My own car - Dacia Solenza Clima

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My customly upgraded Dacia Sol

Dacia, 2003, Solenza Clima 1.4L
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I bought my first car, Dacia Solenza Clima, in 2004, used for 6 months, with 8,000 total mileage. It was really cheap because the previous owner didn't spend much money and efforts on maintaining it well, basically he got a gift from his Romanian relative and didn't need this car at all.

However I was already just good enough in mechanics to restore it and upgrade significantly for really small money. This job is a rare and not that popular car, so I had to adjust spares of other car brands for my Dacia.

Initially my sweet Dacia had the following technical characteristics and features:

4-door sedan with 1.4L engine using 7 liters of fuel per 100 km, manual 4-speed gearbox, rear drivetrain, safety airbags, power driver's seat, air-conditioning system and was making 75 hp.

After buying it and making it as good as new I decided to experiment with it and installed a supercharger, hard sporty suspension and Volvo 15" wheels. Also I changed its look by dying it stylishly silver and adding a cool back-wing. Now it doesn't look like a cheap Eastern European vehicle and confuses my Switz friends with its non-identifiable look ;)

Perhaps in half of a year I'll sell it and buy a used cool Volvo car, but so far I'm absolutely satisfied with its performance and comfortability.

Added on 01-26-2006 by Car_Test