Lada Riva Reviews

Background - or, How Did I End Up With This? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I originally learned to drive in Oregon. I learned to drive an automatic transmission, and the test was ridiculously easy (just drive for a bit, really). I never owned a car in the States, and rarely drove. I moved to the UK. Being either ...

My first car was a Lada Riva - it was a lovely distinctive beige colour - fashion cred nil points! My sister got a Lada at the same time - but hers was an estate (I was a little envious). However, my Lada was reliable and got me about. I remember the steering was extremely heavy - a bit like driving a tank - my arm muscles developed ...

This is the first opinion I've written of cars I haven't owned, or driven properly. But I feel nostalgic reading other people's reviews of these Russian relics, so I have been moved to put finger to keyboard, as it were. When I was growing up, my parents were (and still are) amazingly tight with their money. Not towards me or ...

I bought this car in april 2000, i had alot of friends and family laughing at it, but it was only £100 with tax and mot, it had done 33000 miles and had just got the timing belt done, it also had loads of history. I think this must be the best car i have ever owned as its so simple to maintain, being a student i needed a car that didnt have loads ...

It's the Summer of 1991. In a small village in North West Kent, a young man named Iain is nearing his 17th birthday and immensely looking forward to learning how to drive, as most of his friends live a long way away, public transport is appalling and his parents refuse to pick him up from a nightclub 20 miles from home at 3am. ...

I reckon that my Lada is the coolest car on the road, because I've done loads of modifications to it. I've kitted it out with alloy wheels, there's a spoiler on the back, I've got spot-lights on the front. I've had it sprayed purple, I've also drilled a couple of holes in the exhaust, to give it that sporty sound. ...

Oh dear, oh dear...I once had a shiny red Lada Riva estate. Estate - that was the good bit. Being a gigging musician I could fit loads of stuff in the boot and everywhere else. I?m afraid, although it was really well maintained I just lost count of the number of times the AA had to be called either to get me started or to get me moving again. ...

This is not a car I would normally consider buying, but as I needed transport while my insurance company sorted out paying up for my written off Nissan Sunny I bought a Lada Riva 1500 Estate as a stop gap. Having been used to driving a modern Japanese car this was like taking a trip back in time. The fact that the Riva is based on a ...

My Grandad is FANATICAL about Ladas!!! He has ALWAYS had a Lada, and the one he has currently is an M-reg maroon-coloured Riva, bought brand new in August 1994 for just £4,995 (the cheapest new car available at the time). It hasn't done too badly over the six years they've had it, but during the past year it has started to play up quite ...