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by **Pekousek** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:55 pm

Yes you'r right

It was S 105 and 120. We had 120 - in winter frozzing; in summer boiling

by **Mikros** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:12 pm

Actually the Superb was a really nice car in its ages... The Rapid/105/120 were just crap as designs, having an air cooled engine at back, leaving the front axle totally uncontrollable... But the worst skoda was the Favourite, too unreliable and awful build quality

by **Kenneth** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:40 pm

Mikros wrote:Actually the Superb was a really nice car in its ages... The Rapid/105/120 were just crap as designs, having an air cooled engine at back, leaving the front axle totally uncontrollable... But the worst skoda was the Favourite, too unreliable and awful build quality

yeah tell me about it.. all thos eastern cars was quite popular in Denmark due to the super high taxes. My old neightbour got 3 wartburgs. riding 1 and 2 for spares

never forget the sound of the 2stroke engine :shock:

dring din ding ding ding de ding ding

by **VEX8** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:55 pm

I used to work with a German lady who loved her Daf 44. I swear the gearbox ran forward and backward with an elastic band.

by **Pekousek** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:45 am

Mikros wrote:The Rapid/105/120 were just crap as designs, having an air cooled engine a

Those types was watter cooled.
But favorit is in accordance with those (105/120) very comfortable car. I must know it a had both 120 and Favorit.

by **Lizard** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:33 pm

Well I'm an Aussie with a Lada Samara and a Lada Cevaro and have been reasonably happy with both.

They are 'orphan' vehicles here with little re-sale value.
Which is good. I buy one for shit, spend a few dollars on it, drive it for a couple of years then throw it away and get another one. Cheap motoring.

Only reason I posted this here is that I've been told that Lada is somehow 'related' to Skoda ?

by **Pekousek** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:37 pm

Not.

Skoda is Czech car, Lada is Russian car

by **Lizard** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:03 pm

Thank you, Pekousek.

I'm just a poor dumb Australisn. What do I know ?
As I said, it was only something I had heard - that they were "related".
I bow to your superior wisdom.

I think perhaps that at one time they had the same DISTRIBUTOR here in Aus and that gave rise to the misinformation.
Or perhaps, could there possibly be some financial link between the companies, albeit that one is Russian and the other Czech.
Unlikely I suppose.

by **Mikros** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:21 pm

Nope, different companies, different everything... Ladas were better though as they were using old Fiat technology which is not bad!

by **Leonidas** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:40 pm

No Scoda's no Lada's in the USA. As far as I know.

My question is. Weren't they using Fiat platforms? Did they change to VW?

I m confused.

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