r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 10d ago

SMH Thoughts on this?

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u/FirstAdministration 10d ago

I had a Dacia as a rental in Martinique, and the rear windows were crank windows. It was a cheap car, but nice to drive. I would certainly buy one as a commuter, for sure.

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u/Vargau 10d ago

rear windows were crank windows

Those Dacia Sandero were amazing, up until a few years there were lot's of them still in the streets of Bucharest with over 1 million km on the pedometer.

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u/WisherOfSnow 10d ago

The what now?!

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u/RadialRacer 10d ago

It is a tragic consequence of yanks not spelling things correctly

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u/SarcasmGPT 10d ago

It's not tragic, we Brits are actually behind the whole scheme, makes it easier to identify the Americans.

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u/bobpaul 9d ago

For simplicity and cost savings the Dacia Sandero had crank windows and no engine, just a hole in the floor to stick your feet through.

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u/Pezdrake 7d ago

It's a Flintstones style car. Truly green.

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u/swalkerttu 10d ago

“Odometer” in the US, “clock” in Britain. A pedometer counts your steps when walking or running.

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u/bbalazs721 10d ago

It's apparently also useful for identifying presidents

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u/ballsnbutt 10d ago

LMAO ped-o-meter got me good 😂

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u/AmericusBarbaricuss 9d ago

Not plural, thus far.

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u/ballsnbutt 10d ago

Thay's...an odometer. Pedometer reads steps. Hence "ped" like bipedal

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u/def__eq__ 10d ago

I recommend looking at Euro NCAP rating and crash videos of any Dacia car. I value my life more than the price difference to any reputable car company’s cheapest acceptable option.

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u/nitkonigdje 10d ago

They have decent safety record and perform well in crashes. The issue with modern NCAP is lack of bicycle detection autobreaking etc.

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u/def__eq__ 10d ago

No, they don’t. Look it up:
https://www.euroncap.com/assessments/?assessmentType.code=CAR_SAFETY&limit=20&make.code=DAC&path=%2Fassessments&sort=ratingYear%3Adesc%2Cmake.name%3Aasc&view=grid

Dacia’s highest rating it 3 stars for one model and regularly 1 star, while Volkswagen or Toyota has regularly 5 stars and in the worst case 3.

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u/nitkonigdje 10d ago edited 10d ago

Again they perform well in crash test.

The issue with 1 star models is lack of active safety / driver assistance. For example radar on those Dacias does not track bicycles and pedestrians.

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u/def__eq__ 9d ago

Thanks for pointing it out. Then I retract my unfair accusation of Dacia!

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u/ballsnbutt 10d ago

My Ford Focus has cranks in the back

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u/Novinhophobe 10d ago

What’s your standard on a nice car if you thought a Dacia was nice, especially for a daily?

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u/Navandis_Gaming 10d ago

not everyone marries their car

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u/Novinhophobe 9d ago

Okay? How does this answer the question? A daily driver still has to meet a certain standard of functionality and comfort. Even if the functionality is fine as barebones as it is, the comfort of Dacia's is so bad I think it’s a valid question on what such people have as their standard. Or maybe it was a brand new Dacia (like 2026 or 2027 model) which I haven’t driven yet and perhaps those got better?