverdie wrote:
:lol: Thats my first laugh of the day. Cheers man....
How uncaring... :cry:
It was the imagery rather than the misery dude.
My heartfealt comiserations on the death of a retro car, but the description was gigglesome.
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Post by Chris_C » 15 Mar 2011 10:16 am

Valver ;)

That way you could feel good about keeping the car on the road... AND you could modify something :D :lol:

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Post by Ian Mac » 15 Mar 2011 11:36 am

I'm not sure a valver in a Lada Samara would quite work. Anyhow, don't bent valves qualify as a 'modification'? :?
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Post by Ian Mac » 15 Mar 2011 12:07 pm

volvosneverdie wrote: My heartfealt comiserations on the death of a retro car, but the description was gigglesome.
It's not so much the death of a retro car but more the extreme feeling of silliness at making such a basic mistake.

I've now sold the car on Ebay and it seems the guy who bought it intends to use the shell to build a group B rally car. I feel like a member of a hanging party... :(
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Post by Chris_C » 16 Mar 2011 08:34 pm

There are some awesome rally Niva's about, me and housemate were thinking of getting one a while back :oops:
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Post by sven360 » 16 Mar 2011 08:42 pm

Chris_C wrote:There are some awesome rally Niva's about, me and housemate were thinking of getting one a while back :oops:

Are you not mixing Riva and Niva up,Chris?? sm14
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Post by Chris_C » 16 Mar 2011 08:49 pm

Ahhh... I think I am :oops:
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