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"Bargain" Lada Riva 1500E £900


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Up for sale is my Lada Riva Estate. It has been a trusty steed and has always been a car that I could just jump in and drive. It's a basic no frills car, drives reasonably well (for a Lada) and is pretty solid all over.

It's the 1.5l engine with 5 speed manual gearbox, it isn't fast.

There's a bit of play in the steering but it can still be driven safely at higher speeds, just initially it takes some getting used to.

 

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There's a few areas of rust starting to appear in places but it's at a stage where it can be rubbed down and tidied up. There's 77k miles on the clock and a rev counter has been fitted in place of the voltmeter. It's recently had a set of shocks and springs fitted so is now at standard height. There's also a stainless exhaust from the down pipe back.

 

I'm after £1200 for it and it's located in Dunfermline.

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My brother had one, from what I remember it was 4-5 years old at the time and he gave something like £500 for it, they were that worthless at the time.

 

Effectively if you bought one on 'easy terms' as it were, you were fucked. Only Lada would give you anything like book for one, so you'd end up refinancing on another one.

 

Woodleigh at Chesterfield used to sell them.

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I'll probably end up either sticking it on ebay or just holding onto it. I would probably swap it for something else but don't really know what I want next.

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You might* want a nice MG ZT instead?

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I think the problem is, these have gained such a following that it's lifted them out of Autoshite - certainly in terms of values. Rear-engined Skodas have gone the same way, and the Favorit will be following very soon. Which is why I'm miffed I haven't owned one yet. I can't really comprehend the idea of paying over a grand for any car, let alone a Lada. I shouldn't think you'll have trouble selling it, it just might struggle here.

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I think the problem is, these have gained such a following that it's lifted them out of Autoshite - certainly in terms of values. Rear-engined Skodas have gone the same way, and the Favorit will be following very soon. Which is why I'm miffed I haven't owned one yet. I can't really comprehend the idea of paying over a grand for any car, let alone a Lada. I shouldn't think you'll have trouble selling it, it just might struggle here.

I was thinking of finding myself a Skoda Estelle as I had one for a while many years ago and really liked it. Disappointing to find out they are now sought after. I paid £60 for mine.

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Which is why I'm miffed I haven't owned one yet.

 

If it's any consolation you've not missed much; I regularly drove a 1500 saloon back in the day when I was at Uni, and while I liked the pea green paintwork and massive beige plastic seats, it was one of the most irredeemably hopeless cars I've ever driven.

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How I wish I had money! Have you got any interior shots?

 

 

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I'm seriously having second thoughts about selling it, just took it out for a drive today and clocked up a couple of hundred miles.

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It's bloody lovely, you should keep it, hopefully at least as long as it takes for me to have disposable income for another second car....

 

Take your time, it'll be here for a while. There might be a deal happening with a 2.0 Fiat Twincam so if that happens I'll definitely be keeping it.

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