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How did Ivan Ivanovich reconciled with Ivan Nikiforovich
Unlike the Gogol heroes, our villagers collided with their foreheads because of cars. One beautiful person owned Honored Kozlik model UAZ 31519, a faithful assistant in the subsidiary farm. Another, also a very good person, recently started UAZ 31622. A car against the background of his predecessor is expensive (in every way), spacious, comfortable, dynamic ... However, how is it with the most important property in the village? It was about cross -country ability, and only about her, that modern Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich argued; But instead of a hanging (county) court, they went to solve the case for the outskirts. Then there was autumn with its sad-raw weather, mud and fog.
Our heroes were more fortunate: they left for the lane at the height of the Golden Autumn. The bright sun, however, did not have time to dry the dirt after recent rains. He was the first to be inhabited
night ice on the puddles of UAZ 31519 with a 2.9 liter carburetor engine (power - 61.8 kW/84 h., The moment - 189 NM at 2200-2500 rpm), a four -speed gearbox and a steering wheel in quality The only option. Following the readers of UAZ 31622 (ZR, 2002, No. 7, 11) with an injection engine (power - 97.5 kW/132.6 p., The moment - 223.7 N.M at 4000 rpm) , a five -speed box, not deprived, of course, both the steering wheel amplifier, and with various convenient pieces, about which there is no need to repeat itself. It remains only to say that the proposed conditions equalized the capabilities of the tires of both cars. Beware, do not step here with a foot, for it is not good here.
The driver of the new UAZ, who had extremely vigilant eyes, noticed a deep mud bath away from the main track and boldly rushed there, not forgetting, of course, to turn on the front bridge and a reduced gear in the handout. Without stumbling, the car jumped on the opposite shore in front of its own Reva.
A modest gray goat, almost without raising his voice, decorously crossed the water barrier. A very painful motor did not even hint that it would be nice to turn on a reduced gear; Moreover, he allowed to lose the gas on the fairway, and then smoothly, but confidently obeying the pedal, took the car to land.
You have a posture and an important figure. How do you drag in swamps ...?
The track of our UAZ 31622 is increased to 1600 mm, against 1445 mm in ordinary serial machines (wide bridges are still on the way to the conveyor, but, the factory workers promise, they will soon appear throughout the new family). A laundry where the heroes argued, was completely shifted
with narrow -gauge UAZs, respectively, the newcomer threw his leg far to the side. Which, on the one hand, is good: in a very deep rut, the danger of plunging to the belly is less. On the contrary, on a slippery road, it is more reliable to roll along the beaten path so as not to jump off the rails. Both cars are easy to turn: Thanks to the power steering! If they still worked reliably ... But this is from another story. But Ivan Nikiforovich was neither alive nor dead, because he got stuck in the doorway and could not take a step forward or backward.
If you try, you can plant anything. The track treacherously leaned down, and the accelerated UAZ 31622 rested the lump of the front bridge into the soft soil. Leading, he could now move only in one direction - down ... With the help of the second car, the captive was rescued. He went to take the same obstacle storm UAZ 31519 and stood in the same place, despite a different configuration of cut bridges and a larger road clearance (220 mm versus 210). Of course, he had a little heavier (the first car deepened the track a little), but we recall: there is no absolute cross -country ability! Where a sensible driver will stick, the abilities of both cars will be enough. Especially, to the right of this perishable place
a completely passing path passed ... The technique of overcoming the barriers for the old and new UAZs varies: 31622 it is desirable to disperse, making sure that the track or the bottom of the puddle does not conceal a catch - logs and the like. This is dictated by the characteristics of the motor (maximum moment at the top) and transmission (reduced gear in the handout - only 1.47). UAZ 31519 is capable of crawling: the gear rates in the transmission are tractor, the supply of traction at low speeds is larger, and the handout can double it ... however, you rarely turn to the latest remedy.
In vain, the judge shouted into the front, so that one of the strokes of Ivan Nikiforovich in the present hall there was there.
If the UAZ is stuck, then at least another UAZ should pull it out. In most cases, it is useless to just push or pull human forces ...
... amazing puddle! The only one you managed to see! It occupies almost the entire area. Houses and houses, surrounding around, marvel at her beauty. Our heroes did not just disturb the water surface, but splashed it all! Having transferred the contents of the puddle to the body of cars, they were convinced that both with the visibility of the problem. Even the UAZ 31519 wipers are clearing the insufficient sectors. On UAZ 31622, the left brush stops early, leaving a wide opaque strip at the rack.
The long new UAZ, working with suspensions (front spring and rear on small springs), rushed famously along the bumpy village street, providing passengers with tolerable comfort. Ba, what does it flash there in the mirror? This is behind on its springs a short UAZ 31519: jumps are such that its switched headlights draw arches on the mirror of the front car, sometimes jumping outside the glass!
Despite the fact that both friends were very rested, but they were encountered ...
The cars pushed down, and they cheerfully rolled along the slope. On steep slopes, the lack of traction in the new UAZ made itself felt: all the possibilities of the transmission are already involved, and the car is very reluctant to climb up the mountain with shortness of breath. It is worth dropping the momentum on the bump, you can’t pick them up without falling the clutch. We emphasize - this applies to really steep slopes, where even laryners are not laid! In this case, a handout with a reduced gear close to a deuce would fit much better.
Here you need a lyrical digression: the current, the so -called small -modular handout is a child of the compromise of designers and technologists. It is less noisy than the previous box, but, alas, reduces the off -road abilities of the new UAZ. They say this is a temporary solution: a quiet unit with a lower gear of 1.97, like the old models, is ready. The case of production ... UAZ 31519 would be considered excellent climbers, if not for one but. This is an inconvenient car, and you feel its shortcomings (for example, a knee on the door) precisely on the slope. In addition to close landing, rubber bands between controls and executive devices affect. Brakes, some steering wheel. And how the goat has a throttle drive! Take the clock, open them and see what is being done there! Isn't it a terrible nonsense?
On one of the slides, lifting his nose for photography, UAZ 31519 took and stalled - apparently, the steepness turned out to be extreme for the carburetor. In fairness, we note that the UAZ 31622 was confidently rubbing here, but after that he spread such a strong smell of gasoline around that everyone decided: the tank was leaked! No, the fuel was flowing through the flood plug (hello Euro II).
Of course, in the vastness of Russia (and Little Russia), you can arrange UAZs and more serious tests to find the limit of the capabilities of each machine. Obviously, in the old model he is pushed further. But how many consumers will be able to evaluate this?
If you do not take into account the specific requirements of the army and jeepers, UAZ 31622 according to ordinary ones, let the owner be broken and blurry to the place of fishing, and to the farm, and to the forest ... And it is not a shame to travel to the landowners from Mirgorod. In a word, it will perform everything that is expected primarily from the predecessor. That's what our heroes reconciled, because ...
... Despite some discretion, both Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich beautiful people.
Source: The magazine "Driving"
