Lada on e-bay

[avin]

Why would anyone want to pay up to £800 for a car to go banger racing ?, I can pick up cars suitable for this use for £60/70 any day of the week and these are cars than can be MOT'd for very little money, I know this for a fact as I did it for years.
Is there something about a lada that is especially suited to banger racing that we don't know about ?, I would have thought a volvo estate would be an even better bet for a demolition style race.

[eveshamsteve]

I don't believe it was a genuine bidder. A nasty individual that wanted to cause some grief. He was never going to bid on the Lada but I can understand the seller withdrawing it from auction to avoid the risk.

[torsten]

Pulled, I'm just not going to risk it, it will be available to anyone on here though!

[ladaboy]

Having seen a couple of Ladas at the banger track, they are not really a good car for that sport. They tend to snap where the chassis rails meet the floorpan (where they always rust), and also are a bit slow (it is a banger RACE after all). In a big bang the whole passenger compartment and roof is buckled, and also they don't have much side protection with that thin B post. But maybe their better than all the FWD crap which is the same age and price??

I don't believe that the guy would pay 800 to race a Lada, so he was probably just winding you up. Unless he has more money that sense.

Hope you find a good home for it. I'm not anti-banger racing at all, its a fun sport, but that car does look a bit too good to smash up.

(I won't tell you what I've seen destroyed at Hednesford Classic Bangers meet! You would cry)

[torsten]

I have seen the pics...and cried

[GadgetBoy]

I'll vouch for Pandamonium. The lad's a born Lada owner.

£500! That's higher than it was on eBlag and no hassle.

[GadgetBoy]

Try email then!

[eveshamsteve]

Well I hope you get the car. I can tell you really want it and would appreciate it. Let us know if you are successful.

[eveshamsteve]

Brilliant! Well done!

[GadgetBoy]

Excellent. Happy buyer. Happy seller. Happy Riva.

[GadgetBoy]

You've got yourself a truly excellent car there mate.

[torsten]

to find a good home on here makes me very happy!

[marknsu65]

i know of a moskvich that was on ebay and its fate was to become a bangor racer, such a crying shame, now that all the oxfords, granadas and cavaliers have dried up, when a riva or a polonez comes along chances are the same fate, im no mechanical expert but have been told that bangor boys need carburettor cars, fuel injected ones are not suitable, i think the moskvich went for about £450 so maybe they are paying more than we think.

[nitro_warrior]

If I won the lottery, I'd rescue as many unwanted classics as i could. banger racing should only be in cars which are plentiful.

Yes. BMW X5s and X3s, now that I would watch.