Classless cars that say nothing about you? Is there any? Were there ever any?

[Jazoli]

Dacias are for those that can't afford a nice second hand car, so buy the cheapest new car to have that new plate on the drive.

Nope, not everyone, my mother needed a medium sized estate car, a golf was €25k as was a focus, a Logan was €11k, came with a longer warranty and has been faultless for the 4 years she's owned it, it has everything she needs and nothing more, I think she wants a Duster next, which is half the price of Tiguan or pretty much any other soft roader.

[SiC]

Grim.

[LynehamHerc]

If we were still doing the uni runs we'd probably buy a Duster, it's got everything we'd need. As it is the Roomster suffices for carting stuff around and going on holiday in the UK.

[captain_cal]

Call me a flash bastard if you want, but I'd have to have done something pretty bad to engage in the hair-shirt penitence of buying a new Dacia.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

When the Duster first came out they were £9,995 , we had just decided to spend that exact amount on a car. We went to a Dacia dealer. After laughing at the Motorola push button radio, the nasty Lada Riva type trim and lack of aircon even as an option, we beat a hasty retreat and spent the money on a 2007 Freelander 2 and didn’t regret it, even when doing the clutch and flywheel twice in 4 years.

[SiC]

I hate fake these SUV things now. But given a base povo spec duster is £15k, I'd rather have a manufacturer approved (with the years warranty) one of these:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206096616455

Far better spec, reasonably decent interiors.


Better performance and far more refinement.

A grand or two more gets one with radar cruise too.

[Split_Pin]

Si you're forgetting that that 2nd hand Mazda will have far less competitive finance deals on it than a new car. Not everyone has money to throw about man. At least that was the case for me in 2017 when I got my Duster. £155 a month was all I could afford and I wanted something under 5 years old as my son was just a baby at the time and I wanted a guarantee that the car would be reliable. It wasn't grim but the seats gave me aches on long journeys. It did everything we needed though.

I was then made redundant in 2019 and had to hand the Duster back. I thought I was doing a nice thing by getting my wife an older Bini. However £1500 (that was all I could afford) got me something that kept me awake at night and broke down regularly. It was replaced with 'an car' Civic Mk8 for a similar price which was great.

But a non car person will still see a Dacia as the best route into having a new car at an affordable price and the peace of mind they want.

A cash sale would of course be different for me but I am not prepared to spend over £1500 on a car these days.

[mercrocker]

I've only spent over £1500 twice - once on the Focus three years ago and the T25 van we bought. Much as I love cars I couldn't bring myself to do it and doubt very much that I ever will again.

[Broccoli]

My parents bought a Duster when they first came out.
They could have bought anything they wanted (within reason) but decided they just wanted a new car with no frills, to peg around the lanes of Ireland in.
It has 13k miles on the clock now (they don’t drive much) and other than a battery issue, it’s been fault free.

I’ve nearly done that many miles in my Jeep and that will be 6 months old this week!

SAABs were always classless and Subarus were classless but dike associated… It’s ok, I like women too!

To me, any BM is someone trying (unless it’s an old 2002) and ALDIs much the same.

Not sure where Suzuki fit in all that.

[Bangernomics]

An older friend of mine has recently ordered a duster here in FR because him and his wife both have long term illnesses and regular hospital appointments after their 5008 shat itself rather expensively twice in a row a month or so apart.

They reckon the low monthly is them buying reliability? Here they are ubiquitous.


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