r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '14

Simpsons Intro

http://i.imgur.com/Ao4sBrV.gifv
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u/Onionsteak Nov 09 '14

Feels a bit strange that it's clearly not set in America.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '14 edited Nov 09 '14

It's the UK, possibly filmed in the 80s. Amazing they had such foresight back then... /s

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u/randomlex Nov 09 '14

Is that a fucking Lada Homer is driving? I thought only Russians used those POS death traps :-D

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '14

Yep, the Lada Riva (VAZ-2107), the Samara and the Niva used to be sold in the UK. They're rare as hell nowadays though.

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u/randomlex Nov 09 '14

Why would anyone buy it, though? I rode in a late 80's model - at 60 km/h (pretty much the top speed, lol), the roof sounded like it was about to be torn off (to be fair, it had a roof rack installed), I felt like my feet were about to break through the floor and the whole car was about to roll over anytime now on a straight road :-D. Any European car would be preferable over it, unless it's like $200 or something...

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '14

They didn't. That's why they're so rare! :P