Picked up a lovely brand new Dacia Duster 1.5l Dci yesterday in Laurette trim.
I opted for the MediaNav sound system and then chose the 4 year servicing deal on top.
The dealer was offering £750 discount and 5 year warranty for free so it kind of made a no brainer really.
I used car wow and got lots of dealers offers then when I was at the garage asked them if they could match it. They couldn't but did knock another £300 off the deal.
Then when I picked up the car I was told it comes with full RAC cover for 4 years. win win again.
In terms of driving, it's brilliant. very quiet at 70mph. pulls lovely in 6th gear (192 Ft/lb torque).
Handles a bit like a barge but actually better than the old Kia Rio.
So for £14K, free warranty and (added) servicing plus breakdown cover. a blinding deal.
Since me and RattleandSmoke brought our cars at the same time 7 years ago, I've changed mine now it's your turn. he he
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Sounds good Diddy. I like those Dusters. Does it make want to go on an adventure? It would me.
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I like the look of the Duster too.
I'm envious (but not destructively so diddy). Hope it's as agreeable as it looks.
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I do too Runfer but id wait a little while yet.
I had the usual advisory from the dealer not to rev past 2,500 rpm for the first 1000 miles. boo
mind you the turbo comes in at 1,400 rpm so there is lilt need to
Last edited by: diddy1234 on Fri 8 Apr 16 at 19:18
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OCH GET YER FIT DOON!
... terribly sorry, don't know what came over me.
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I've no doubt it's a lovely car, but what idiot gave it that name?
Cars used to have macho names. Mustang, Capri, Avenger, Cavalier etc. Now all it's Dusters, Notes and Prides.
Uninspiring, what?
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>> I've no doubt it's a lovely car, but what idiot gave it that name?
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>> Cars used to have macho names. Mustang, Capri, Avenger, Cavalier etc.
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Yep, like The Reliant Robin :-)
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>> Yep, like The Reliant Robin :-)
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Regal, as it happens.
Which has a touch of class, even if the car didn't.
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>> I've no doubt it's a lovely car, but what idiot gave it that name?
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>> Cars used to have macho names. Mustang, Capri, Avenger, Cavalier etc. Now all it's Dusters,
>> Notes and Prides.
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>> Uninspiring, what?
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I'm not sure there was anything macho about Victor, Cortina, Fiesta, Sunbeam and the the like!! Better off sticking to numbers...at least then it's obvious that bigger is better ;)
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>>I've no doubt it's a lovely car, but what idiot gave it that name?>>
I remember driving a Dacia Duster in the 1980s - it was a truly forgettable vehicle despite the then Renault connections...:-)
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>> I remember driving a Dacia Duster in the 1980s - it was a truly forgettable
>> vehicle despite the then Renault connections...:-)
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The irony in the name "Duster" is that there's absolutely nothing about the car that could be considered polished.
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It's your inner Caledonian AC. Never fully hidden.
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there could be worse names like Vauxhall Nova (Spanish for lady parts I believe)
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No. Spanish for "doesn't go"
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>> No. Spanish for "doesn't go"
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I've known a few ladies like that :-(
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The best names were the names of long ago which made you feel good to be British - the Standard Vanguard, the Triumph Renown and the English county names that Austin used. My first car was an Austin Cambridge, also known as an A50, so Austin hedged their bets.
The Jowett Javelin was a great name too, as Ted will no doubt agree.
For about 30 years, from the 1930s to the 60s, Hillman used 'Minx' a name that suggested that the cars were lively and fun to drive. They weren't.
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>> there could be worse names like Vauxhall Nova (Spanish for lady parts I believe)
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Or even Vauxhall Corsa (English for chav lady parts I believe).
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>> So for £14K, free warranty and (added) servicing plus breakdown cover. a blinding deal
diddy1234, in January we picked up a pre-reg 65 plate Captur 1.5DCi auto with MediaNav and 15 miles on the clock for a couple of hundred more than that. Mechanically similar to yours, apart from the auto gearbox. Like you, the other half's very pleased with it!
