Dacia Duster, 999cc of Throbbing Fun

[politeperson]

£16,500!

[Mikebentley]

It’s happening with every manufacturer. My Defender order started out at £58k then went to £62k as they put the prices up whilst I procrastinated. The stupid salesperson didn’t notify me about the increase. This made me annoyed and I didn’t order as I was pissed off. I then went in to order the car built from an S spec with the extras I wanted on it……guess what?
Yep they slimmed the range down to try and get as many cars built and my spec car then was £64k!
I went to another dealer and got the order placed with a handy 4% discount. Used 4 cyl Defenders are currently selling for £10-£15k over list at 12 months old. If I’m offered stupid money it will be sold shortly after delivery.

[bungz]

You can get a essential bi fuel duster for not much over 13K new if you shop around on things like car wow.

It's just the wait.

But id rather do that as 2 year old cars are near the price of new!

[Silenoz]

RRP of the Duster now up to £14,295 from today. 2.1% increase so half of October CPI.

[croyde]

For the cheapest model, the Essential?

[ch37]

croyde said:

For the cheapest model, the Essential?

Yep, already on the Dacia website. Cheapest 'nearly new' car on the market is £13k now (4k miles on it). Whoever bought a new one for £11k a few months back has done well

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ch37 said:

croyde said:

For the cheapest model, the Essential?

Yep, already on the Dacia website. Cheapest 'nearly new' car on the market is £13k now (4k miles on it). Whoever bought a new one for £11k a few months back has done well

Smug face.

[ch37]

Jogger configurator is live too, looks nice.

At this rate I am wondering if Dacia will eventually have a cheaper sub-brand that undercuts them

[Mikebentley]

It will be called Renault at this rate.

[The Rotrex Kid]

Still a fantastic bargain. Top spec for £17995 inc metallic. We will sell loads of them.

[anonymous-user]

The Rotrex Kid said:

Still a fantastic bargain. Top spec for £17995 inc metallic. We will sell loads of them.

Pleased to see the TCe unit with 110bhp rather than the 65bhp SCe some predicted.

[anonymous-user]

R50 BPS said:

Pleased to see the TCe unit with 110bhp rather than the 65bhp SCe some predicted.

Surely nobody buys a Dacia with the 65bhp SCe engine? Shame the prices have been creeping up over the last few months, but I guess all manufactures will be increasing prices now.

[Mark-t]

ch37 said:

croyde said:

For the cheapest model, the Essential?

Yep, already on the Dacia website. Cheapest 'nearly new' car on the market is £13k now (4k miles on it). Whoever bought a new one for £11k a few months back has done well

£10,250 with two 'free' services, 10miles on the clock. Bought in Feb

[renmure]

Would anyone have suggestions for winter tyres (or wheels and tyres) for their car?

It's not something I've really bothered with before, despite being pretty rural, because there's usually a couple of 4x4s on the drive when needed but this year my only other option is my Wrangler and MrsR refuses to drive it. I did fit winter steel wheels and tyres (from Germany I think) on a Fiat 500 a few years ago and was really impressed with the result.

[muchacho]

Nokian WR or Michelin Alpin.

[blueST]

renmure said:

Would anyone have suggestions for winter tyres (or wheels and tyres) for their car?

It's not something I've really bothered with before, despite being pretty rural, because there's usually a couple of 4x4s on the drive when needed but this year my only other option is my Wrangler and MrsR refuses to drive it. I did fit winter steel wheels and tyres (from Germany I think) on a Fiat 500 a few years ago and was really impressed with the result.

Have look at tyrereviews.com, plenty of food for thought. I’m a big fan of Hankook Winter iCept RS2, not as dear as the really premium brands but still do very well in the German tests. The trade off is they do wear quicker than some others.

[bungz]

Joey Deacon said:

Surely nobody buys a Dacia with the 65bhp SCe engine? Shame the prices have been creeping up over the last few months, but I guess all manufactures will be increasing prices now.

Imagine that fully laden with the Sce unit

That said the later derivatives of the tce 3 cylinder is fast becoming the do it all engine, 200nm torque out of it is quite impressive really and exactly what the early versions of the tce 90s were lacking.

[blueST]

blueST said:

Joey Deacon said:

blueST said:

Slightly less good news! Ordered mid-September, Throbber delivery has now been pushed back to the week before Xmas now. I'm bracing myself for not seeing it this side of New Year.

I know they are quoting 6 months for the Sandero, is this not the case with the Duster?

I think it depends on the dealer. When I was shopping round in September, delivery times ranged from 3 to 7 months for no obvious reason. I don't know why or how different dealers have shorter delivery times than others. My car wasn't an existing order in the system, it was new factory build and I was originally told end of Nov.

Phoned for an update today. Deliver gone back again to mid-Jan. There’ll be a new model out before I get it at this rate

[Mikebentley]

Got T boned today in the Duster. Driving down New Bham Rd by the Black Country Museum. It’s a dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit as built up area and turning points in the central reservation area to allow access from side roads. I was doing about 20 mph and slowing for upcoming lights. I passed a Corsa which was blocking the road going in the opposite direction (no cars) and waiting to join our side of the road. As I passed she drove into the side of me before I had gone by. Hell of a bang so I pulled over and waved her to the side of the road. I expected to see a huge amount of damage. This is what I found when I got out.

[Mikebentley]

The Duster came out well. It appears she hit the wheel with the front of her Corsa and the Duster tore the front off the Corsa. A second earlier it would have destroyed the bodywork. The scratch on the bodywork has polished out completely. Tough cars these Dusters. She then wanted to deal without the insurance.