foreighner and patriot

[fredwinia]

So i am back.

My patriot almost did 45000 km now.

I still love my UAZ.

Not much problems.

Most problems occured in the beginning.

What can i say?

The car does its job very well.

Never breaks down. Cheap to maintain.

Neg point. Interior bit plastic and makes plastic noices. For the rest not much.

Very comfortable car.

Will my next car be an UAZ again??? Yes sure maybe the smaller version. The normal patriot is very big if you want to park your car in citycentre.

If questions ask.

[EGOReZ]

I still love my UAZ.

Наш человек! :)

Our person!!!
It is glad for you!
:) :)

[mirlas]

Круто, че :)
Я тоже давно удивляюсь тому, как можно судить о машине по ее лейблу... Вот он тоже не понимает этого :)

[ktstyle]

Троллинг длиной в 3 года ))

To fredwinia Welcome! UAZ - best RU car! )

[fredwinia]

thank you all.

But i really think that my UAZ is a nice car.

Sometimes people ask me why i bought a Russian car. But i always ask myself the questio why they did not buy an UAZ.
Just the perfect car for Russia.

Some facts.

Fuel consumption in city about 12 litre for 100 km. Is good for such a car.

The car gives me a very relaxed feeling so i always drive kinda slow.

Handling:

Better then my old Range Rover and much better then my Jeep Cherokee.
For a jeep the uaz has decent handling.

Engine:

Not fast but fast enough for such a car.
The engine could use some more torque. At low revs it does not really pull. (maybe some chip tuning can solve this).

Interior:

Too much plastic. Interior makes noises. Cup holder broke down. Radio is bad.
UAZ could do this much better.
Put a decent radio in it or just do not put one in. And put a good cupholder in the car or just do not put one in.

Electrical things:
Sometimes service indicator goes on. But i do not look at it anymore because all is ok. (bit like italian cars)

Comfort:

Yeah really comfortable car. Good chairs. Good suspension for Russian roads. Smooth engine. All the pedals clutch break are very easy to use.

Gearbox: Works fine but you got to give it some time due to flywheel action of driveshaft. If you do not give it some time then i expect some proplems with synchromesh rings. Drive it as a truck.

Problems with the car till date:

-leaking radiator. (fixed warantee)
-broke multi belt. (fixed myself)
-claxon
-pushed out rubber rings on camshaft cover. When very very cold use a tjichol. Then this does not happen and put your airfilter in winter stand.
-clogged fuel filter caused by bad fuel.

That is it in 45000 km.

Main thing.

USE A GOOD SERVICE GUY.

I bought the car from uazspecprojekt (wrong spelling i guess) which is an awfull place to get your car serviced.

Called factory and they told me to go to UAZ centre (novosibirsk). Those are really good guys!! Good service and you can watch them work on your car.

Now i use some local guys here. Because out of warrantee

[Dimm500]

Hi, fredwinia.
Thank you for your story. It was really intresting to read it :) .

[Егор329]

Now i use some local guys here. Because out of warrantee

How do you describe a problems in your car to a local guys i wonder? :)))) Are they so cool to understand english??

[fredwinia]

Hahahahaha. Good that i did not have so many problems.
But i can speak some Russian too. Only writing is problem.
Russian language is very difficult but i manage.

But technical words are a problem.

But when i go to migratse slube (migration office) i do not understand their Russian at all.
So service centre not the only place where i have problems with Russian language.
:)