[russia] winter on the roads 2

The car on the left was my British machine – the joys of open top motoring know no bounds, especially with a lady’s hair streaming beside you, the throaty roar of the 2 litre and a spot of lunch at a nice country pub at the end of the ride. The other car is my no-nonsense Lada 102 with beefed up stabilizers, gas shockers and so on. It’s basic and rugged, especially the brakes and shockers – it’s just the electric system which sometimes lets you down. Never buy an imported car here – it will break in half by the end of the year on these roads. The Lada is known as the Russki Tank and if something does break, there are automarkets all over the place where a few roubles will see you with a new part and a thousand mechanics willing to do the job for about $10.