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частная машина ("a private car")
was a considerable luxury. It was not only a matter of money (although the average person could ill afford to buy a car). It was also the lack of basic conditions for car ownership, so readily available in all western countries. Let us assume that you are living in the old Soviet Union and you somehow managed to save enough money to pay for a car in cash (hire purchase in the Soviet Union was limited to items which cost no more than three months' salary - and for a car you had to pay approximately ten times this amount). Are you happy now? Don't be. Be worried, because some major problems and obstacles are still waiting for you. First of all, if you did not put your name on the car waiting list, say, five to seven years ago, you would not be able to buy a car now (even by paying in cash! ). Well..., I am sure you were shrewd enough to save and queue at the same time and, therefore, you have eventually become the lucky owner of a car. But where will you keep your car? Acquiring a garage could be an even more difficult task than buying a car. I remember an encounter with an angry man in an overcrowded bus who loudly complained that although he now had a car he was nevertheless forced to ride for half an hour in such miserable conditions because there was no way he could build a garage closer to his home. Could he park his car outside his multistorey apartment building? I doubt this. 140 Another question: where will you buy spare parts for your car or where will you take the car for check-ups and repairs? This could also be quite a daunting task... Is there any need to continue this sad description of your future car-related troubles? Probably not. By now you understand why people of good old Soviet Union preferred to use Download 3.08 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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