There are vehicles in the world whose ergonomics are not designed for humans, but rather for aliens. They have tentacles instead of arms and can reach into the farthest corners of the engine compartment. And despite the fact that no one has seen such aliens in ordinary life, but, most likely, they definitely exist. Because UAZ still produces its famous “Loaf”, clearly designed at the behest of alien messengers. Indeed, in this car there is a completely incomprehensible technical logic of the design.

For example, those operations that are impossibly complicated in any modern car are literally done with two fingers of one hand in the Loaf. And vice versa: what is easily and naturally performed in a modern representative of the automotive industry, in the Ulyanovsk miracle causes sadness and a desire to stop even in old-school mechanics. Let’s say a very simple operation – checking and topping up the coolant. It would seem that everything is simple. Cap opened, cap unscrewed, poured in, twisted and the cap closed. Everyone.

The main difficulty here is the procedure for opening a container with antifreeze and an attempt by a sniper to direct a jet of liquid into the narrow neck of the expansion tank. In “Loaf” that is not the case at all. First you have to exert your intellect to try to determine where this tank is hiding: it is not under the hood. By the way, the hood of the “Loaf” is not trivial: in the cabin between the front seats. But looking there is not very convenient.

Finally, after much torment, you managed to turn this cover. But to remove it, you also have to make an effort, since the casting of the tank neck flange is clearly larger than the inside of the lid. It is very similar to trying to open a pressed metal cap of a glass bottle without using a bottle opener.

And only after performing these simple actions, you can try to pour something into the tank. Admittedly, the mood is not the same. Your hands are scratched and proletarian hatred for everything that lives around you appears in your eyes. It is curious that it is actually very difficult to find out how much liquid is in the tank. You need a flashlight or a special stick for this. Then you need to skillfully pour antifreeze into the tank.

Which is also not easy. After all, a sad thought arises in my head that now all operations must be repeated in reverse order. But when you screwed the cork, reinstalled the plug, put the thermal insulation and the seat back in place, screwed it with a lamb, you suddenly begin to feel a state of relief. The world is getting better. And you understand that in fact any technical operation with the “bread” is not a simple sequence of technical actions. This is self-knowledge, enlightenment and access to a qualitatively new level of oneness with the universe.

There are vehicles in the world whose ergonomics are not designed for humans, but rather for aliens. They have tentacles instead of arms and can reach into the farthest corners of the engine compartment. And despite the fact that no one has seen such aliens in ordinary life, but, most likely, they definitely exist. Because UAZ still produces its famous “Loaf”, clearly designed at the behest of alien messengers. Indeed, in this car there is a completely incomprehensible technical logic of the design.

For example, those operations that are impossibly complicated in any modern car are literally done with two fingers of one hand in the Loaf. And vice versa: what is easily and naturally performed in a modern representative of the automotive industry, in the Ulyanovsk miracle causes sadness and a desire to stop even in old-school mechanics. Let’s say a very simple operation – checking and topping up the coolant. It would seem that everything is simple. Cap opened, cap unscrewed, poured in, twisted and the cap closed. Everyone.

The main difficulty here is the procedure for opening a container with antifreeze and an attempt by a sniper to direct a jet of liquid into the narrow neck of the expansion tank. In “Loaf” that is not the case at all. First you have to exert your intellect to try to determine where this tank is hiding: it is not under the hood. By the way, the hood of the “Loaf” is not trivial: in the cabin between the front seats. But looking there is not very convenient.

Finally, after much torment, you managed to turn this cover. But to remove it, you also have to make an effort, since the casting of the tank neck flange is clearly larger than the inside of the lid. It is very similar to trying to open a pressed metal cap of a glass bottle without using a bottle opener.

And only after performing these simple actions, you can try to pour something into the tank. Admittedly, the mood is not the same. Hands are scratched and proletarian hatred for all living things around you appears in your eyes. It is curious that it is actually very difficult to find out how much liquid is in the tank. You need a flashlight or a special stick for this. Then you need to skillfully pour antifreeze into the tank.

Which is also not easy. After all, a sad thought arises in my head that now all operations must be repeated in reverse order. But when you screwed the cork, reinstalled the plug, put the thermal insulation and the seat back in place, screwed it with a lamb, you suddenly begin to feel a state of relief. The world keeps getting better. And you understand that in fact any technical operation with the “bread” is not a simple sequence of technical actions. This is self-knowledge, enlightenment and access to a qualitatively new level of oneness with the universe.