Driving in Russia

[DG_Silva]

They look like chavs with lower amounts of dole money and no dance sense.

 

[Rage Racer]

On a slightly more serious note, just how reliable (or unreliable) are Soviet cars, really?

Did they mainly earn their bad rep because of how terrible they were compared to other cars, or do they genuinely break down on a weekly basis?

Old Soviet cars (of '70s and earlier), like GAZ M-20 Pobeda, Volga M-21, 24, Moskvitch 408, etc., were very durable and reliable like Kalashnikov rifle.
Old Volgas had a great rust protection. Look at these abandoned 21's:

Impressive condition for their age and the way they were treated.

But since the '80s, Soviet cars (GAZ 24-10, Lada 2104-09, Moskvitch 2140-41, etc) are made of some crappy tincan metal and became infamous for their quality. The body was rusting from the very moment of assembly on some cars. And mechanical parts tended to be breaking too often. They're cheap, but it's compensated by the frequency of the repairs.

This video sums it up nicely, they may not be driving but the spirit is there:

This ain't full without this:

Gopnik, Transformer edition:

They look like chavs with lower amounts of dole money and no dance sense.

Yep, gopniks are the Russian counterpart of chavs.

 

[terminator363]

Hop, drop and do the gop stop. Drop the bass......

 

[Rage Racer]

Street drifting in Siberia.

 

[TexRex]

Street drifting in Siberia.

Skunk Anansie?

 

[Rage Racer]

Skunk Anansie?

The first track is Guano Apes - No Speech.

 

[kikie]

Driving Rinding in Russia:

 

[Xilor]

I wonder how come Russia produces so few racing drivers, considering you have to be pretty damn good just to survive on the roads there.

 

[Rage Racer]

Some people who comment my posts in DYSAGT thread notice that many cars around are veeery dirty. Yes, this is another feature of driving in Russia.

I wonder how come Russia produces so few racing drivers, considering you have to be pretty damn good just to survive on the roads there.

Naw. To survive here, you have to be slooow. No wonder here.

But there are quite many racing (especially rally) drivers in Karelia - the region in the northwest of RF bordering with Finland, which is famous for racers.
The first Russian F1 racer, Vitaly Petrov, is from Karelia (Vyborg city).

 

[ScottPuss20]

Some people who comment my posts in DYSAGT thread notice that many cars around are veeery dirty. Yes, this is another feature of driving in Russia.

Naw. To survive here, you have to be slooow. No wonder here.

But there are quite many racing (especially rally) drivers in Karelia - the region in the northwest of RF bordering with Finland, which is famous for racers.
The first Russian F1 racer, Vitaly Petrov, is from Karelia (Vyborg city).

I've seen dirty vehicles but not this

 

[terminator363]

another feature of driving in Russia.

Clever choice of words.

Karelia (Vyborg city).

For the longest time I have no clue where the hell "Karelia" is. I just associate it with these cigarettes you can buy in Bulgaria: Land of the cigarettes I guess...

 

[Grayfox]

I wonder how come Russia produces so few racing drivers, considering you have to be pretty damn good just to survive on the roads there.

Remember this?

Even when they are racing they are driving like bats out of hell.

 

[Dan]

I wonder how come Russia produces so few racing drivers, considering you have to be pretty damn good just to survive on the roads there.

*Ahem*

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Oh my god. If that was me, I would of been so embarrassed

 

[Jet Badger]

Oh my god. If that was me, I would of been so embarrassed

After the 3rd bottle of vodka for breakfast there is no such thing as ebarassment.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I wonder how come Russia produces so few racing drivers, considering you have to be pretty damn good just to survive on the roads there.

Oh, there's been an explosion of them in the junior categories in recent years. Maybe not the major ones but you can find an entire army of them in championships like Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and Euroformula Open. Since about 2010, no country has had as dramatic an increase in representation in international motorsport as Russia.

 

[kikie]

Is this in Russia as well?

 

[Rage Racer]

Is this in Russia as well?

Some vids are from RF, but the most definetly are not.

 

[Rage Racer]

Shopping Carts Rising!

 

[Dan]

Just wondering, what is the national average of DUI's in Russia?

 

[Rage Racer]

Just wondering, what is the national average of DUI's in Russia?

Wiki says, about 4 - 14% per year.
Drunk drivers are involved in 8 - 15% of lethal crashes.

 

[Dan]

Wiki says, about 4 - 14% per year.
Drunk drivers are involved in 8 - 15% of lethal crashes.

Yikes!

 

[Rage Racer]

Yikes!

I misunderstood the article, it says 4-14% of crashes in Russia are caused by drunk drivers. Not 4-14% of all drivers are drunk

 

[kikie]

Russians are good people. This is not "Driving in Russia" video clip but a "Helping in Russia" on the road video clip.

 

[kikie]

 

[Dan]

It would have been great if they were listening to dubstep and the guy on the motorcycle crashed right as the bass drop hit.

*Echoing* "Stop, stop, stop, stop... I CAN'T STOP!"
*Slam!*

 

[35mm]

 

[Jet Badger]

I think the final exam at stuntdrivers school involves completing a daily commute on russian roads without dying too much.

 

[Jimlaad43]

I think the final exam at stuntdrivers school involves completing a daily commute on russian roads without dying too much.

No deaths - A
1 death - B
2 deaths - C
3+ deaths - Fail

 

[Rage Racer]

Time to BUMP this thread.

Oka vs. Land Cruiser:


The Oka driver must be having titanium balls.