>> Having driven the Dacia for a while if youu had been able to buy a
>> newish second hand Jazz or other mainstream car for the same price would you have
>> preferred that option?
>>
Yes, but an automatic.
The plain fact is that I needed finance to buy any reasonably recent used car and due to factors regarding age (83 now) and my modest income, this was not available on a used car.
A manufacturer's PCP was (a) affordable and (b) the underwriting of the credit is almost certainly affected by the need to shift metal.
At £113 deposit and a 4-year deal at £113.75 per month, it was pretty irresistible!
The sale of the Jazz, plus a modest chunk of savings was enough to clear off my 0% card balance, a legacy of a new combi boiler, thus leaving me (apart from the PCP) debt free entirely.
To be fair, if I had the funds, I would have gladly bought a new or preregistered Honda Jazz CVT,
but it was out of the question financially, even on a PCP deal.
So - to sum up yes, a proper automatic, or CVT, would have been first choice, but given all the circumstances I'm happy with the Sandero Essential.
Many years ago I sold Ladas. Compared with the then, mainstream new cars, they were dire.
The Dacia, compared with today's mainstream is, way, way, better and is not a million miles away from the rest of the pack!
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