I'm having my irrational urge for a Niva again.

Kinja'd!!! "Ravey Mayvey Slurpee Surprise" (raveymayveysurprise)
03/06/2014 at 00:06 • Filed to: None

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I don't know why I want one, but I want one. Actually, I kind of know why. It's different, it can be rugged, and while it's objectively bad, I wouldn't mind molding it into my light off-roader.


DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! stuttgartobsessed > Ravey Mayvey Slurpee Surprise
03/06/2014 at 00:36

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I desperately want one. Though I "desperately" want a lot of cars.


Kinja'd!!! Ravey Mayvey Slurpee Surprise > stuttgartobsessed
03/06/2014 at 01:09

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I think that's a quality of all Jalops. We all desperately want a large amount of cars.


Kinja'd!!! Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > Ravey Mayvey Slurpee Surprise
03/06/2014 at 06:14

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"Objectivly bad" for the Niva is a wrong use of words because that will mean it is bad at everything. But the Niva is: rugged, cheap and easy to maintain, and very capable small offroader with low-range gearbox, that currently don't exist and most probably never exist again, which means it is not bad.

When you look it as a means of everyday transport, then things go to the bad section. If breaks easy, has a myriad of electrical porblems and sadly the differentials on certain years are not the most sturdy things. It also has rust problems, even the new ones.


Kinja'd!!! BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Ravey Mayvey Slurpee Surprise
03/06/2014 at 07:22

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Do it. They're such fun little cars. Still need to get ours on the road. Couple of little jobs in the queue before it's safe to drive to work :)

The Alfa specialist I go to for the bigger jobs on my 156 was telling me about how when he was younger he put a 2.0l Fiat Twincam into one. Went like stink (for a Niva) apparently.