Lada Riva Sedan Highway Spin Deserves a Chuck Norris Approved Stamp

Continuing our series of epic videos on Lada's Riva family car, here's another abnormal incident that took place on a highway in Russia.

While it doesn’t take a genius to see that the conditions of the road are unsafe and therefore one should be extra careful, especially when driving an archaic rear-wheel drive vehicle like the Riva (also known as the Nova, 2105 etc.), the person behind the wheel of the Lada doesn’t seem to care.

And of course, the inevitable happens; he (or she) loses control of the car. But the ending is not what you may think it will be. See how it plays out in the short clip that follows after the break.

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Lada Station Wagon Flies Into a Snow Bank

For some strange reason, certain Russian owners of Lada's classic Riva series believe that their car is an invisible machine on wheels built for extreme speeds.

Like this driver of a station wagon version of the Riva who thought it would be a great idea to push the pedal to the metal on a snowy road bypassing the rest of the cars. See what happened next in the video that follows past the jump.

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A Lada Towing Another Lada is a Very Bad Omen…

You don't need know all the jokes concerning Russia's most notorious car model to figure out that something is bound to happen when you see one Lada Riva (also called Classic, 2105 and Nova among other names) towing another Riva on the road…

Are you curious to find out what happened? Sure you are. Hop on past the jump to watch the YouTube clip.

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Lada Owners Are Always on the Alert for a Mishap

The good thing about owning a bad thing such as a dilapidated Lada dating back to the Soviet era is that by definition, you're always on your toes to act swiftly, not if, but when something goes wrong.

And when that dreaded time comes that something bad does happens, it's always good to reenact the old Benny Hill-style sprint. Watch the video after the break and you'll see what we mean.

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Lucky Strike: Lada Rams into a Trolley Driver

Trolleys are an environmentally friendly mode of transportation with great benefits for bustling cities.

However, they are not trouble free as they draw electricity from overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles, which can come off the rails causing the electric bus to come to a halt.

In this event, the trolley driver has to come out and re-connect the poles to the wires. Usually it's more of a hassle than anything else, but sometimes it can be much more dangerous... Check out the video that follows and you'll see what we mean.

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