Comments on: Why We Love Russia

By: Politicus

Politicus — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:16:21 +0000

Could be one of the best “products” that the Russians have ever made.

By: RE -A BadGalsSays

RE -A BadGalsSays — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:07:02 +0000

You got that right, that AK Just Keeps on Kickin,

By: Politicus

Politicus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:18:00 +0000

They were good at making things worse, except for a few notable exceptions: Then Sergeant Mikhail Kalashnikov took the German StG 44 (Sturmgewehr 44) assault rifle – probably the first really successful mid-power cartridge, selective fire design and made an even better version, the famous Avtomat Kalashnikov (AK-47). His design was so successful precisely because it was a bit more crude, and its looser tolerances were what made it as reliable as it is. The U.S. M-16s and now the M-4s routinely jam after firing just a few magazines, or when exposed to dirt, dust, mud and other typical battlefield detritus and the Kalashnikov just keeps on ticking…

By: Harrison

Harrison — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:24:41 +0000

It is like they copied the Chevy Shitvette and made it even worse.

By: chad hall

chad hall — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:37:45 +0000

Probably sometime around 1959 or so — the season of the famous Nixon/Kruschev “Kitchen Debate” ( http://watergate.info/nixon/1959_nixon-khrushchev-kitchen-debate.shtml ) a typical Cold War anecdote about cars in the respective countries appeared in the U.S. with both unknown veracity and origin. The joke?

“A car race was to be held in Italy to determine whether Soviet cars were better or worse than American cars. The Soviets provided a Zhiguli (later known as a Lada) and the Americans provided a Ford. The Ford won the race handily, but the next day’s report in Pravda headlines reported that the Soviet car had come in second while the American car had finished next to last.”

Oh well, I guess you had to be there…

By: Politicus

Politicus — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:54:57 +0000

Of course the Ladas suck, just like all the other Soviet cars. Isn’t that what the video showed? Until recently at least, they used to sell them in Canada as well.

By: RE -A BadGalsSays

RE -A BadGalsSays — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:47:33 +0000

the thing about the lada is that it’s poorly made; hard to drive; and if I had a choice, I’d take a chevette or a vega over a brand new Lada anyday of the year. Lada is a deathcar. in jamaica there are more accidents in Lada Salons than any other vehicle. Mostly because they were imported cheaply, have no safety devices; people cram into them too tightly; and taximen trade them off for parts when they wreck them. they also soup of the engines to make them drive faster, thereby smashing alot on passing lane accidents. most of them are head on total fatality crashes.

many of the surviving Ladas are constructed from parts of old 20 year old wrecks. canibalization has reached a whole new art in Jamaica; especially with the taximen. you rarely see a Lada that’s survived a wreck, and if you are inside of it – you probably won’t survive either.

the AK, now that’s a different story.
Success comes from the other side of that Kalishnakov factory.
it’s so good the chinese copied it outright.

The Lada, nobody copied – ever.
Thank God, Buddah, and every other Deity. Oyyy

By: RE - BadGalsRadio.com

RE - BadGalsRadio.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:20:33 +0000

Lada’s Suck I don’t care what anybody says.
unless you’ve driven one on a regular basis
you wouldn’t know. I know.

By: Politicus

Politicus — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:12:30 +0000

Harrison, thanks. That’s a hilarious video. I have seen some of those crappy commie cars. It is amazing how crude they really were. If you can believe it, they were even worse than a Chevy Chevette, or Vega

By: Harrison

Harrison — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:56:14 +0000

Ha you’ll love this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmIKbjpeTZw