ITT it's 1979 and you are a citizen of the Soviet Union, you've just been given a ticket for any (normal/civilian) eastern block car. What car do you choose and why?
Laika
It's really hard to resist the ZAZ-968 with its charming rear-mounted air-cooled V4 and surprising offroad capabilities, but I'm pretty sure the GAZ-21 is simply the much better car. Better styling, better materials, more powerful, bigger.
>>17356403
1977 Volga Gaz
1979 Lada Niva
In a nice patriotic dark red please, party officer
>>17356403
>mere citizen
>not even related to Politburo member
>given a ticket for a car
Hahaha, comrade OP has vodka for brains
>>17356679
>>17356501
>>17356403
SHIT TASTE FAMILIA
but kamerad
I already ordered my car in 1965
Im just waiting for it to arrive
>>17356774
ENJOY YOUR SNAP OVERSTEER
>>17356868
Snap oversteer is basically: "I can't drive so I'll blame the car."
>>17356403
wait five years and get a Skoda Rapid 136
Why do all these cars look so fucking good
*Blocks your gravel road*
>>17356945
Eastern European industrial aesthetics are top-tier.
I want to unironically buy a Trabi. Also is this game any good?
>>17358726
>white tyre walls
>even on a dumper
a e s t h e t i c s
hello 1970's /dbt/ I am trying to get my komsomol son picture related is this a good beginner bike?
>>17356403
N I V A
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A
>>17358783
my summer car is better if you havent played that one yet
>>17356403
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W283bPJgJkY
police spec dorito vaz
>>17360135
better for autism
not an immersive ride around Europe
>>17356764
This is true
my grandpa bought a brand new white Lada in the 80's
he indeed was a Politburo member
>>17360271
OP here, grandpa was a factory worker, but got his ticket from the director of the factor since he didn't need a car.
He bought himself a cream white pic related
>>17356679
>Volga
>civilian
Little bit of a stretch - it was preferred by the upper class
I'd go with a Lada Niva
>>17360436
Good choice.
I'd be split between a Lada Niva and VAZ-2101, but with the Fiat 124 underpinnings I think I'd probably end up going with the 2101.
>>17361513
needs more Trabbie engine
>>17360373
Paid cash for it too, I bet? No such thing as easy payment terms or financing for autos in the Soviet Union?
I don't know if it's available to civvies, but after countless hours in ARMA and DayZ, the UAZ469 is the only choice for me.
Got a small collection.
UAZ-469B
Trabant kubel
Fso 125 pickup
Dnepr k750
Fiat 126p
>>17364763
>>17356403
That didn't work like that. All you could get was hammer and nails and there was not freedom of choice.
>>17364767
>>17364776
>>17361919
He, my grandma and my dad were selling cucumbers and other crap gathered from their little plot of farmland until they got enough, 20k rubles or thereabouts I think
>>17356403
I'ts probably not a smartest choce, but I recently saw a nicely restored Izh 2715, so I'll go with that one, or maybe the pickup version.
>>17356679
Good choice comrade
>>17356403
Melkus
1969
Mid engine
Rear wheel drive
Gull wing doors
manual 5 speed
690 kg (1522lbs)
3-cylinder 2-stroke 992 cm3 engine
70hp (with sport carburator 100)
I guess its the best "fun" car they were allowed to do.
>>17365723
>70hp
>>17361465
I feel bad for that car in the pic.
>>17365831
>700kg
>100hp with sports carb
That's better than contemporary American cars did in the 70's
>>17365723
They actually were allowed to have fun cars in the Soviet Union? Who was it for, high ranking party members?
>>17365968
Exactly those
>>17356403
>trade it for a smuggle to west Germany where i fly to America, sell Soviet secrets and buy a used 7 liter Galaxie.
>>17364776
are you cyanide steve by any chance?
>>17365958
>p/w ratio of .0467
>Hemi cuda p/w ratio = .1468
Lets not mince words, at some point you just straight up need more power.
>>17366015
no, but i bought it from someone named Steve
>>17356935
why wait?