▲ 809 ▼ Contributing to the local economy (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 115 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) There is a reason why the Italian mountain police uses the Fiat Panda (other than it being an Italian car) That fucker will go ANYWHERE permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dx1@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* If you're into cars for curiosity's sake, it's a fun deep dive to look into the cars used in Russia, including the USSR-era ones. Harsh winter conditions, huge backcountry. Some of the government issue ones, uh, GAZ-69, UAZ-469, GAZ-66. I bet people have done modern engine swaps with the chassis on those. One of the crazier things is in the colder regions (e.g. Yakutia) engine cooling isn't an issue, rather they have to insulate the engine so that it'll be warm enough to start. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dx1@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* If you're into cars for curiosity's sake, it's a fun deep dive to look into the cars used in Russia, including the USSR-era ones. Harsh winter conditions, huge backcountry. Some of the government issue ones, uh, GAZ-69, UAZ-469, GAZ-66. I bet people have done modern engine swaps with the chassis on those. One of the crazier things is in the colder regions (e.g. Yakutia) engine cooling isn't an issue, rather they have to insulate the engine so that it'll be warm enough to start. permalink fedilink source parent
