Edmunds has a long term test Yugo

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes) 07/07/2015 at 00:19 • Filed to: None

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I have always wanted one because I have a wierd sense of humor, and because I always heard how terrrible they are and wanted to experience that for myself.

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Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Frank Grimes 07/07/2015 at 01:07

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I kind of want a Trabant or some other soviet car, then I'll drop something painfully modern/smooth/quiet in there and drive that thing like crazy. I mean, if you're going to resto-mod something, you might as well go all out.

duurtlang > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/07/2015 at 02:15

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Get a Lada instead. A Niva, a 2101 or 2105. Or a wagon version of one of the latter two. They’re larger with a larger engine bay, chunkier and 4WD/RWD.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > duurtlang 07/07/2015 at 02:35

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The Nivas are so cool, but any of these would be great... Don’t they still make the Niva in all their 1980s interior/exterior glory.

Damn you, import laws.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/07/2015 at 06:16

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The Italian specialist mechanic that does the trickier jobs on our 156s was saying that he once swapped a built Fiat 2.0l Twincam into a Niva for a guy to go rallycrossing in. Must have been a bit of a rocket :)

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/07/2015 at 06:21

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Yep :) our one’s a ‘96 :)

theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > Frank Grimes 07/07/2015 at 08:01

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AY! Where’d ya want the Yugo!?

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > duurtlang 07/07/2015 at 09:52

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Yes!

Somewhat related story I did last year

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/lada-the-canad…

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Frank Grimes 07/07/2015 at 10:18

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That was a surprisingly good read. It’s pretty much the exact type of adventure I live for. I would do the same thing if given the chance and drive something like this to alaska or something.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Frank Grimes 07/07/2015 at 12:26

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I stopped reading Edmunds a few years ago, but I might have to go back to keep up with this....

Frank Grimes > duurtlang 07/07/2015 at 15:28

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I also want one of these.