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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.
Cheers Mark.
God i could murder some f**ker for a fag

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...

Ian Mac wrote: Don't ask...

Im guessing you tried to drive it..........?

Nivas are cool. Ive always wanted one, but theyre pretty expensive for what they are..

volvosneverdie wrote:

Ian Mac wrote: Don't ask...

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...

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.

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 .

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!!??

Im out.

volvosneverdie wrote:
Thats my first laugh of the day. Cheers man....

How uncaring...

Ian Mac wrote:

volvosneverdie wrote:
Thats my first laugh of the day. Cheers man....

How uncaring...

It was the imagery rather than the misery dude.
My heartfealt comiserations on the death of a retro car, but the description was gigglesome.

Valver

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

*ducks*

(tbh, thats the only reason I started my turbo 300, it was scrap due to an engine disintegration)

I'm not sure a valver in a Lada Samara would quite work. Anyhow, don't bent valves qualify as a 'modification'?

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...

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

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

Are you not mixing Riva and Niva up,Chris??

Ahhh... I think I am