[Photo dump] My mom's new Rialta

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 05/27/2017 at 15:45 • Filed to: Rialta

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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/27/2017 at 15:51

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Did it break down yet?

gmctavish needs more space > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/27/2017 at 15:51

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It’s the Miata of C-class RVs

Honeybunchesofgoats > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/27/2017 at 15:52

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Covering the walls with plastic, hmm?

Lives in the Pacific Northwest, hmm?

Zoidberg confirmed as Dexter. This explains so much.

jkm7680 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/27/2017 at 15:54

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Wow, that looks pretty clean!

How many miles are on it?

TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > gmctavish needs more space 05/27/2017 at 16:11

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rIalTA

mIaTA

torque > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/27/2017 at 16:21

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There was a family in our neighborhood that had one of these. I always kind of linked the design. Potentially a good economical choice for a small family.

Is this really considered a C class though, since it doesn’t have the bunk above the driver? Seems to fall somewhere between a B class & a C class.

bhtooefr > torque 05/27/2017 at 17:01

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I think nowadays it’d be called a Class B+, because it’s not a full-on class C, but it’s still based on a cutaway cab, rather than a Class B being based on a regular van with possibly a roof height extension. (And then there’s vans that I’d argue are technically class B+ because they were still cutaway, even though the coachbuilder took pains to make it look like a class B, just tapering to wider behind the cab.)

However, I think back when this was made, class B+ wasn’t really a term, so class C it was?

bhtooefr > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/27/2017 at 17:04

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That’s not the correct question.

The correct question is, “how many transmissions have been put in it?”

(The Volkswagen 01M/01N/01P family is legendarily unreliable, and that’s even in the 01M’s 2.0 liter Golf/Jetta applications, let alone the van 01P (which is the same thing internally, just a bigger case) behind a VR6 dragging around a Rialta. Like, later Chrysler UltraDrive levels of unreliable. Could be worse, though, could be the 096/097/098 family, which is early UltraDrive levels of unreliable.)

bhtooefr > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo 05/27/2017 at 17:05

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Rialta Is Always, Like, The Answer.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jkm7680 05/27/2017 at 17:08

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80k

wafflesnfalafel > gmctavish needs more space 05/27/2017 at 17:34

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a Miata with punchy vr6!

jkm7680 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/27/2017 at 17:45

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Not bad at all! I’m guessing the first owners were old people.