Why in U.S.A. you don't have hoses for at showers?

[maxhifi]

I installed one, it was an easy way to raise the shower head so I don't need to duck down to get under it (old installations are usually not great for tall people!), also, it's handy for cleaning the shower.

Usually European immigrants consider it crazy to not have the hose, for us North Americans it's definitely not required equipment.

The hose doesn't need to be low flow, and slips into a bracket so it can work just like a normal shower head.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

Usually European immigrants consider it crazy to not have the hose, for us North Americans it's definitely not required equipment.

Just like the manual transmission. Good luck finding a Lada with a slushbox though, even a Canadian-spec unit. Unlike most North Americans automatics bore me.

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Just like the manual transmission. Good luck finding a Lada with a slushbox though, even a Canadian-spec unit. Unlike most North Americans automatics bore me.

Good luck finding any Lada, in Canada... I think those turned to rust many years ago.

[MIPS]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

Good luck finding any Lada, in Canada... I think those turned to rust many years ago.

An unrefined Kijiji search finds two out east with heavy rust (salt) but I'm seeing two in central Alberta. Apparently Lada sold a lot of em' in Canada for the few years they were available. I'd vouch they faired better out west due to less road salt and brine being used.

On topic I always thought it was something that fell out of favor? I remember there was a period where everyone had one of those handheld massaging shower heads but I have not seen a bathroom with a new one for at least a decade.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

Good luck finding any Lada, in Canada... I think those turned to rust many years ago.

No, that's the reputation of the Fiat 124 that the first Ladas were based on. Their rarity today is mostly the fault of our throwaway society.

Anyone with an arbitrary hatred for any particular car will call it a rustbucket.

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

No, that's the reputation of the Fiat 124 that the first Ladas were based on. Their rarity today is mostly the fault of our throwaway society.

Anyone with an arbitrary hatred for any particular car will call it a rustbucket.

It's more so the severe driving conditions of our winters, coupled with the amount of time which has passed since the last time a Lada was sold, the low numbers sold in the first place, the number which were re-exported to Russia, where people consider the export version lada desirable compared to the ones sold domestically, and finally the fact that people seldom preserve or covot utilitarian economy cars. It all adds up to them being more or less gone from existence as something you can see in day to day life. The fact that they weren't reliable or particularly good quality also didn't help. Usually people who bought them new either bought into communist idelolgy, or were looking for something very cheap, or both. One of my friends had one which was constantly in need of repair.

The only one which turns up from time to time is the NIVA, because it's quite a capable 4x4, so some people hung on to them. That or farmers who tend to keep every car they've ever owned, because storage space is more or less free.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

It's more so the severe driving conditions of our winters, coupled with the amount of time which has passed since the last time a Lada was sold, the low numbers sold in the first place, the number which were re-exported to Russia, where people consider the export version lada desirable compared to the ones sold domestically, and finally the fact that people seldom preserve or covot utilitarian economy cars. It all adds up to them being more or less gone from existence as something you can see in day to day life. The fact that they weren't reliable or particularly good quality also didn't help. Usually people who bought them new either bought into communist idelolgy, or were looking for something very cheap, or both. One of my friends had one which was constantly in need of repair.

That one may have been abused by a previous owner as most cheap cars are. I'd rather deal with a thrashed Lada than deal with most people; no matter how rough it is it wouldn't cause me as much grief. Even the fuzz used them, they can't be that bad.

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

That one may have been abused by a previous owner as most cheap cars are. I'd rather deal with a thrashed Lada than deal with most people; no matter how rough it is it wouldn't cause me as much grief. Even the fuzz used them, they can't be that bad.

If you get one, post a lot of photos, I'd especially like to see the engine. I was tempted by a NIVA once, but when I read that maintenance involves manually tightening the timing chain in the tractor derived engine every 20,000km I got quite turned off.

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

No, that's the reputation of the Fiat 124 that the first Ladas were based on. Their rarity today is mostly the fault of our throwaway society.

Anyone with an arbitrary hatred for any particular car will call it a rustbucket.

True, my step brother had a 1980 Mustang, he calls it, "The 'Rustang.'"