My fab Dacia....

[Saluki]

Glad you still like it. When we replace our Micra a trip to the Dacia dealership is on our to-do list. Hoping to find a second hand one at a price we can afford. I'd love a new one but need a better job than I have now to afford one.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

It's visually clear, unlike Steve Darnells gorgeous Rat-Rod

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

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. :-)

Just like me....

60 mpg isn't anything special for a modern diesel on a long run. Even with bikes attached we average over 65 from our Golf estate. Take the bikes off and it goes up to 70. Which is why I am so annoyed that the Govt looks set to force me to scrap it.

 

[Fab Foodie]

60 mpg isn't anything special for a modern diesel on a long run. Even with bikes attached we average over 65 from our Golf estate. Take the bikes off and it goes up to 70. Which is why I am so annoyed that the Govt looks set to force me to scrap it.

That's true. However, point being that considering the very significant cost difference between a Dacia and a Golf estate with the same level of extras it's a very pleasing result. :-)

 

[Drago]

Interesting that Flick mentions bikes, because I noticed that bikes on the roof of the Ford Fusion of Elderliness makes no recordable difference to MPG.

Last tank managed 47.1 MPG of petrol, for £700 purchase price, so my result is very pleasing.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...Passats have long been good on economy.

Good on co2 too.

 

[Drago]

...but on the road Passats are churning out almost as much particulates and NOx as some HGVs, if recent live environment testing is to be believed.

I've steered well clear of the Ford Fusion forum. The smell of ammonia, the clanking of loose falsers, and the frequent naps are annoying

 

[snorri]

Miles per gallon is so 20th century.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

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. :-)

Just like me....

Good economy, I brought a 2011Suzuki Swift at the start of the year and I'm seeing mid fifties mpg on long runs and mid forties on short trips round town plus thirty pounds tax a year, I'm pleased with it, my elderly Hyundai used to average thirty five forty mpg and cost a hundred and fifty two pound a year to tax.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I saw a Dacia the other day which had a sticker in the back window about a Dacia forum. Assuming that isn't a type of car, are you on there as @Fab Foodie as well?

No! Will have to check it out :-)

 

[Drago]

No Foodie! Car owners forums are the refuge of the nerdy damned!

 

[Venod]

It's the Renault 1.5dci as used in the Quasqa

In the past I have avoided Renault, but I have this engine in a Quasqa, 69.5mpg is the best its done on a run according to the on board brain, and zero VED, I'm impressed.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Interesting that Flick mentions bikes, because I noticed that bikes on the roof of the Ford Fusion of Elderliness makes no recordable difference to MPG.

Last tank managed 47.1 MPG of petrol, for £700 purchase price, so my result is very pleasing.

£700 for a tank of petrol is a bit excessive.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Which model variant have you got? I looked at these last time we had to change, ended up with a Peugeot 5008 (can get a bike upright in the back, front wheel off using a Delta fork clamp) Needed big enough boot to get an assembled wheelchair in. Seem to remember the European version had much better styling compared to UK, which looked a bit dated I thought, but given the price and positive reviews think it's a serious contender next time.

 

[Jody]

No Foodie! Car owners forums are the refuge of the nerdy damned!

Or a place to find a cheap fix or solution for common problems. I'm not too bad with spanners but car forums have saved me an absolute fortune over taking it into a garage.