Can anyone tell me how stupid it would be to buy one of these

That is a project car. You don't trust a 20-30 year old Soviet car to get you to work on time every day. Shit is bound to go wrong.

One of the stupidest things you can do.

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>>17782927
if you don't afraid to work with your hard, great.
first thing, if it's Russian/Soviet doesn't mean that it will 100% break on you.
It has no fancy shit break, allows for tolerances in your fixes, nigger-rigging parts from other car with ANY mean is ok.

may not have nicest ride, but great as every day tool.

>>17783368
There is a huge difference between
>repairability
and
>reliability

>>17782927
Where are you from, though? Are there lada parts available?

>>17783377
A well-kept Lada is kinda both. There's little to break, what breaks can often be replaced with more reliable modern equivalents, what can't can be fixed with a hammer.

If you like working on cars then its great.
can be MacGyver'd to hell and back

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>>17783377
they are reliable in way that something is bad or broken, it still can drive
they are not reliable in way something not going to break.

a lot problems you can hear/feel/see in advance.

you may get comfort of western car that you drive years with only oil and filter replacements, but at least you not getting surprise but sex for 1000€, because you have to tinker with car all the time.