The Retirement Thread

[pawl]

Forgot that I was supposed to collect Mrs D's prescription. Nimtim3 to hop on the bike, so dashed out in the car in order to be home in time to meet Mini D feom school at the bus stop.

Had a Dacia Ruster up my arriss the whole way - clearly they're too dense to understand the "The Closer You Get The Slower I Go" sticker in my rear window.

Why on earth would anyone buy a Dacia if they're ever likely to be in a hurry?

I have a Dacia Stepway Now twelve months old and has never missed a beat ok the earlier Dacias were a bit yucky but so we’re Skodas

It’s comfortable .Equipment level is great .Would I buy another? Definitely

 

[Dirk]

Aaaaaargh!

I'd be swearing about that - a lot!

I hope you go all Michael Douglas "Falling Down" on their asses!

Yes and yes.

 

[gavroche]

Why on earth would anyone buy a Dacia if they're ever likely to be in a hurry?

Being retired, I am never in a hurry now but if I wanted to , my Dacia Stepway would take there just as fast as a Volvo, respecting the speed limits.

 

[Mo1959]

I have a Dacia Stepway Now twelve months old and has never missed a beat ok the earlier Dacias were a bit yucky but so we’re Skodas

It’s comfortable .Equipment level is great .Would I buy another? Definitely

They’re basically rebadged Renaults which isn’t that far from Drago’s Peugeot. Some of the newer models really look quite good. Certainly wouldn’t turn one down.

 

[Drago]

I have a Dacia Stepway Now twelve months old and has never missed a beat ok the earlier Dacias were a bit yucky but so we’re Skodas

It’s comfortable .Equipment level is great .Would I buy another? Definitely

That's fine if youre happy, but you're missing the point of my gripe - I wasnt moaning anout Dacias. I was complaining that folk buy a Dacia because they want inexpensive, not because they want to race round the landscape like Roger Ramjet on acid. You want to go fast then get a fast car - I don't think the driver had got the memo.

They very far removed from my Peugeot as it goes, in sophistication, economy, running costs, safety, ride and finish. Having looked at three Dacias, each of less than a year old and each with faults (one very significantly faulty with the rear footwells both full of water), I decided the 29,000 mile Pug was the much better made, better driving, less expensive to run option.

If other people are happy to overlook all that in pursuit of cheap then all power to them, but I'm not that sort of buyer.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That's fine if youre happy, but you're missing the point of my gripe - folk buy a Dacia because they want inexpensive, not because they want to race round the landscape like Roger Ramjet on acid.

Thats the best way.

 

[Drago]

I'm happy to bimble about well within rhe speed limit. I got better things to spend money on than tyres, fuel and brakes!

TBH a cheap and cheerful Dacia would have done me, my car mainly gets used a dog van, but one full of water, one where the nearside speakers weren't working, and one with some dicey shut lines (no evidence it had been bent and painted, I checked carefully, it was just built that way) had me scurrying elsewhere. Shame, because as I only really need a dog van I'm pretty undemanding and could have put up with most everything else.

 

[Dirk]

I looked at a brand new Dacia Logan at a dealers a couple of years ago. All seemed OK until I looked in the spare wheel well which was full of water and rust.

 

[Drago]

T'was a Stepway that had the water feature I saw. Made in Morocco, a country famed for the prowess of its engineers.

 

[welsh dragon]

Doesn't your GP practice offer an app for that?

It does, but Mr WD said it was too much hassle. The moral is. Old man +technology = zero.

He would have to get a code. So it's a monthly visit.

 

[numbnuts]

Just “liked” three pages of posts, not done much today.
Opened a packet of crackers and had to throw a quarter away as they were all broken.

 

[welsh dragon]

I am going to have to replace my car in the next 2 or 3 years. I have no idea what I will get. Hopefully as new a car as I can as it will probably be my last car.

 

[Drago]

One of those new fangled Hillman Hunters should do you nicely.

 

[classic33]

Good morning all, took the dog out to another of the fields and woods that we go to, and quite a few branches have been broken off by the wind over the weekend.
The rotary washing line has snapped, it's still usable for the moment, but is only about 4 feet off the ground .
I cut the grass yesterday afternoon, and the mower died on me. The switch kept cutting in and out the got quite hot and stopped working altogether. I spent some time trying to find a replacement switch, but it seems Qualcast have stopped making that particular one.
I'm waiting for No.3 to come along.

Other than that, the sun is shining for the time being, so life is sweet.

Make and model of the mower, age if known.

 

[Mo1959]

I might watch University Challenge tonight. It’s the first one with Amol Rajan as the new presenter. Just want to see what he’s like.