Not in my experience. Electronics, even though most were clones of Western/Asian designs, suffered from faulty components (leaking caps, disintegrating PCBs) an

Not in my experience. Electronics, even though most were clones of Western/Asian designs, suffered from faulty components (leaking caps, disintegrating PCBs) and faulty soldering, misplaced wires, broken insulation etc. And the mechanical things had all kinds of issues from the broken tolerances and faulty materials to the braindead designs that would just destroy themselves unless hacked around. Even in the 1990s, when the soviet cars had been freely available, a lightly used Lada (Jiguli in its own country) costed more than a brand new one since it's been proven to work more or less reliably and the first owner had addressed the most serious issues already.