Word: moskvich
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only made eight kronen [$1.12] per hour, and if you wanted a car, it cost 20,000 kronen. And you had to put the money on deposit for maybe three years, and then you might get a car ?but a Russian car, like a Moskvich. It was their country...
When a Moscow resident named I. Parchamovsky decided to take his family for a drive in the country, he went to the state-owned Avtoprokat and rented a Russian-made Moskvich. Poor Parchamovsky...
...family. Next the engine went thud-thud: a connecting rod had broken and the car had to be towed back to its garage. The tow-truck driver told Parchamovsky to keep his foot on the brake to maintain a safe distance between truck and car. But when the Moskvich's brakes began to smoke, Parchamovsky took his foot off the pedal. At that instant, the truck braked abruptly to avoid a pedestrian. Result: one crumpled Moskvich right fender. At the rental agency, Parchamovsky was told what the outing would cost...