The 1988 Volga GAZ 24-10 Is a Hilariously Bad Soviet Russian Car
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Date: 2021-02-11
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Preslav
My grandfather was on a waiting list for this exact car in Bulgaria. He bought a Lada in 1977 and immidiately signed for this car. However - bad luck, he was expected to get in in 1990 (13 years waiting time, but in 1989 the communist government started to fall apart in Bulgaria and deliveries of cars from the USSR decreased very dramatically, so the state-store for cars Mototehnika (Moto-technology) gave out to everybody who had signed for a car (like my grandfather) some money back and either bankrupted or was stopped by the state (not sure what exactly happened.
He never received his Volga - the ultimate car to own (besides a western car) and still sees it as a missed opportunity. However the last communist cars - like this Volga or the Trabant and Yugo you reviewed, were very poorly made - the economies of all eastern bloc countries were falling apart (Bulgaria even bankrupted secretly during this time, so nobody could think how to improve the car(since they were built with state money and the state didn't really allow huge spendings on cars in the 80s - the ideas were there, but not the money)
As for seatbelts - people here didn't really care that much about car safety. The state hid all reports on crime and car crashes, so nobody knew that there were twice as many car accidents then. (but there were far less cars than now) I've seen pills and bottles in old first aid kits too, the cup looks like a measuring cup and bottles probably contain something like iodine or oxydised water.
I kind of dislike this model of Volga - very uncharacteristic, poorly built and at some places genuinely ugly for me, also heavily associated with the communist party.
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My grandfather was on a waiting list for this exact car in Bulgaria. He bought a Lada in 1977 and immidiately signed for this car. However - bad luck, he was expected to get in in 1990 (13 years waiting time, but in 1989 the communist government started to fall apart in Bulgaria and deliveries of cars from the USSR decreased very dramatically, so the state-store for cars Mototehnika (Moto-technology) gave out to everybody who had signed for a car (like my grandfather) some money back and either bankrupted or was stopped by the state (not sure what exactly happened.
He never received his Volga - the ultimate car to own (besides a western car) and still sees it as a missed opportunity. However the last communist cars - like this Volga or the Trabant and Yugo you reviewed, were very poorly made - the economies of all eastern bloc countries were falling apart (Bulgaria even bankrupted secretly during this time, so nobody could think how to improve the car(since they were built with state money and the state didn't really allow huge spendings on cars in the 80s - the ideas were there, but not the money)
As for seatbelts - people here didn't really care that much about car safety. The state hid all reports on crime and car crashes, so nobody knew that there were twice as many car accidents then. (but there were far less cars than now) I've seen pills and bottles in old first aid kits too, the cup looks like a measuring cup and bottles probably contain something like iodine or oxydised water.
I kind of dislike this model of Volga - very uncharacteristic, poorly built and at some places genuinely ugly for me, also heavily associated with the communist party.
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Максим
8: 00 top left slider is for street air. There is straight tube (2 deflectors above, both sides from emegrency stop button) heading rigth to the street. This slider regulates the flap, mounted in the beginning of this tube. Top right slider regulates the valve under the hood, connected to the interior heater. Bottom right slider regulates the flap inside the interior heater, allowing driver to choose how much street air after air filter (was added in later modifications, in 2410 it is also straight tube to the street, but from the right side of the windshield) will flow through the heater, or will bypass it. In the left position of this slider, all the street air, pumped by the blower in the heater, will bypass the heating element and there will be cool air. Bottom left slider allow to control the direction of the air after the interior heater (no matter cold air, or hot air) - througn the top deflectors, or through top and bottom deflectors, which positioned under the front seats. Also, blower has 2 speeds, but you pressed that switch too quick and hard.
This air conditioning system is very primitive and driver must regulate every parameter by his own. It is primitive, but extremely secure - there is nothing to be broken.
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8: 00 top left slider is for street air. There is straight tube (2 deflectors above, both sides from emegrency stop button) heading rigth to the street. This slider regulates the flap, mounted in the beginning of this tube. Top right slider regulates the valve under the hood, connected to the interior heater. Bottom right slider regulates the flap inside the interior heater, allowing driver to choose how much street air after air filter (was added in later modifications, in 2410 it is also straight tube to the street, but from the right side of the windshield) will flow through the heater, or will bypass it. In the left position of this slider, all the street air, pumped by the blower in the heater, will bypass the heating element and there will be cool air. Bottom left slider allow to control the direction of the air after the interior heater (no matter cold air, or hot air) - througn the top deflectors, or through top and bottom deflectors, which positioned under the front seats. Also, blower has 2 speeds, but you pressed that switch too quick and hard.
This air conditioning system is very primitive and driver must regulate every parameter by his own. It is primitive, but extremely secure - there is nothing to be broken.
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Valentin
Judging by the color, those pills might be medicinal charcoal. Which is still used today to treat excess gas, diarrhea, or indigestion. So my guess is diarrhea. Because there's nothing worse than an upset stomach while driving the vast distances of the Soviet Union. Where every bump in the road could trigger an accident in your pants.
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Judging by the color, those pills might be medicinal charcoal. Which is still used today to treat excess gas, diarrhea, or indigestion. So my guess is diarrhea. Because there's nothing worse than an upset stomach while driving the vast distances of the Soviet Union. Where every bump in the road could trigger an accident in your pants.
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autos
Make all the fun you want, whomever owns it owns one bad ass car, I wish vehicle makers would allow us to order a la carte from a catalog regardless of year, in this modern tech era we are always craving for the latest and greatest we are missing to enjoy the simple things in life.
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Make all the fun you want, whomever owns it owns one bad ass car, I wish vehicle makers would allow us to order a la carte from a catalog regardless of year, in this modern tech era we are always craving for the latest and greatest we are missing to enjoy the simple things in life.
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dougdemuro
While telling about outdated Volga in 1988, keep in mind that in 1987 already a nice FWD hatchback VAZ-2108 was being produced. Not a bad car by that year, especially if compared with 24-10.
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While telling about outdated Volga in 1988, keep in mind that in 1987 already a nice FWD hatchback VAZ-2108 was being produced. Not a bad car by that year, especially if compared with 24-10.
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Pookytroll
funny fact. u had to join a waiting list for this. and not anyone could get one anyway. usually u had to bribe your way to a nicer car, if not, u would get a trabant or a smaller car
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funny fact. u had to join a waiting list for this. and not anyone could get one anyway. usually u had to bribe your way to a nicer car, if not, u would get a trabant or a smaller car
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icemy
I don't get why he's laughing so hard about pills in the car. I carry around some essential pills in my car, like pain killers, stomach poisoning pills (yes it's these black pills.
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I don't get why he's laughing so hard about pills in the car. I carry around some essential pills in my car, like pain killers, stomach poisoning pills (yes it's these black pills.
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Ruslan
Even though this is an awful car but lots of things made sense back then, Doug just exposed himself as a poorly educated guy when it comes to older things.
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Even though this is an awful car but lots of things made sense back then, Doug just exposed himself as a poorly educated guy when it comes to older things.
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Finnan
Either my grandad or my great uncle had one of these WITH A CHAUFFEUR back in the day. I guess Doug forgot about the V-8 powered version for the KGB.
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Either my grandad or my great uncle had one of these WITH A CHAUFFEUR back in the day. I guess Doug forgot about the V-8 powered version for the KGB.
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