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Nov 14, 2016 22:35:30 GMT
Post by Humph on Nov 14, 2016 22:35:30 GMT
I rather like the Dacia idea. Not that I'm suddenly in the market for one or about to be, but I do get it. Seems to me that the proposition is that they will sell you "a car" for less than most other manufacturers. They'll sell you "a car", an SUV or an estate car. Take your pick. If you want twiddly bits on it, they'll do that, but you'll have to pay more, otherwise they'll just sell you "a car". A car that works, just that. I like that. Just a car.
I do like toys on cars too, but in truth I could easily live without most of them, and being the age I am, I can still clearly remember living without most of them and not feeling majorly deprived.
Could I live with a car with flat paint, no aircon, wind up windows, steel wheels, no radio etc?
Of course I could if it was cheap enough and still fulfilled its primary function of shifting people and stuff in a reasonable manner, especially if I was just using it to potter about doing average annual mileages.
What about you? Would you feel short changed now, or what?
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Nov 14, 2016 22:37:53 GMT
Post by tyrednexited on Nov 14, 2016 22:37:53 GMT
If you want twiddly bits on it, they'll do that, but you'll have to pay more, otherwise they'll just sell you "a car". A car that works, just that. I like that. Just a car. ...I can remember when even heaters were optional.... I'm not sure I could live with that. |
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Nov 14, 2016 22:44:09 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2016 22:44:09 GMT
What I couldn't live without...
Electric passenger side window.
Electric passenger side mirror
Heater & aircon.
S'bout it.
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Nov 14, 2016 22:45:47 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Nov 14, 2016 22:45:47 GMT
I rather like the Dacia idea. I dont, the Dacias are so badly built and dynamically appalling I wouldn't take one at any price. You get what you pay for. |
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Nov 14, 2016 22:46:20 GMT
Post by Humph on Nov 14, 2016 22:46:20 GMT
Electric passenger side window? Why?
Kerb crawling? 😀
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Nov 14, 2016 22:47:59 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Nov 14, 2016 22:47:59 GMT
What I couldn't live without... Electric passenger side window. Electric heated passenger side mirror Heater & aircon. S'bout it. plus A comfortable seat with plenty of adjustment |
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Nov 15, 2016 7:03:59 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 7:03:59 GMT
I'm not sure Dacias are that badly built now. One model is a virtual clone of the Renault Captur for £0000s less. Seems very good value. Identical space and features, same engine as well. It has the minimum things I want which are similar to Otto but it needs to include a radio with Bluetooth. I can cope without built in Satnav and most other things.
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Nov 15, 2016 7:43:05 GMT
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Post by sooty on Nov 15, 2016 7:43:05 GMT
I think I'd need aircon and a radio. Not even a fancy radio, just one that worked. I thought about electric windows but then I can't say I really use them.
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Nov 15, 2016 9:44:28 GMT
Post by Alanović on Nov 15, 2016 9:44:28 GMT
I rather like the Dacia idea. I dont, the Dacias are so badly built and dynamically appalling I wouldn't take one at any price. You get what you pay for. The Sandero is a small Renault. A Clio, in fact. Thought you were keen on them. |
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Nov 15, 2016 12:19:34 GMT
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Post by Humph on Nov 15, 2016 12:19:34 GMT
I think, probably, the last car I had that was just "a car" was a mk1 Fiat Panda. No PAS, ABS, TC, AC, no central locking, no remote mirror adjustment, no auto headlights or wipers, no airbags, not even a radio as standard, although I did fit one of those. I was very fond of that car and it did me very well at the time.
I know some of the above are now compulsory items of course but there was something charming about it's simplicity.
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Nov 15, 2016 12:25:42 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 12:25:42 GMT
Last car I had that was just a car was a VW, a Jetta I think. Electric nothing. No lights, indicators, wipers or anything. Whilst most of the electrics it did have were broken, it certainly had never had electric accessories.
I was living in the Amazon at the time, driving 30 miles each way to work every day down dirt tracks. Open windows and get suffocated by the dust or close windows and get suffocated by heat. And it was so humid that the dust stuck.
All most unpleasant.
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Nov 15, 2016 12:44:42 GMT
Post by Hofmeister on Nov 15, 2016 12:44:42 GMT
Last car I had that was just a car was a VW, a Jetta I think. Electric nothing. No lights, indicators, wipers or anything. Whilst most of the electrics it did have were broken, it certainly had never had electric accessories. I was living in the Amazon at the time, driving 30 miles each way to work every day down dirt tracks. Open windows and get suffocated by the dust or close windows and get suffocated by heat. And it was so humid that the dust stuck. All most unpleasant. Yes Amazon at Milton Keynes is a bit like that |
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Nov 15, 2016 18:43:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 18:43:40 GMT
It's 20 years since I had a car without PAS, a Mk2 Golf GTi. The steering was heavy with 185/60x14 tyres, the gearing would have to be quite something to manage the 235/40x18 tyres on my two litre diesel.
My limit for a basic car is rust proofing. I don't want anything that scrimps on the basics, finding a car that has decent rust proofing usually comes with a full specification.
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