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Lada Niva Cossack?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:18 pm
by SherwoodNash
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322286313801

Am I missing something? £2000+!

'Just don't see the attraction for that kind of money? :er:

Re: Lade Niva Cossack?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:44 pm
by twiss
Apparently they are quite good, coil sprung so pretty comfy.
I guess they are becoming a bit of a collectors item now

Re: Lade Niva Cossack?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:52 pm
by SherwoodNash
twiss wrote:Apparently they are quite good, coil sprung so pretty comfy.
Comfy Twiss?

Quote from the seller:

'It is road legal and can be driven home however they are not much fun on a long journey and there is no radio. It tops out about 70 They are agricultural to drive, great fun, there's just something about them.
I often take this instead of my BMW however I would think any more than a 100 miles on the road would become a chore'.

Re: Lade Niva Cossack?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:32 pm
by ROBBIE
Lot of work went into it, saw a build thread somewhere, can't remember where.

Can't be any les comfy than my old SJ and I would rather take that out than the piece of crap seat we got now

Re: Lade Niva Cossack?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:19 pm
by Jordi
Rare, potentially well restored, supposed to be very good off road too.

Possibly a bargain, i'd love one, even one of the new ones.

Re: Lade Niva Cossack?

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:05 am
by ScottieJ
Awesome motors.......I'm sure there's people out there who don't think a nicely built or tidy standard Sj is worth that sort of money either.

Re: Lade Niva Cossack?

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:55 am
by zook123
I'd prefer Ju's old Panda over a Lada :P

Re: Lade Niva Cossack?

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 4:48 pm
by turbo-tom
Russian Range Rover

Re: Lada Niva Cossack?

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:09 pm
by SherwoodNash
Well, I went away, 'viewed a bunch of YT vids, and putting aside my 'Japanese tech rules' blinkers,
I'm coming around to respecting them a bit more now!

Re: Lada Niva Cossack?

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:56 pm
by Anton
My mum had one when I was growing up, so many summers were spent peeling myself off of the plastic seats...

They're comfy compared to an SJ. Especially offroad - my mate Tony (aka "Mad Lada Tony") has 2 of them now and while the independant front suspension isn't great for clearance, the things do ride lovely offroad.

Try doing 20 through a field in an SJ, then do 30 through the same field in a Niva, and you'll see what we mean.