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Originally Posted by Fingie
If i bought a 1989 Russian Lada/Vaz 2101, I would save around $650 in insurance alone in a year.
It consumes about as much as my Celica, and It is a carbed lazy-ass, but i would have a car that is a lot easier to fix at home and has very cheap spare parts.
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I'd probably rather get a motorcycle instead of a Soviet jalopy, but the old Lada does seem to make sense considering these aspects.
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It has no ABS,it is noisy, rattling, and loud,
the safety is minimal (my mom almost died in a frontal crash driving one at 40km/h in the 90's) and the it has no power steering.
And the handling is a typical 70's RWD car. And the rear is panhard-type.
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At least it's still more comfortable than a motorcycle, reasonably roomy inside, and its longitudinally-engined RWD layout provides a lot more of room for improvements (not just regarding fuel-savings but also performance) compared to the space-constrained transversely-engined FWD layout prevalent in the modern compact cars. You could even attempt to retrofit it with ABS if you get the willing to do that.
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But i need a cheaper car than my Celica, as it has advancing rust so no winters for toyo until i can get a workshop to fix it.
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Can't you fix it by yourself?