This car looks ridiculous and is slow after selling my M3.
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Yeah, these Pandas were all built in Poland and have great build!
Mine was 8 years old will 99k when i got it and it had no squeaks or rattles at all, which is even more impressive considering how firm the car was when it was crashing around. Tight as a drum.
Also, like someone else said, lovely nice 'thunk' from the doors. I often thought of it as a little 'big car' rather than a cheap car.
We've got a 107, for example, which is much cheaper and more basic and built to a price than the Panda felt.
I want another one now!!!!
Mine was 8 years old will 99k when i got it and it had no squeaks or rattles at all, which is even more impressive considering how firm the car was when it was crashing around. Tight as a drum.
Also, like someone else said, lovely nice 'thunk' from the doors. I often thought of it as a little 'big car' rather than a cheap car.
We've got a 107, for example, which is much cheaper and more basic and built to a price than the Panda felt.
I want another one now!!!!
fttm said:
Parrot incoming , but you could never pay me enough to drive that ,let alone with the sticker in the back window . Get a grip OP or hand in your man card .
What a sad view point. It's way cooler than most of the s
te you see on the roads, I'd love one!"Hand in your man card" Cringe.
I never had difficulty engaging reverse. Maybe the fluid is full of water? The fluid is hydroscopic. No garage would ever change it?
Loved mine once I had fitted koni shocks. Much better than my wife's Abarth.
I guess it is hard coming from an M3 now you have to work to overtake? I must also be hard as nobody knows what it is compared to an M3.
I have an old Civic Type R now. I still think I had more fun in the Panda. I kept it 6 years. I took it to the Evo triangle and the Kinglockring. I always wanted an M3. But I did not fancy the financial suicide. You must love the costs now?
M1C said:
Yeah, these Pandas were all built in Poland and have great build!
Mine was 8 years old will 99k when i got it and it had no squeaks or rattles at all, which is even more impressive considering how firm the car was when it was crashing around. Tight as a drum.
Also, like someone else said, lovely nice 'thunk' from the doors. I often thought of it as a little 'big car' rather than a cheap car.
We've got a 107, for example, which is much cheaper and more basic and built to a price than the Panda felt.
I want another one now!!!!
I saw loads for sale which were approaching 100K when I was looking. But now, in hindsight, I might have been a bit over-cautious about not wanting a small Fiat with that kind of mileage...Mine was 8 years old will 99k when i got it and it had no squeaks or rattles at all, which is even more impressive considering how firm the car was when it was crashing around. Tight as a drum.
Also, like someone else said, lovely nice 'thunk' from the doors. I often thought of it as a little 'big car' rather than a cheap car.
We've got a 107, for example, which is much cheaper and more basic and built to a price than the Panda felt.
I want another one now!!!!
fttm said:
HannsG said:
But it's such a love hate relationship.
I hate the fact I have to literally try reverse gear five times before it goes into reverse. Yes I know there is no synchro and it helps to find go into 1st first etc blah blah.
I hate the fact I never used to commute in the first lane of a 3 lane stretch of motorway and I have to plan my overtakes.
But feckin hell. As a B Road blaster its brilliant and to be honest it grows on you.
We had a bit of sun today so I did a bit of detailing on the bodywork and faded plastic trims.
Thinking about getting 330i E93 to run alongside it.
The ST in the background is my wife's.
Parrot incoming , but you could never pay me enough to drive that ,let alone with the sticker in the back window . Get a grip OP or hand in your man card .I hate the fact I have to literally try reverse gear five times before it goes into reverse. Yes I know there is no synchro and it helps to find go into 1st first etc blah blah.
I hate the fact I never used to commute in the first lane of a 3 lane stretch of motorway and I have to plan my overtakes.
But feckin hell. As a B Road blaster its brilliant and to be honest it grows on you.
We had a bit of sun today so I did a bit of detailing on the bodywork and faded plastic trims.
Thinking about getting 330i E93 to run alongside it.
The ST in the background is my wife's.
With my 1930's gent voice on, I'd also say 'its jolly bad form to criticise another chaps choice of transport', it'd be a bloody boring world if everyone did what the Borg says...
(Disclaimer by the way - I had a Panda, loved it at times, didn't at others, one outweighed the other and I sold it, but I'd recommend one to anyone who wanted a modern(ish) equivalent of a 205GTi).
Great car OP
I use one as a daily myself, I agree with everything your saying, the ride is just awful so bouncy and harsh, on roads I don't know I mainly look at the surface to check its not going to break my back!
But on a B Road it really is just amazing, even on my ling long ditch finders it handles brilliantly and always seems to return the same MPG driving at any speed!
Its weird actually because on my commute I rarely think "I need more power" the Panda does well with its very modest Horsepower, although when I get onto a dual carriage way an extra 50 wouldn't go a miss
Anyway here's mine:
I use one as a daily myself, I agree with everything your saying, the ride is just awful so bouncy and harsh, on roads I don't know I mainly look at the surface to check its not going to break my back!
But on a B Road it really is just amazing, even on my ling long ditch finders it handles brilliantly and always seems to return the same MPG driving at any speed!
Its weird actually because on my commute I rarely think "I need more power" the Panda does well with its very modest Horsepower, although when I get onto a dual carriage way an extra 50 wouldn't go a miss
Anyway here's mine:
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