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Own a Dacia. At least when it breaks the parts are cheap :) New wing mirror cost me £25!

by baz00 3y ago

AdrianB1 3y ago
I owned almost a dozen Dacia's, but not the Logan. I never got to a car shop for any repairs until I had one with warranty, otherwise I was doing all the repairs on my own, including engine rebuilds and even a chassis swap (brand new car totalled in a crash, bough a new chassis and swapped every single part to it). So, labor was cheap, parts were cheap, cost of ownership was cheap :)
- 4ad 3y ago
  Sounds like you are not valuing your time.
  - AdrianB1 3y ago
    I was a poor student at that time with no opportunities, fixing my car was cheaper than paying someone else to do it: my time was tax free (50% tax on labor).
  - baz00 3y ago
    I’ve found that for basic service stuff it takes less time and cost than futzing with garages.
- baz00 3y ago
  Yeah mine is doing ok (2018 Duster). Hasn’t needed anything major doing to it other than tyres brakes and normal service stuff. Driving it to Iceland this year from UK via Norway so will probably kill it at some point.
CptMauli 3y ago
And this is exactly why that report is somewhat misleading. On the cheaper end of cars, a lot of those are not maintained regularly, and this is the reason why they fail in the first place. And if you look closely, in most cases the reason for the fail has something to do with lights or brakes or tires. Stuff which does not cost much to fix in a Dacia, but is crazy expensive on the upper end, BMW etc. I had the first major issue with my Dacia since I bought it 7 years ago, and it had something to do with the LPG installation, and it was about 1000€. From a TCO standpoint of view, that car is so dirt cheap, only my little Seat Mii (CNG) - which I bought used, is cheaper.
- baz00 3y ago
  Exactly this. My Duster cost me 6 years of Mercedes service fees to buy outright.
- deely3 3y ago
  > On the cheaper end of cars, a lot of those are not maintained regularly, Heh, by this logic Tesla as somehow expensive brand should be wa-a-ay below Dacia.

Own a Dacia. At least when it breaks the parts are cheap :) New wing mirror cost me £25!

by baz00 3y ago

Own a Dacia. At least when it breaks the parts are cheap :) New wing mirror cost me £25!

I owned almost a dozen Dacia's, but not the Logan. I never got to a car shop for any repairs until I had one with warranty, otherwise I was doing all the repairs on my own, including engine rebuilds and even a chassis swap (brand new car totalled in a crash, bough a new chassis and swapped every single part to it). So, labor was cheap, parts were cheap, cost of ownership was cheap :)

4ad 3y ago
Sounds like you are not valuing your time.
- AdrianB1 3y ago
  I was a poor student at that time with no opportunities, fixing my car was cheaper than paying someone else to do it: my time was tax free (50% tax on labor).
- baz00 3y ago
  I’ve found that for basic service stuff it takes less time and cost than futzing with garages.
baz00 3y ago
Yeah mine is doing ok (2018 Duster). Hasn’t needed anything major doing to it other than tyres brakes and normal service stuff. Driving it to Iceland this year from UK via Norway so will probably kill it at some point.

CptMauli 3y ago

And this is exactly why that report is somewhat misleading. On the cheaper end of cars, a lot of those are not maintained regularly, and this is the reason why they fail in the first place. And if you look closely, in most cases the reason for the fail has something to do with lights or brakes or tires. Stuff which does not cost much to fix in a Dacia, but is crazy expensive on the upper end, BMW etc. I had the first major issue with my Dacia since I bought it 7 years ago, and it had something to do with the LPG installation, and it was about 1000€. From a TCO standpoint of view, that car is so dirt cheap, only my little Seat Mii (CNG) - which I bought used, is cheaper.

baz00 3y ago
Exactly this. My Duster cost me 6 years of Mercedes service fees to buy outright.
deely3 3y ago
> On the cheaper end of cars, a lot of those are not maintained regularly, Heh, by this logic Tesla as somehow expensive brand should be wa-a-ay below Dacia.