I think that none can force me to go to dealer who sold me car, to do regular inspection and services. That can do anyone from Renault network in whole Europe, even in Serbia.
Yes, that's what I said. You have to go to Renault (expensive!) instead of repairing/changing parts yourself or go to a independent mechanic.
This is the "price" you have to pay for the "5 year dacia warranty"
Just to explain:
Car A, Dacia, 5 year warranty 14 000 Euro (13 000 for the car and 1000 for the extra warranty), is driven 40 000 k's a year, so this is after 5 years 200 000 k's
Within this time you have to be 10 times at the Dacia dealer for the check ups to keep your warranty(every 20 000).
So let's say you pay in Austria an average price for 750 Euro every check up (sometimes more, sometimes less, depends on what the dealer ist changing) So that's every year 1500 Euro you pay the Renault guys. In five years this is 7500 Euro
Car B, brand not important (Focus, Astra whatever), 2 years old, Diesel, 30 000 k's, 12 000 Euro. So you save 2000 bucks from the start, and than you are free to repair just the things that are broken. (brakes, toothbelt, oil, filters and these normal stuff).
So just from the "expandable parts" you maybe pay to your indepenent dealer about the half from that what you would to pay to Renault, so maybe just 3500 Euro instead of 7500 Euro. Maybe even less. Give your car some oil and it will run!
So in the "normal way" Car B is 6000 Euro "cheaper" than A over 5 years.
And 6000 Euro is a big amount, you can even buy a second used car for this money if car B is breaking up completely within the 2 years!
So think about that!
The "Renault warranty" ist just one side of the truth, the other part is that you have to pay a lot for this!
But:
Is this 6 year warranty really with no milage -limit at Dacia? Or does it end when you have reached 150 000 k's? (that's what I remenber)
Robert
