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"QUANTUM SHOT" #84


"In Soviet Russia, Car Drives You!" - PART 1

Some of the pictures you may have seen before, but I decided to put them up in one collection, just to emphasize that.. well, in Soviet Russia (and in modern Russia too) motorist's life can be somewhat complicated.

Russians "love affair with cars" starts early, from the very infancy:

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Throughout their life they are indoctrinated with propaganda:

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

So they are very eager to drive, but the roads aren't that good. For the description of the road to Yakutsk see this post, however inside Yakutsk City situation is not much better:

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

...and elsewhere:

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

2. Here is what happens in the country
(Russian off-roading):


Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

...on the way to the honeymoon:

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

it's probably not a good idea to ask
this particular bride to push your car:

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography


3. Russian All-Terrain Vehicle Mods

If Jeeps and Hummers aren't available (or affordable),
there is always do-it-yourself:

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

Automobile, Car Rental, Travel, Photography

for a look inside some Russian cars, and more -

CLICK HERE FOR PART 2




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9 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Regarding the photo with the man smoking a cigarette in the yellow car, the sticker on the windshield says "Vásárosdombó", which is a small village in Hungary. This means either that the photo is not from Russia or the Russian driver joined an offroad meeting in Hungary. Anyway, here is the map of Vasarosdombo to prove that it exists :) www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&mid=2&tid=2264

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Fiat-dozer 500 is made by some Japanese artists, if the link works, you can see it here: http://ironwork.jp/monkey_farm/fiat/fiat1.html

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xI0aWIRIK6I check this out. typical street in Moscow, with typical cars. Any comments?

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Two cars made into one here: http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/weird/weird650.shtml

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

крута блин

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

We have the same countryside here
in Canada... seem that these Russians are attempting to drive on winter roads in the summer!!!

You built roads in the winter
where heavy machinery dig out
the frozen muck and replace it
with gravel, which drain easy
and is stable in the warm season.

But all that take money and these
Russians have spent all their resources
making jet planes to give to
terrorist states, built nuclear & useless submarines and non functioning nuke power stations.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Uaz 4x4's with numbers on the sides are competing in an off-road event.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The 4x4 event they are competeing in is the Ladoga Trophy, and the smoking man was the 2008 event.

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Anonymous m7sa said...

These pics are friggin' amazing. God bless the webernet.

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