From The Cars of our Lives Collection
In 1985 we became a two-income family. Bev needed a vehicle to commute to work so we bought a Lada (“Made in the U.S.S.R.”)
Therefore … in addition to a two-income family, we became a two-car family.
Our son Craig comments: “My friends and I called it the ‘commie car’. It’s rust spots looked like bullet holes from running Checkpoint Charlie.”
This car was notable in our lives for being very inexpensive to maintain. We could do a lot of that ourselves with the provided tool kit. (See Photo)
Bev loved this vehicle and comments that “it had the best heater of any of our cars!”
The socialist dream evaporated when new driver Craig had to brake hard and the driver’s seat disconnected from the frame … this was the first car that we donated to charity for a tax receipt …
