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Long -term Test Renault Duster. The first 20,000

Renault Duster 1.6 Privilege MKP6 4x4
Total mileage 20,000 km
Mileage from the moment the dough starts 15,000 km

Duster car is budgetary and unpretentious. You can make an amendment to the cheapness of service and its good qualities as a rogue, but it would be wrong to silence his shortcomings.

During long -term operation, relatively many things create the feeling that engineers specially did not work out. For what? In order for buyers with requests to be inclined towards more thoughtfully developed, friendly designed and, consequently, more expensive models. And the point here is rather not an unpretentious design and inexpensive decoration materials in the convenience of use and logic, if you want.

Duster does not like high drivers. I have 190 cm, and I noticed a few miscalculations, so:

There is little space for the stop of a tall driver. The socks of the boots (I have 44-45-size) now and then cling to the felt carpet covering the bowels of the torpedo. What to do with those who have even larger size? In shoes with a big wound, it will be even more difficult to pedal.

The knees rest on the steering wheel, and the departure by departure is not provided.

The handle of headlight adjustment in the blind area, and you need to stretch behind it

When you look down on the dashboard, the lower part glits it. Blacks burn a good third of the information. It is not entirely clear why the transparent plastic plastic of the shield is installed in such an angle by the way, dust is very willing to sit on it. Out of logic, the location of the rear window heating indicator and mirrors for which it was stuck in the tachometer field in a number of important warning and emergency indicators, despite the fact that the activation button on the central panel itself is not entirely clear

The design of the anti -alcohol visors is also not addressed to high. I want to block the sunset sun, but the visor does not lean back forward as much as I need, but is fixed much below the lines of gaze. Because of this, everything is overlapped that further 15 meters from the front bumper. Why a car, the price of which can exceed 700 thousand rubles, makes me dive, stoop and adapt to it. Why does he dictate his requirements, not me?

What else? The axes of the hand brakes and the joystick of the e -regulated mirrors intersect. Access to the joystick is very inconvenient to solve straight from Logan. The blind climate hands on the central console, which cannot be operated on the touch, we have already scolded one day.

From a number of misunderstandings and a directly anti-Human trunk curtain. It is not possible to fix it in landing nests, even if you know about its features. The flimsy of the curtain is not sure that in an accident (frontal collision, coup), it is able to restrain the onslaught of baggage. But there are a couple of pleasant moments.

At least the nests fixing the buckles of the safety belts of the rear side passengers can be considered as a plus of belts always at hand. In addition, the upholstery of the rear seats can be quickly removed (lightning is provided around the perimeter) and washed a very practical solution, especially when you have to deal with building materials or animals.

The volume of the trunk depends on the transmission. At the front -wheel drive version, it is more spacious than 475/1636 liters versus 408/1570 liters at the version with all -wheel drive
A pair of adult bicycles with the XL-Yevsky frame is placed in the luggage compartment with folded rear seats, and you can not remove the front wheels of great wheels! The narrowed arches and not a very wide opening of the fifth door do not add convenience, but, having gotten, bicycles can be loaded/unloaded without any problems. However, for these purposes it is better to use external mounting systems. Both more convenient and safer.

What about body protection? Warranty from drafts for six years. Chips formed on the hood a little less than a year ago, until they bloom. Although the body iron Sandero and Loganov did not differ with good resistance to corrosion. The bottom and thresholds are treated with a thick layer of mastic, but full -fledged elbows are only in the front arches. In the rear arches in small plastic shields, only the back side is protected strange and short -sighted for the budget crossover, which is originally sharpened for operation on ground roads. However, this is solved full -fledged rear shelters can be installed in dealers, work plus material will cost a maximum of 2500 rubles. But keep in mind that the shelters will be unoriginal China works.

The frequency of Duster service once every 15 thousand or once a year, depending on what will come earlier. The first then cost us 8400 rubles. The list of work includes replacing oil, oil and fuel filters, engine filters and the ventilation system of the salon, diagnosis of the chassis. Randing, levers, hinges, supports, bearings, tips, silent blocks, shock absorbers and racks pierced so far everything is fine. For the order, we checked the corners of the installation of wheels (adjusted both on the front and rear axle), since even the officials are not so expensive for 2500 rubles.

Further, the frequency of this type of maintenance is 30, 45, 75 and 105 thousand kilometers, and its cost is fixed. Everything is nothing, if it were not for the work for 60 and 120 thousand for 11,799 rubles, which involve the replacement of the timing belt with rollers. Many people prefer to serve the car on their own, even though it can deprive them of a guarantee. So, for them, we say that in Europe the regulation provides for the replacement of the timing belt and tension rollers with half the frequency, that is, once every 120,000 km. In no case do we advise you to neglect the recommendations of Renault, this is just information for thought.

Duster is still scarce. At the official prices set by Renault, the crossover is actually impossible to buy now demand significantly higher than the supply. If you order the car for yourself, the delivery time will be about a year. But dealers, using the situation, heat their hands. They sell cars with additional equipment installed on it. The delivery time is week. You will be obliged to install additional equipment for an ambulance for 70-85 thousand rubles. The dealers offer a choice of several options for rubber rugs in the salon and trunk, chairs, the central armrest between the front seats, anti -theft systems of various levels of protection, parking sensors, fragments, video recorders, navigators, external trunk and even wheel wheels (!)

We go with a silver daster we part. Winter, and therefore we will soon take a variation with a diesel engine and a dynamic stabilization system, see how good the engine is in the frost and adequate electronics on a slippery coating. In the ESP shell, the anti -wings system is working, how much it improves the cross -country crossover on impassability and snow, and has to be checked.

Dacia Duster (under this brand, the crossover is sold in Europe) is far from a sample security.

In 2011, the Euro NCAP in 2011 appropriated a three -star rating (translated version of the test results) to Duster. Protection of adult riders and children is not bad 74 and 78%, respectively. But the safety of pedestrians at a low level of only 28%. The work of assistants is estimated at 29% also a low result.

The low strength of the salon cell is embarrassed. See how much the front stand is deformed during the frontal blow. This is generally characteristic of all models built on the B0 platform. Duster was no exception.

The basic Duster boasts with one airbag for the driver and ABS. The front passenger pillow is optionally available (+4000 rubles) in more expensive versions, however, like a couple of side pillows (+11,000 rubles). There are no curtains, but they would significantly increase the level of protection of the heads and neck of the riders during lateral strikes. The signaling device of an unfinished belt is only at the driver.

In Europe, from the moment of appearance, ESP could be installed on Duster, we have a system of dynamic stabilization in the list of options recently. 13,000 rubles are asked for it quite sane. Put them in their safety reasonable solution