Anyone own a Dacia?

Legacy_user

Just wondering if anyone has taken the plunge and bought a Dacia Sandero or Duster? What do you think of your car?

I plan to change my car in the next few months, and cant get past how cheap these cars are.

Also has anyone had quotes for service plans etc.. as cant seem to find out how much they are to get serviced each year?

citykid5

they seem to be very popular in europe.
but i do hate the uk tv ad and the miss pronouciation of dacia as datchia? i can still remember the dacia dusters of the 80s and see loads of old renault 12's in turkey rebadged as dacias

worried_jim

I've read good reviews about them, especially price wise. I think that they are a car that you have to buy and then keep till they run no longer to get your moneys worth as they will depriciate like a stone- just like Hyundai's did when they first came to the UK with the Pony.

jimpix12

I don't know why people get in a huff over the new fandangled pronunciation of Dacia but don't seem to mind the weird 'Schkodda' advert pronunciation

neilmcl

citykid5 wrote: »

they seem to be very popular in europe.
but i do hate the uk tv ad and the miss pronouciation of dacia as datchia? i can still remember the dacia dusters of the 80s and see loads of old renault 12's in turkey rebadged as dacias

What makes you think your pronunciation is correct.

citykid5

neilmcl wrote: »

What makes you think your pronunciation is correct.

james may from top gear also picked up on this. and remembering the dacia dusters of the 80s

also how would you pronounce DACIA????

neilmcl

citykid5 wrote: »

james may from top gear also picked up on this. and remembering the dacia dusters of the 80s

also how would you pronounce DACIA????

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I knew you were going to say that. It must be true then...

verityboo

worried_jim wrote: »

I've read good reviews about them, especially price wise. I think that they are a car that you have to buy and then keep till they run no longer to get your moneys worth as they will depriciate like a stone- just like Hyundai's did when they first came to the UK with the Pony.

The forecasts for the depreciation don't seem too bad, at least according to CAP (although such things are always a guess of course!)

http://www.dacia.co.uk/about-dacia/dacia-news/index10.jsp

Tigerprint

I remember reading this

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/mike-rutherford/9370216/The-cheap-cars-that-beat-more-expensive-rivals.html

photome

colino will be along soon to tell you why you shouldnt buy one of these or a Hyundai or Kia or anything that doesnt have a premium badge on it come to that.

Seriously I would be interested to hear from anyone who has bought one

SCO

neilmcl wrote: »

What makes you think your pronunciation is correct.

It is foriegn companies not changing there name for our market, its like Lidl being pronounced as Lydel on the ads.

We are no doubt the ones saying it wrong, but if they dont change the spelling for our market we will pronounce it as it looks.