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  • facade
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    pallyman said:
    facade said:
    pallyman said:
    The thing which also worries me about these small cars,although i like them is once being a Robin Reliant owner myself it will get idiots tipping them over ,happened 3 times with my Reliant.

    In the 5th Gear test Vicki Butler-Henderson had a good go at rolling one and got it on two wheels making it a complete deathtrap.
    I just thought she was going far too fast for the manoeuvre she was attempting, despite what people say it isn't a go-kart.

    I meant idiots tipping it over at night when it was parked up,lol.Never had a problem when driving though.

    Many years ago, a former colleague came to work late cursing because someone had done that to his wife's proper fiat 500.

    Must admit I am always tempted to walk down the street flipping all the cars parked on the pavement over onto the road- good job I don't eat weetabix :)
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • pallyman
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    facade said:
    pallyman said:
    facade said:
    pallyman said:
    The thing which also worries me about these small cars,although i like them is once being a Robin Reliant owner myself it will get idiots tipping them over ,happened 3 times with my Reliant.

    In the 5th Gear test Vicki Butler-Henderson had a good go at rolling one and got it on two wheels making it a complete deathtrap.
    I just thought she was going far too fast for the manoeuvre she was attempting, despite what people say it isn't a go-kart.

    I meant idiots tipping it over at night when it was parked up,lol.Never had a problem when driving though.

    Many years ago, a former colleague came to work late cursing because someone had done that to his wife's proper fiat 500.

    Must admit I am always tempted to walk down the street flipping all the cars parked on the pavement over onto the road- good job I don't eat weetabix :)

    facade said:
    pallyman said:
    facade said:
    pallyman said:
    The thing which also worries me about these small cars,although i like them is once being a Robin Reliant owner myself it will get idiots tipping them over ,happened 3 times with my Reliant.

    In the 5th Gear test Vicki Butler-Henderson had a good go at rolling one and got it on two wheels making it a complete deathtrap.
    I just thought she was going far too fast for the manoeuvre she was attempting, despite what people say it isn't a go-kart.

    I meant idiots tipping it over at night when it was parked up,lol.Never had a problem when driving though.

    Many years ago, a former colleague came to work late cursing because someone had done that to his wife's proper fiat 500.

    Must admit I am always tempted to walk down the street flipping all the cars parked on the pavement over onto the road- good job I don't eat weetabix :)

    Reliants have a bounce factor though,lol
  • facade
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    edited 5 January 2023 at 11:29AM
    This popped up in my youtube clickbait feed


    He shows you an underside view later on, the electric motor drives via a rubber band- reminds me very much of a C5. The comments are quite amusing too, about the sturdiness of the build- clearly they've never looked under a Proper Car ;)


    Just reinforces to me that it is massively, massively overpriced @ £8000 (£400 for a couple of stickers and some bits of orange plastic :):):) )   But I suppose the response is "If Citroen can sell all they can make at that price, why reduce it to a more realistic one?"

    I'd order one today if it were £4000.



    Since I live in a cave, I was shocked to see that the poverty spec. Dacia has gone from £7995 two years ago to £12995 today, so maybe It is me that has the problem :)

    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Grumpy_chap
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    facade said:

    Since I live in a cave, I was shocked to see that the poverty spec. Dacia has gone from £7995 two years ago to £12995 today, so maybe It is me that has the problem :)

    What?!?!?!?

    £13k for for the cheapest Dacia!?!?!?!?

    I don't believe it.
  • Herzlos
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    Grumpy_chap said:
    facade said:

    Since I live in a cave, I was shocked to see that the poverty spec. Dacia has gone from £7995 two years ago to £12995 today, so maybe It is me that has the problem :)

    What?!?!?!?

    £13k for for the cheapest Dacia!?!?!?!?

    I don't believe it.
    The Dacia Sandero is the UK's cheapest new car @ £12,595. Crazy isn't it? I also remember when they were £7995.

  • Grumpy_chap
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    Herzlos said:
    Grumpy_chap said:
    The Dacia Sandero is the UK's cheapest new car @ £12,595. Crazy isn't it? I also remember when they were £7995.

    Unbelievable!
    It does seem that you are correct:
    https://www.carwow.co.uk/cheap-cars#gref
    £13k for the cheapest new car - I need some help with my maths!
  • facade
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    The Dacia website lists it at £12995 today. (£13645 if you want any colour but poverty white) It now has a radio.

    The spare wheel is an extra £300 (£120 if you buy an aftermarket one with tools)

    They are blaming the B-word, C-word and W-word (all of which happened since I went into my cave- I think I'll stay in it :) )
    I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....

    (except air quality and Medical Science ;))
  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 18,306 Forumite
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    facade said:
    The Dacia website lists it at £12995 today. (£13645 if you want any colour but poverty white) It now has a radio.

    The spare wheel is an extra £300 (£120 if you buy an aftermarket one with tools)

    They are blaming the B-word, C-word and W-word (all of which happened since I went into my cave- I think I'll stay in it :) )
    It is all scary.
    Even more so as I have to buy a new car this year.
  • I remember when it was £5,995 and it wasn't that long ago. 
  • sheslookinhot
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    facade said:
    The Dacia website lists it at £12995 today. (£13645 if you want any colour but poverty white) It now has a radio.

    The spare wheel is an extra £300 (£120 if you buy an aftermarket one with tools)

    They are blaming the B-word, C-word and W-word (all of which happened since I went into my cave- I think I'll stay in it :) )
    It is all scary.
    Even more so as I have to buy a new car this year.
    You will know best, but I would have thought that no one has to buy a new car.
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