Another Duster
Discussion
ChocolateFrog said:
irish boy said:
Great thread!
I’m deliberating currently over a 1-2 year old duster vs a 7-9 year old rav4 as a do everything family hack on a 14k budget. Need to get a spin in one!
Be interesting to see what you decide. 9 winters vs 2 winters is going to have an impact for sure. I'd actually back a Renault built car to be less rusty than a Toyota even if Toyota have them beat on the reliability front. I’m deliberating currently over a 1-2 year old duster vs a 7-9 year old rav4 as a do everything family hack on a 14k budget. Need to get a spin in one!
irish boy said:
I’ve had a mk2 panda 4x4 for 5 years, then a mk3 panda 4x4 twin air for some more years. Ideally I’d love another fresh one low mile one. But with a wee one now I just don’t think it’s big enough.
Not going to be much room in the boot after you've stuffed a push chair in there.A divisive subject but I decided to buy myself a belated 40th Birthday present. One that should in theory hold its value and I can pass on to let the kids fight over when I'm dead.
It doesn't mean anything personal to me which i think is a good thing, annoyingly the one I wanted, IG 20, went for a lot more. I think mine was the cheapest 2x2 plate at that auction.
Perversely looking forward to the day the plate is worth more than the car, 2-3 years I reckon.
It doesn't mean anything personal to me which i think is a good thing, annoyingly the one I wanted, IG 20, went for a lot more. I think mine was the cheapest 2x2 plate at that auction.
Perversely looking forward to the day the plate is worth more than the car, 2-3 years I reckon.
Couple of hours of therapy this afternoon. Had noticed the water was no longer beading so a good degrease with BH HD Clense and 2 coats of BH Double Speed wax and she still comes up great.
It was covered in tar though. Even with AutoTardis it took a lot of elbow grease to shift.
Neighbours think I'm mental but the antidote to 2 toddlers is an afternoon in the sun to myself doing something methodical, lovely.
It was covered in tar though. Even with AutoTardis it took a lot of elbow grease to shift.
Neighbours think I'm mental but the antidote to 2 toddlers is an afternoon in the sun to myself doing something methodical, lovely.
ChocolateFrog said:
A500leroy said:
Thats not in a safe repairable place.
I know. It'll do for a few weeks until the summers go on.I think the scare mongering around punctures is only one rung down from mobile phones near petrol stations.
New car arrived the other day.
1 terrible delivery pic.
A few interesting first impressions and direct comparisons.
Integrated HVAC controls
What physical switches there are feel orders of magnitude worse than the Dusters in both feel and actuation. Feels like they buy the microswitches at 1000 for £4.99.
The screen is bigger and has better resolution but is laggier and harder to use, smaller icons etc. There's also no wireless AA.
It does stuff like this
You also can't access the nav on the move.
It is bloody quick though.
The Duster is going nowhere. If anything it makes me appreciate it more.
1 terrible delivery pic.
A few interesting first impressions and direct comparisons.
Integrated HVAC controls
What physical switches there are feel orders of magnitude worse than the Dusters in both feel and actuation. Feels like they buy the microswitches at 1000 for £4.99.
The screen is bigger and has better resolution but is laggier and harder to use, smaller icons etc. There's also no wireless AA.
It does stuff like this
You also can't access the nav on the move.
It is bloody quick though.
The Duster is going nowhere. If anything it makes me appreciate it more.
-TorqueR said:
ChocolateFrog said:
I know. It'll do for a few weeks until the summers go on.
I think the scare mongering around punctures is only one rung down from mobile phones near petrol stations.
Are you not able to put the summer tyres on a few weeks earlier than anticipated?I think the scare mongering around punctures is only one rung down from mobile phones near petrol stations.
ChocolateFrog said:
A divisive subject but I decided to buy myself a belated 40th Birthday present. One that should in theory hold its value and I can pass on to let the kids fight over when I'm dead.
It doesn't mean anything personal to me which i think is a good thing, annoyingly the one I wanted, IG 20, went for a lot more. I think mine was the cheapest 2x2 plate at that auction.
Perversely looking forward to the day the plate is worth more than the car, 2-3 years I reckon.
Personally I love the plate, big fan of any 2x2It doesn't mean anything personal to me which i think is a good thing, annoyingly the one I wanted, IG 20, went for a lot more. I think mine was the cheapest 2x2 plate at that auction.
Perversely looking forward to the day the plate is worth more than the car, 2-3 years I reckon.
The Good.
Just done the 25000 mile interim oil change. No issues, everything as it should be, even had everything in stock so felt like a freebie.