Last edited by: Dave_ on Fri 8 Apr 16 at 22:01
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Mine is only 6 years old, bought new in May 2010. It is actually running better now than it ever has done, it is still only on 23,400 miles but thanks to a couple of scratches and damage from on street parking (somebody crashed into me when I was parked) the bodywork is looking a bit tatty.
The car is worth far more to me than it would be to anybody else, so I am intending to keep it for a while longer yet providing it remains reliable.
A Dacia would be high up on the list for my next car, as I could do with something a little bigger.
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My old 2009 Rio had 80,000 miles, needed a service and new brake pads.
was only worth £1,500 trade in price.
I didn't tell them the air con had a mind of it's own and eventually stopped working all together.
I could have had the above done and still had a reliable car but it was beginning to look tired inside.
Since I only paid £9,100 for it in 2009 it was cheap motoring after all.
Time for someone else to enjoy it....... and for me to get a car with a surprising amount of toys
Last edited by: diddy1234 on Sat 9 Apr 16 at 16:42
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I am keen on the Duster.
The things that I think could be improved is the horribly big Duster name in chrome on the hatch door, I think it looks tacky.
I like the steel wheels without hub caps - never understood them!
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They do have hub caps of course, otherwise the hub nuts would rust rapidly as well as looking awful.
What they lack is wheel trims/covers, which is fine by me.
I have some steel winter wheels for the Outlander. What I have been unable to find are hub caps so I have to use a set of those pound shop wheel trims. At least it has the benefit of making the car look cheap.
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I'm struggling for a hole to pick in this deal, assuming you like the car, which you seem to -although I can't quite work out
In terms of driving, it's brilliant...
...Handles a bit like a barge.
We had a discussion the other week about whether £15,000 was a sensible amount to spend on a car. What I think you've done well is to choose something that is more popular with private buyers than with rental fleets - and then not to pay too much for it. (I'm assuming you're not borrowing the money from Dacia at a punitive rate, which would take the shine off the whole deal.)
A quick look on Autotrader shows three-year-old 2wd Laureate DCIs are being offered for £10,000 or so, which suggests dealers are expecting £9,500 and buying for £7,500-£8,000. So three years with the car would have cost you £7,000 - including servicing, of course. Another three would probably take it down near the £1,500 you got for the Rio, which gives you a monthly average of about £170 - excluding any interest you're paying.
I did a quick paper comparison of my own recent(ish) long-term experience. The S60 lost about £10,500 between my buying it at 2 years and trading in after another 10. Converting 2005 pounds to 2015 makes that more like £14,750. Add another £2,700 (2015) of non-routine repairs and my cost over 10 years was about £17,450, or £145 a month at 2015 prices. But my average probably dropped appreciably below yours only after the six-year mark.
Or, to put it another way, we'd probably both been worse off if we'd bought a new Astra.
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WillDeBeest, I needed something to slow me down as I was hooning it about too much in the Rio.
Also with the Duster, a different style of driving is more rewarding.
Having toys like cruise control, comfy seats and a relaxed laid back attitude definitely helps.
Oh god, I confess I must be getting old. lol
As for the finance, I looked at a loan from my bank and they were offering less of a deal than what I got through Renault finance.
I also looked at second hand Dusters about 6 months to 1 year old but I really wanted the warranty.
When I enquired, the warranty was more expensive to buy on second hand Dusters than on new ones.
I summed it up, yes the new Duster would be more expensive but the cover (in terms of warranty - free on new Dusters), Servicing and free RAC cover for 4 years sealed the deal really.
No hassle motoring for the next four years can't be bad.
The other thought I had in the back of my mind is that Dacia moved production back to Romania thus possibly solving the rust issues on the Dusters mid to late 2015.
Hence my thinking if I brought a Duster I really wanted the warranty cover
Last edited by: diddy1234 on Mon 11 Apr 16 at 18:31
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Ive changed my car RattleandSmoke - Runfer D'Hills
