Outer Limits 4x4 Board

A friend's 17year old girl wants to buy a larda

Why or why not buy it??

pics?

BUY IT

Tonka

Have not got any pics, but it is 1990 model 117000ks
only driven on weekends for beach fishing has gold coast crome around the front window (screen out for shore) leak in front diff leak in master cylinder.

She likes the shape

I think tonka meant the chick..

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my friend used to have one and it broke down on her all the time. they are:
- unreliable
- ugly
- unibody design
- russian build quality

My dad had one for 8 years and i drove it to school every day for 2 years (he has a jeep now which i cant decide is better or worse). The only thing that ever went wrong with it was a clutch and a gearbox in the whole time...thats pretty reliable in my book and it was well looked after and offroad it kept up with everything very easily..Not something you would buy if you are looking at serious stuff or modding tho.

send her 2 my place.. ill give her a test drive...

























im not talkin about the niva btw.. bwhahahaha

Mate has had 3 of them to tow Jetskis out to Boat Harbour, round trip, 5-8klms. hes happy, the things only cost him $1500-2000!

There are better cars out there, everything is backwards, like window winders, etc... Not good ...

Slayer wrote:send her 2 my place.. ill give her a test drive...



im not talkin about the niva btw.. bwhahahaha

yea a short 2min run might prove to her its not worth it

ill send you something to test drive slayer if you send me your sister

spazbot wrote:ill send you something to test drive slayer if you send me your sister

How bout i send u a mail bomb and blow yr iddy little fingers off.. lol.. then u wont be able to turn the pages in playboy..

ill trade my sister for a 17 yr old blonde.. anyone got daughters for sale or trade?? lol!

buy a carton of vodka insteed

4sum4 wrote:buy a carton of vodka insteed

yeh good idea, buy the gurl the vodka then send her to my place!... she will want a hilux after i give her a ride

sorry i just got rid of the 18 yrold blonde gf for the 19yr old brunette, i can give you the no of the 18yr old she likes to ride.....

spazbot wrote:sorry i just got rid of the 18 yrold blonde gf for the 19yr old brunette, i can give you the no of the 18yr old she likes to ride.....

bragger... plus what makes u think id want yr sloppy ex!..

camskizook wrote:My dad had one for 8 years and i drove it to school every day for 2 years (he has a jeep now which i cant decide is better or worse). The only thing that ever went wrong with it was a clutch and a gearbox in the whole time...thats pretty reliable in my book and it was well looked after and offroad it kept up with everything very easily..Not something you would buy if you are looking at serious stuff or modding tho.

If you're really into serious stuff and modding then a couple of diffs and a whole heap of steel tube is enough to start the 4wd experinece.... well maybe the every weekend for 2 years in the garage experience...... then finally the 4wd experience


I think much of the issue with Lada's like any cheap car (and the Korean cars also fit the bill...) is the type of people who buy cheap cars and the care they give their cheap cars....


Based on the fact it's for a 17 year old girl and I doubt she wants to get her nails dirty then I'd say (as I did previously) buy a Sierra instead, unless you're not frightened of doing the work on it yourself.

There's some good bits in the Lada design that make them popular for mud races though... maybe she's planning on competing in that class?

Niva buy it .. or you will regret lada ...

poo to the lada
IMHO

An unnamed council in QLD bought 22 of them for there company cars quite a few years back......the whole 22 were returned in 16 weeks...money back..thank you very much....you dont fuck with the AGO.
Door handles fell off, roof lining peeled, paint crazed, various mechanicial issues...even the wiper blades rotted...and all were brand new off the boat.
Cheap......nasty......hard to get spares.......flimsy in accident tests....forget it...get her something thats not gonna end up her coffin.

Thanks to all for input. You all made her se the light and she is now the proud owner of a 1992 zook soft top

no to the lada,,here's why

i have one,,
custom exhaust, webber, 2"lift no front sway bar,ballbearings everywhere,fulltime 4x4,,off road really good imho,4 coils center difflock,,50% heavier than a zook,
i could go places where i had to hold up my mates zook for him,

down falls for lada,,
drive axles brake
wheel bearings are high maintance,,
vibrations,vibrations,vibrations,,
because the car is originaly LHD the drivers side foot area is half the passengers,and the steeringwheel arm is at an angle that points into the centre of the car,,while,,
the drivers seat points out the window,,
the petrol tanks are tiny and have a common problem of not breathing properly and therefore klm between fills is short,,
there's no commercial lsd's or diff locks,,
you need to put a shower cap over the heater air inlet when it rains,,
lada mechanics have two horns and big balls,


why does a lada have a rear window defroster?
Ans. to keep your hands warm when your pushing it,


bearing lock up in a lada ,not fun,trust me!

for god's sake unless she has her own tool box steer her well away from them,,

Scruffy,,
a GQ owner,,lol,,that should say it all.

Lada - the only car they improved by fitting LUCAS Prince of Darkness electronics to

Lada - it's Russian for "butt-plug"