My fab Dacia....

[Fab Foodie]

Did you not used to run something atad different? MPG is certainly not the only cost in running a car.

http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/car-runn...&SortBy=Manufacturer&SortDesc=False&FuelType=

I ran a diesel Citroen C8 and a petrol C1.

It's cheap to buy aaaand, I get a small allowance plus the rest on pence per mile, and that's the winner for me. :-)
And it's not a duster.
I'll run it into the ground. So I'm not sure the calcs in the link really work for me.

 

[Drago]

C1s are great wee cars. Me, Mrs D and Daughter #3 have all had 107s, and loved them to bits.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Does anyone else remember the early Dacia imports (early -mid 80s?)
They looked like a Renault 12, or the Duster, in its previous incarnation
I knew a lad, whose dad had a small-holding, he had one, before getting a Potaro Pampas (I think it was)

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...s&qpvt=dacia+1980s&qpvt=dacia+1980s&FORM=IGRE

No, a Logan ;-)

A Dacia 'Wolverine'???

Just driven from Deal to Oberhausen and back for a couple of days work and was more than happy with the overall fuel consumption!

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Cheap to buy....cheap to run. :-)

I know what you mean, home - East Midland Airport, on a fairly hold-up free M1
'date-stamp' October 2014, hence the low mileage (on 112,000 now)

 

[Fab Foodie]

I ran a diesel Citroen C8 and a petrol C1.

It's cheap to buy aaaand, I get a small allowance plus the rest on pence per mile, and that's the winner for me. :-)
And it's not a duster.

What was the actual fuel consumption?

My gauge lies like a fibbing thing, so I distrust displays and always calculate mine.

I'm not that anal....yet :-)

 

[tyred]

A duster is something my grumpy old French teacher used to throw at me and leave my school jumper covered in chalk dust

 

[Fab Foodie]

Does anyone else remember the early Dacia imports (early -mid 80s?)
They looked like a Renault 12, or the Duster, in its previous incarnation
I knew a lad, whose dad had a small-holding, he had one, before getting a Potaro Pampas (I think it was)

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...s&qpvt=dacia+1980s&qpvt=dacia+1980s&FORM=IGRE



A Dacia 'Wolverine'???



I know what you mean, home - East Midland Airport, on a fairly hold-up free M1
'date-stamp' October 2014, hence the low mileage (on 112,000 now)

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Wow! What was that in?
I know I can get much more from the Dacia if i run slightly slower, say 65mph rather than 70 plus as on this run.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I'm not that anal....yet :-)

It'll annoy you now though

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wow! What was that in?

In the late 70's/early 80's

The link should open up pics of all the models from that era

 

[Fab Foodie]

In the late 70's/early 80's

The link should open up pics of all the models from that era

No, I meant the car with the mpg!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

No, I meant the car with the mpg!

Sorry
Skoda Octavia estate (1.6Tdi, 5-speed manual)

 

[Cycleops]

You don't own a duster?

I do own a duster but because I'm cheaper than FF its only used for cleaning windows.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Sorry
Skoda Octavia estate (1.6Tdi, 5-speed manual)

Octavias and Passats have long been good on economy.

 

[Dirk]

Octavias and Passats have long been good on economy.

I wouldn't trust any technical data provided by VAG - they have history........

 

[Drago]

Octavias and Passats have long been good on economy.

...at the expense of lumps of ground up coal being puffed out the exhaust.

 

[fossyant]

You have hit the miles in it - you've had it 12-18 months ?? My folks have just got the Stepway top end model, and it was just over £10k with satnav and everything in it. Petrol engine that's in the Nissans and Renaults.. Bargains.