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2005-12-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Pappy 2005-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Zero to 60 mph in 34 seconds & top speed of 80 is their "crowning achievement"??? Sounds like the old VW bus with the washing machine engine...

Posted by PBMcL 2005-12-08 00:33|| 2005-12-08 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like the perfect first car for my future kids.

Going to see if the hubby can import one before they stop making them....

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-12-08 07:32|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-12-08 07:32|| Front Page Top

#3 My sweetie says that one of his buddies got his Volga up to 180km/hr on the freeway, so they do go faster than what the article states. It just took a long time to get there compared to a Western car.

He also said the power steering, while it lasted, would make a hissing noise like a snake whenever you made a turn.

Chop it, give it a candy-apple or metal flake finish, and you could have a pretty funky cruiser...

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-12-08 07:42|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-12-08 07:42|| Front Page Top

#4 I once saw a Lada race in an SCCA event in Savannah. Funny, yet slow.

Posted by Shipman 2005-12-08 09:39|| 2005-12-08 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 How do you say "Pimp My Ride" in Russian?

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-12-08 09:45|| 2005-12-08 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Seafarious: Forego the Sovspeak, just ask for me at Irelands Four Courts. I'll be near the pumps.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-12-08 09:48|| 2005-12-08 09:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Sdelaj Moyu Mashinu Sutenorom!

Posted by Janos Hunyadi 2005-12-08 10:02|| 2005-12-08 10:02|| Front Page Top

#8 "Majestic but chronically unreliable" does not sound like the best sales slogan to me.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-12-08 11:19|| 2005-12-08 11:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Read the last more carefully. The GAZ-21, which had the "performance" numbers mentioned, was upgraded many times. So, you might be able to do 0-60 in under 30 seconds now. You could probably stay up with a Chevette diesel.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-12-08 12:28|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-12-08 12:28|| Front Page Top

#10 The scary part is Lance Armstrong could whip a Volga on the 1/4:p Who knows, maybe longer.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2005-12-08 16:31|| 2005-12-08 16:31|| Front Page Top

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