Posted By: Brilly1uk
Fiat Panda - 07/06/2021 20:31
My Alfa Spider is stuck at a specialist garage whilst various parts are awaited to sort out a number of "issues", mainly electrical and roof related.
The irony being the hottest weekend of the year so far and no convertible with which to enjoy the open air!
Anyways, the supplied loan car is a boggo standard 8 year old Fiat Panda and I have to say I have quite enjoyed poodling about in it.
Its plus points are it is perfect for my narrow local country lanes, it has nicely weighted steering and a comfortable pliant ride.
£20 nearly fills the tank!
Having done 62k, it still lacks any annoying rattles and drives overall very nicely, if not in a hurried way.
I would suggest not one for doing particularly long trips, but the perfect shopping trolley with which you do not have to worry unduly, what might happen to it when you have left parked at B&Q or Tescos
A local garage forecourt has a very similar one on for £2500 and I would say for that money, as a cheap runabout, you could do a lot worse?
The perfect 1st car perhaps?
I think the engine in mine must be a 1.2 4 cylinder as opposed to a 2 cylinder, because a normal revs, it sounds like a sewing machine and imagine the Twin Air to be a bit noisier?
All in all I was pleasantly surprised how good the Panda actual is.....
The irony being the hottest weekend of the year so far and no convertible with which to enjoy the open air!
Anyways, the supplied loan car is a boggo standard 8 year old Fiat Panda and I have to say I have quite enjoyed poodling about in it.
Its plus points are it is perfect for my narrow local country lanes, it has nicely weighted steering and a comfortable pliant ride.
£20 nearly fills the tank!
Having done 62k, it still lacks any annoying rattles and drives overall very nicely, if not in a hurried way.
I would suggest not one for doing particularly long trips, but the perfect shopping trolley with which you do not have to worry unduly, what might happen to it when you have left parked at B&Q or Tescos
A local garage forecourt has a very similar one on for £2500 and I would say for that money, as a cheap runabout, you could do a lot worse?
The perfect 1st car perhaps?
I think the engine in mine must be a 1.2 4 cylinder as opposed to a 2 cylinder, because a normal revs, it sounds like a sewing machine and imagine the Twin Air to be a bit noisier?
All in all I was pleasantly surprised how good the Panda actual is.....