Motors - Estonian style (Lots of boring pictures!)

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As some of you may remember, back in March I visited the small country of Estonia - part of the former USSR.
Whilst there I took quite a few car pics (as I usually do on holiday) and never got round to uploading them all. So here they are.

Dual carraigeway into Tallinn. These have thermometers displaying at the roadside. It was minus 9 when I took this and the traffic was still hammering along at full pelt:

Probably because every car except the old Ladas runs on these! Ladas were mostly fitted with cheap chunky mud n snows:

Did I mention it was cold? Most parked cars were like this:

Comedy "Meh" number plate option:

Coppers in Tallinn must have a sense of humour to drive this mini Vitara things:

 

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I think the badge should be taken with a slight pinch of salt:

Groovy XR2 near our hotel, shame about the DIY grille stripes:

With all that salt, snow and mud, why is rust not devouring this Corolla?

Fell in love with these on the spot:

Lovely multitone off white communist relic:

 

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Can anyone ID these two? Think they were both Russian:

5.0 Mustang must be a real workout when the roads are covered in a foot of ice and snow:

Great personal plate:

Speed cameras have a limited effect in Estonian wintertime:

 

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Max Power eat your heart out:

The whole car wash thing hasn't really caught on there. Shame, that's my favourite shade of Nissan:

I actually really like these. There's a mint one on Ebay for £950... is it wrong of me to want it?

American station wagon parked in Helsinki - what is it Mickey?

 

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And finally, just for all you Mondeo people :

Thanks for looking.

 

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Very nice pics there!

What car is in pic 18?

It's a Lada, the model before the Riva. Can't remember the model code, 2150 or something like that. Going on condition, I think the Russians may have produced them alongside the Riva as there were a lot of them in relativel good condition.

Gilly, keep an eye on GD tonight or tomorrow, I'll sling up some non-car pics over the next day or so.

 

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Given how much further north Tallin is in comparison to Prague I'd be rather surprised if Prague got more snow.

Plus I was there in March, when it's thawing (but still ******* cold)

 

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Looks like you were right about it being GM family - I've just zoomed in on the badge on the original pic and it says "PARISIENNE" so after some Googling I think it's a Pontiac Parisienne of some description.

 

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I LOVE the first piccy, so much so that I'm afraid I've pinched it for my desktop. I hope you don't mind

A friend went to Tallinn last year and said it was great. I quite fancy a visit, what did you think of the costs and so on?

Pub lunch prices for proper evening meals, friendly people (in the pubs and bars anyway) absolutely stunning women with piercing blue eyes and flawless skin, beer is cheap, all in all it's a nice city.

I don't know why there aren't many 4x4's - there were a few but less than we get in the UK.

 

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Just a Canon A80. I'll whack the original up fullsize tomorrow, I couldn't get the full lightstream effect as there wasn't enough traffic.