Well after returning from a business trip to russia i can confirm there are scoobys out there....

legacy estates were popular... as was the impreza.....


but the odd thing was,,, only GL models.. saw one honda type r coupe..


and bloody loads of ladas!!!! (new ones too)

4x4,s are very popular,,, bm,s pajeros etc.... all new mind you....

the main drag in and out of town was manic... 8 lanes wide!!!!!!!!!! scary stuff with a minibus driver doing 60 kmh in the middle of the morning rush hour..

speed on the way home.... 40kmh... yes they have traffic jams and crap drivers.....

and no sodding speed cams !!!

hehe


mart

 

in Soviet Russia, Subaru's drive YOU!

 

it makes me wonder how they can afford to service them......

it was bad enough with there wierd financial system......

prices in dollars... which they dont take!!! only visa and roubles....

and the beureu d change dosnt take visa!!!!!!!

and the airport prices in euro,s and then converts to roubles.... which it dosent take!!!!!


lovely country !!!!




Mart

 

My son came back from Russia with a photo he took of a black bug-eye STi in Moscow! (I wonder if it was nicked here?)
JohnD

 

Sod scoobies. Saw a Lamborghini LM002 outside Moscow State University.

 

Hi,

You'll be surprised how many expensive cars you will find in dubious countries!
I go to Kazachstan a few times each year, there are more Mercedes ML and G class cars driving around than in Germany,all have pitchblack windows......
Also new BMW 5 & 7 series, Audi A8's, M3's etc...
The people driving them are a statement of their own, with polyester suits, no necks and a bulge under their armpit.......

Alot of these cars used to be stolen in Europe, shipped to Russia and other countries the very day you lost it!
I remember 7-8 years ago, walking through Bucarest, seeing a brand new Golf VR6 with the driverside lock completely pulled out, Dutch dealerstickers and NL countrysticker still on it.......with Romanian plates.

in other words, there are more people who like your ride other than your neighbour!

 

There was a Russian couple attended our International meet in Germany this weekend. They were in a non-turbo Impreza and won a prize for the longest journey to the event.... Over 3000km!

 

Damn Alastair you beet me to it