Panda 100HP [fast becoming shedworthy]

[hora]

Tempted to get one as a daily. On eBay at the moment there are some very optimistic traders though

[HannsG]

hora said:

Tempted to get one as a daily. On eBay at the moment there are some very optimistic traders though

I agree on this having spent time looking.
You have some selling dogs at the same price as mint examples with FSH.

These cars generate a lot of interest apparently and are rare. Therefore I always found it important to ensure the service history was extensive, and Cambelt was done. And the overall general condition of the car was decent.

It seems previous owners have either run them into the ground or maintained them accordingly.

As odd as it may be, it was a bit like shopping for an M3 which is being replaced by the Panda.

Some real stboxes over priced, and then some real nice examples.

[hora]

I'd buy a privately owned one- usually a fair few around. Must be the time of year.

[cj2013]

The problem is that they were going for £3k+ easily a year ago.

The traders are still trying to retain some value, and the private sellers are (typically) using the trade value as a bench mark.

They mostly seem to go for £1500+ on eBay auctions, rougher/v-car ones perhaps a bit less

[benjijames28]

I would love to have a blast in one of these.

This version or the 4x4 version really appeal to me.

Looking locally the dealers seem.optimistic at best, auto trader saying a model with about 80k on it is worth 2250, dealers asking 3k.

Got a private seller knocking one out for 1.8k. But this so called private seller also will take a car in part ex, how many private sellers do that on a car worth under 2k?

[cj2013]

benjijames28 said:

I would love to have a blast in one of these.

This version or the 4x4 version really appeal to me.

Looking locally the dealers seem.optimistic at best, auto trader saying a model with about 80k on it is worth 2250, dealers asking 3k.

Got a private seller knocking one out for 1.8k. But this so called private seller also will take a car in part ex, how many private sellers do that on a car worth under 2k?

What about this one? Electroclash Grey, 116k....£1450
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-FIAT-PANDA-100HP-GR...

Electroclash Grey, 78k....£1895
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252670322969

Red, 92k...open to bids (probably finish somewhere around £1200 I reckon)
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122286125325

Blue, 90k...looks good, has dropped £200 off the price in the last week, now £1795
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

I assume this is the £1800 swaps one. The Abarth line is a load of bull (none of them were Abarth), but looks like it has the Pandamonium pack..
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[hora]

90k is constant issues money though?

[cj2013]

hora said:

90k is constant issues money though?

Huh?

I don't follow. Timing Belt interval is something like 72k/5years, and everything else is purely driver-related rather than scheduled.

It's not a complicated modern emissions box - it's pretty much the same 1.4 that's been in Puntos for years, with suspension less technical than a 205.

[hora]

Ah, I always thought (assumed) Panda's would fall apart at c90k

[HannsG]

hora said:

Ah, I always thought (assumed) Panda's would fall apart at c90k

I looked at most of the cars linked in this thread during my search.

Their MOT history proved that the car is very reliable.

Lot of the MOT stuff was about suspension arm issues and inner tyres worn or near limit.

Nothing massive

[cj2013]

They do have an issue generally with wheel alignment tolerances, so can exhibit a bit of "natural" wheel wear.

Besides that, they're a surprisingly well built car. Hard plastics and easily worn gearknob top and steering wheel, but otherwise the rest of the car feels simple yet robust.

[hora]

OK that gives me confidence. I'll watch the mkt history on prospective cars too as part of the search. Ta

[LimaDelta]

Picked one up earlier this year. Great fun!



I love the back-to-basics feel. 50mph feels like 150mph compared to most 'heavyweight' stuff. Looks a little special compared with the more pedestrian Pandas, but without being too in-your-face, à la Clio Cup etc.

Good wading depth incidentally. Not that will be a factor for many buyers, especially as there is a 4x4 model. Shame they didn't do a 100hp 4x4...

[Blue Mikey]

I've been looking at these recently but can't seem to find one that's local-ish to me (Manchester) with the right mileage (15k a year) for the right price, as mentioned previously some good ones for around 1.8k then others at 3k!

[cj2013]

Blue Mikey said:

I've been looking at these recently but can't seem to find one that's local-ish to me (Manchester) with the right mileage (15k a year) for the right price, as mentioned previously some good ones for around 1.8k then others at 3k!

There's one in Bristol for £5k

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311722956788

[Jimmy Recard]

If the gearbox in my Astra fails (no sign of it at the moment), I'm going to scrap it and get one of these for sure. I've always liked them

[eddiefara]

I bought one in October and have done over 3000 miles in it since in town across country and of course for country blasts. A 1 owner (now 2) 2010 car that has just ticked over 50000 miles. I do wonder what it will be worth in a year or so when the times comes to sell.



I absolutely love it such a fun, quirky and practical car. I do however I live in London and there are a lot of speed bumps this is one thing the car is shocking at which is a shame but it's definitely worth the pain for when I get it out to the country lanes. I put 50 section tyres on the car to try and improve the ride personally not convinced that they make much if any difference from the 45s.

Also in town I get around 30mpg, I find at motorway speed 35-40mpg never got close to 50mpg though!

Congratulations on yours OP I love them in black, I wish you many happy miles in it!

[Blue Mikey]

cj2013 said:

There's one in Bristol for £5k

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/311722956788

Haha. This one would be nice

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252670322969

[cj2013]

eddiefara said:

I bought one in October and have done over 3000 miles in it since in town across country and of course for country blasts. A 1 owner (now 2) 2010 car that has just ticked over 50000 miles. I do wonder what it will be worth in a year or so when the times comes to sell.



I absolutely love it such a fun, quirky and practical car. I do however I live in London and there are a lot of speed bumps this is one thing the car is shocking at which is a shame but it's definitely worth the pain for when I get it out to the country lanes. I put 50 section tyres on the car to try and improve the ride personally not convinced that they make much if any difference from the 45s.

Also in town I get around 30mpg, I find at motorway speed 35-40mpg never got close to 50mpg though!

Congratulations on yours OP I love them in black, I wish you many happy miles in it!

I'm a 'black car' person, really.

I tend to prefer colours that look like you look after them, should you spend a lot of your time on the bodywork. This is why I have never got on with silver cars.

Out of my last 5 cars, only two haven't been black.

The one thing I would say, is that the 100hp Grille and arch extensions might have stood out a bit more if I had gone for a different colour - I quite like the White ones because of that.


Most comments I hear/read about black cars are that they "always need washing" or "they're dirty 5 minutes later", which never seems to be the case if you put the time (once a year, say) to probably lay on some decent protection, and top up every 2-3 months.



I have found that standard speed humps like these:


...are an issue, due to the track not quite being wide enough to straddle the hump, but you can dart inbetween them more comfortably. There are some sleeping policemen type humps around the town by me, which are quite harsh whatever you're in. I've certainly still not found the suspension/ride as harsh as what the other owners say, but I guess it depends what you've come from - I've had a lot of cars that are much harder in ride on standard setups, but if you had just sold a wallowey softly sprung 1.1, or something with big squishy tyres/longer travel, then most cars would seem quite firm in comparison.

[Balmoral]

cj2013 said:

Drain holes weren't blocked at all....

The scuttle on our Panda used to fill up with water due to this, it's a terrible piece of design. Cut the front part of the "beak" flap off with scissors and it'll be fine from then on.