Toyohashi Tech

by **Coligny** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:51 pm

I saw dat yesterday at the red light:

That's a Russian UAZ 452 offroad van, it was brand new with still plastic on the seats and registered in Toyohashi...

I SOOOO WANT THE SAME....

Could paint it like a Soviet Version of the A-Team Van... Like the R(ed)-Team...

by **tigermilk** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:40 pm

http://www.uaz.ru/eng/customers/network/

A few spots in Asia to get them.

by **Coligny** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:07 pm

2.7 liter engine, 112 bhp, 15l/100km...

WTF ? they sourced it from General Motors ?

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:48 pm

I spent a couple of weeks in Mongolia in the Summer of 2000. The son of a nomadic family I stayed with out on the steppes had a brand new Russian jeep. What was amazing to me was that the engine had to be started with a hand crank.

by **Coligny** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:15 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:I spent a couple of weeks in Mongolia in the Summer of 2000. The son of a nomadic family I stayed with out on the steppes had a brand new Russian jeep. What was amazing to me was that the engine had to be started with a hand crank.

How many kilometers without a mechanic around there ?

by **legion** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:28 pm

Coligny wrote:How many kilometers without a mechanic around there ?

Like having a kick start on a motorbike, a bit of effort, a bit of technique, but you are always sure it will start.

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:59 pm

Coligny wrote:How many kilometers without a mechanic around there ?

That was the whole point. The guy told me that the reason people had those jeeps is that they were completely analog and easy to repair on your own. He said that if you had a Japanese SUV and it broke down in the middle of nowhere you were fucked.

by **jingai** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:49 am

I like how it has the Club on the steering wheel.

by **Sa_Race** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:05 am

Any idea how much it is to import and register such a vehicle? I start to really miss my 1982 Golf GLI. :sad:

by **Kanchou** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:48 pm

More than it's worth, probably...

Just be glad you don't need to import a car into the US. THAT is a f*cking nightmare. Pretty much the only way to do it is to bribe people.

by **Coligny** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:07 pm

Sa_Race wrote:Any idea how much it is to import and register such a vehicle? I start to really miss my 1982 Golf GLI.

Dood, once again:

Regular fuel:
112 BHP
15 L / 100 KM (AT BEST)
Top speed 105km/h (AT BEST)

Even if it can be fixed with farming equipment spare parts...It's not so great for daily use... (plus: no aircon...)

Old 1980 1990 Toyota Crown especially the Station Wagons seems to be impossible to kill... But they are huge... The only other one that I can see being reliable and easy to fix are the Toyota Crown Comfort (Taxi) and they run on GPL.

by **Akage** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:16 am

Meh, all of these are interesting choices, but suffer from one obvious design flaw. Too many wheels.

I'll stick with my motorcycle. Here in Kyushu, parking is free on any sidewalk as long as there's space for people to walk.

by **Coligny** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:16 pm

My wife call people like you "organ donors"...

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