I have had the privilege of enjoying two Lada experiences. The first growing up, my dad had a Lada sedan for his daily driver to and from work. Occasionally my mom would have to drive the car, but even with experience driving a manual transmission, she was never able to put the car into reverse. This ultimately required my brother and I to constantly push the little Lada back out of parking stalls so we could turn around to go. My second experience was with a coworker who owned a Lada Niva. One afternoon, I was called upon to help him fix the transfer case which was locked up and not shifting into four-wheel drive. On realizing the removal of the transfer case was going to be a bigger project than the afternoon we had scheduled, we resorted to hitting the transfer case with a big hammer. Miraculously, the big hammer actually worked and my coworker drove that Niva for another four years and ultimately sold it without any further transfer case issues. ... View more