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Offline JimP

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Lada Niva - any good??
« on: October 12, 2010, 15:48:58 »
Found a Lada niva for sale local, cheap, got a suspension lift and some mud tyres on it, are they any good offroad????

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Re: Lada Niva - any good??
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 16:47:58 »
Supposed to be brilliant :D

Have a look on difflock - there's a section dedicated to them.

Think you need to be a colourful character to own one though ;)
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Re: Lada Niva - any good??
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 17:12:09 »
I had one a few years back, very good off road due to being light weight and having a rear diff lock. They can be a bit fragile and tend to rot, good laugh though.
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Re: Lada Niva - any good??
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 20:46:43 »
Poor mans Range Rover, brilliant off road, just suffer from poor build quality.
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Re: Lada Niva - any good??
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2010, 22:02:34 »
If it's cheap then it could be a lot of fun for not much money.  At least the gearbox drowns out the engine noise!
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Re: Lada Niva - any good??
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 11:13:54 »
They are brillant as standard.Stick a 2 inch lift on with some decent MT'S..

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Re: Lada Niva - any good??
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2010, 23:39:11 »
Total Off Road tried a new one recently (now available in the UK again, LHD only) and loved it. Went everywhere they could ask and then some!
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