The Bad.
OH visited some friends today and their Spaniel has jumped all over it. Scratched both bumpers, the tailgate and 1 side of the car.
Doubt it will all polish out and it'll be beyond my paint correction skills so it'll have to go to a detailer with my fingers crossed.
Genuinely want to shoot the f
ker. It might only be a cheap Dacia but I feel sick.
Just done the 25000 mile interim oil change. No issues, everything as it should be, even had everything in stock so felt like a freebie.
The Bad.
OH visited some friends today and their Spaniel has jumped all over it. Scratched both bumpers, the tailgate and 1 side of the car.
Doubt it will all polish out and it'll be beyond my paint correction skills so it'll have to go to a detailer with my fingers crossed.
Genuinely want to shoot the f
ker. It might only be a cheap Dacia but I feel sick. ChocolateFrog said:
The Good.
Just done the 25000 mile interim oil change. No issues, everything as it should be, even had everything in stock so felt like a freebie.
The Bad.
OH visited some friends today and their Spaniel has jumped all over it. Scratched both bumpers, the tailgate and 1 side of the car.
Doubt it will all polish out and it'll be beyond my paint correction skills so it'll have to go to a detailer with my fingers crossed.
Genuinely want to shoot the fker. It might only be a cheap Dacia but I feel sick.
Gutted for you as you take such care of it. I remember the plastics scratch very easily. My brother in law used to have a Rottweiler that would jump up and scratch the car. Bloody annoying.Just done the 25000 mile interim oil change. No issues, everything as it should be, even had everything in stock so felt like a freebie.
The Bad.
OH visited some friends today and their Spaniel has jumped all over it. Scratched both bumpers, the tailgate and 1 side of the car.
Doubt it will all polish out and it'll be beyond my paint correction skills so it'll have to go to a detailer with my fingers crossed.
Genuinely want to shoot the f
ker. It might only be a cheap Dacia but I feel sick. Despite having many other more pressing uses for my time I took the 'new' brakes I bought from a damaged car and tarted them up.
Gave my 4 year old the option of red or black and obviously he choose red. A bit F&F for a Duster
Should be cost neutral if I can sell the calipers that are on it as I had all the materials in the garage.
3 coats of primer, 3 costs of Fusion Red, 3 costs of Lacquer.
Beats them slowly turning orange.
Gave my 4 year old the option of red or black and obviously he choose red. A bit F&F for a Duster
Should be cost neutral if I can sell the calipers that are on it as I had all the materials in the garage.
3 coats of primer, 3 costs of Fusion Red, 3 costs of Lacquer.
Beats them slowly turning orange.
Edited by ChocolateFrog on Thursday 25th April 19:06
Finally swapped the summer wheels over, and it stayed dry 
Tidied the rear drums up. Didn't look bad for 2 winters and 26000 miles TBF.
Rust just starting to come through. Got a coat of Hydrate 80 and halfords black.
Be interesting to see if the BH Hydrate 80 makes any difference as I didn't use it last time.
Fronts. Originals look really grimey, although perfectly functional. Discs about 60% worn when I measured them but they looked shagged so seeing as they're so cheap and easy to replace I did them too.
The red doesn't look too tragic once the wheels have gone back on.
Replaced the reverse and fog with some Twenty20 LED replacement. I've used them before and build quality seems excellent. The standard reverse is utterly useless. Only problem is it seems not to be triggering the fog light on the dash, canbus/current issue I guess. Probably an MOT fail, luckily it's a 30s job.
Should see it through a few more miles. Underside still looks good only corossion was on the spare wheel carrier and latch so that got liberal undercoating.
Tidied the rear drums up. Didn't look bad for 2 winters and 26000 miles TBF.
Rust just starting to come through. Got a coat of Hydrate 80 and halfords black.
Be interesting to see if the BH Hydrate 80 makes any difference as I didn't use it last time.
Fronts. Originals look really grimey, although perfectly functional. Discs about 60% worn when I measured them but they looked shagged so seeing as they're so cheap and easy to replace I did them too.
The red doesn't look too tragic once the wheels have gone back on.
Replaced the reverse and fog with some Twenty20 LED replacement. I've used them before and build quality seems excellent. The standard reverse is utterly useless. Only problem is it seems not to be triggering the fog light on the dash, canbus/current issue I guess. Probably an MOT fail, luckily it's a 30s job.
Should see it through a few more miles. Underside still looks good only corossion was on the spare wheel carrier and latch so that got liberal undercoating.
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