Is this used car in good condition?

photome

Bigwheels1111 said:

HillStreetBlues said:

photome said:

Some people no doubt would prefer the Dacia but most I suspect would prefer the 7 year old ICE car for the same money.

I would prefer a safer car than the Dacia

Safer ?.
How ?.
The Dacia might only get 1 star today. But a few years ago it would have been 5 stars.

My 2016 5008 got 5 stars, today 1 star, as no automatic emergency braking, lane keeping assist etc.
All the new features for safety are making drivers less aware and in my opinion more dangerous.
Good air bags and crush zones are important, the rest is just icing on the cake.

I would rather have a new car than a 7 year old car.

Most would prefer a new car rather than a 7 year old car, just not a Dacia spring and most new desirable cars will cost much more than  10/11k

Spikeygran

FreshlyCutFlowers said:

The car is £10200, 7 years and 36000 miles. I realize its not a new car so I am expecting some wear and tear but I want to make sure I dont buy a mechanics next project.. It's not sold for almost 6 months, so it cant be that sought after.

It's a lot of money for me but I was prepared to but it.. I just got put off by what I felt was a sales tactic and now wonder if I am being blind to an issue since its not sold in a long time and I felt like it was being 'pushed' on me.

Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like I dont have anything to worry about here.

I have to say that if I felt they'd tried some sort of tactic, sales or otherwise I would walk probably even if I had to pay a bit extra elsewhere.  There are plenty of dealerships to choose from.   Admittedly if you really like the car and its the right price, you are at the top end of your budget it may be a difficult decision for you.

The bit about advisories would make me think too, surely if theres a known issue that is going to cost money at the next MOT you'd want a discount?

Herzlos

HillStreetBlues said:

photome said:

Some people no doubt would prefer the Dacia but most I suspect would prefer the 7 year old ICE car for the same money.

I would prefer a safer car than the Dacia

But we don't know what the car we're comparing the Dacia to is. Did it do any better?

If i remember correctly, the NCAP changed to include to require a lot of active safety features like lane departure warnings around 2023 meaning that lots of cars getting 4/5 stars in 2022 were suddenly getting 1 star.  Dacia was particularly badly affected by this because the cars are pretty no frills, though the actual impact protection was the same.

Here's the NCAP for the Dacia Spring in question: https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/dacia/spring/44197

It does seem like it rates worse than the rest of the Dacia range though.

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HillStreetBlues said:

What quality are the windscreen wipers?

Red herring.

I treat my cars as if they belong to me, and are the fruits of many long hours shovelling at the dung pits (correct on both counts)- always carefully washing off any road salt from underneath (if I was forced to take it out on a salted road- I try to avoid it), never driving a distance short enough to walk, applying dinitrol, putting anti-seize on the hub rings, never ever allowing e10 into the fuel tank etc.

But I fit the cheapest wiper blades that I can get hold of, a few weeks exposure to the sun and all the chem-trail fall out kills them, no matter whether they said Bosch or Ali on the packet (plus I try not to go out in the rain either as it splashes road dirt under the car and onto suspension & brake components to hold moisture and promote rusting.)

HillStreetBlues

facade said:

HillStreetBlues said:

What quality are the windscreen wipers?

Red herring.

I treat my cars as if they belong to me, and are the fruits of many long hours shovelling at the dung pits (correct on both counts)- always carefully washing off any road salt from underneath (if I was forced to take it out on a salted road- I try to avoid it), never driving a distance short enough to walk, applying dinitrol, putting anti-seize on the hub rings, never ever allowing e10 into the fuel tank etc.

But I fit the cheapest wiper blades that I can get hold of, a few weeks exposure to the sun and all the chem-trail fall out kills them, no matter whether they said Bosch or Ali on the packet (plus I try not to go out in the rain either as it splashes road dirt under the car and onto suspension & brake components to hold moisture and promote rusting.)

Is OP trying to buy a car from you? as otherwise it's it doesn't apply to me, so must be wrong.

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HillStreetBlues said:

facade said:

HillStreetBlues said:

What quality are the windscreen wipers?

Red herring.

I treat my cars as if they belong to me, and are the fruits of many long hours shovelling at the dung pits (correct on both counts)- always carefully washing off any road salt from underneath (if I was forced to take it out on a salted road- I try to avoid it), never driving a distance short enough to walk, applying dinitrol, putting anti-seize on the hub rings, never ever allowing e10 into the fuel tank etc.

But I fit the cheapest wiper blades that I can get hold of, a few weeks exposure to the sun and all the chem-trail fall out kills them, no matter whether they said Bosch or Ali on the packet (plus I try not to go out in the rain either as it splashes road dirt under the car and onto suspension & brake components to hold moisture and promote rusting.)

Is OP trying to buy a car from you? as otherwise it's it doesn't apply to me, so must be wrong.

It isn't wrong, just irrelevant.

I spend my money where it counts and I'm getting VFM, not waste it on premium brand name wiper blades that don't work or last any better than the ones from the pound shop (I write from many years experience). I surely cannot be in a subset of one, and if you base your purchase decision on the brand name on the wipers or the make of the tyres you can be missing out on a superb car, or buying one that has never even had an oil change but someone had to have the blades/tyres changed by the garage to pass the last MOT.

It is overall condition and history that matters, (especially rust and signs of repaired/unrepaired accident damage) not a consumable item.

I'm saying you can't judge how a car has been cared for by the brand name of the wipers.

HillStreetBlues

facade said:

HillStreetBlues said:

facade said:

HillStreetBlues said:

What quality are the windscreen wipers?

Red herring.

I treat my cars as if they belong to me, and are the fruits of many long hours shovelling at the dung pits (correct on both counts)- always carefully washing off any road salt from underneath (if I was forced to take it out on a salted road- I try to avoid it), never driving a distance short enough to walk, applying dinitrol, putting anti-seize on the hub rings, never ever allowing e10 into the fuel tank etc.

But I fit the cheapest wiper blades that I can get hold of, a few weeks exposure to the sun and all the chem-trail fall out kills them, no matter whether they said Bosch or Ali on the packet (plus I try not to go out in the rain either as it splashes road dirt under the car and onto suspension & brake components to hold moisture and promote rusting.)

Is OP trying to buy a car from you? as otherwise it's it doesn't apply to me, so must be wrong.

It isn't wrong, just irrelevant.

I spend my money where it counts and I'm getting VFM, not waste it on premium brand name wiper blades that don't work or last any better than the ones from the pound shop (I write from many years experience). I surely cannot be in a subset of one, and if you base your purchase decision on the brand name on the wipers or the make of the tyres you can be missing out on a superb car, or buying one that has never even had an oil change but someone had to have the blades/tyres changed by the garage to pass the last MOT.

It is overall condition and history that matters, (especially rust and signs of repaired/unrepaired accident damage) not a consumable item.

I'm saying you can't judge how a car has been cared for by the brand name of the wipers.

I asked a simple question that hadn't already been asked. Of course other stuff matters, but I don't see the point just repeating what other have already have stated.
TBH I'm amazed  anyone might even think that.