Grande Punto My 2008 Eleganza :D

I went out with a mate in his Brera today: I must admit, it was surprisingly comfy! That said, I wouldn't want leather sports seats in any car, lol! I definitely wouldn't fancy controlling 200 bhp either, lol!

Reading a Top Gear magazine from 2015, (I have quite a backlog of reading!) and in the Lifers section, they had just taken delivery of a brand new Audi TT. A few of the optional extras which they had specified on it were as follows: Bluetooth, rear parking sensors and climate control.

Now I know that german cars are notorious for their stingy standard kit levels and rip off options lists, but for those 3 things to be optional extras on a TT is crazy! All 3 pieces of kit were fitted to my ageing Grande AS STANDARD!!!

puntofan01 I emailed VW and BMW to ask them to explain to me what 'German engineering' is, and how it makes their cars any better than the likes of Toyota etc. Wonder what they'll say lol

LMAO!!! That's just too funny, lol! I will be interested to know if they respond, lol!

Hello there,

I have a just purchased a grande punto elegaza too, only trouble is it did not come with an owners manual, I am tring to locate the fuse for the internal fan/blower, would you be able to tell me the location of the fuse pretty please

It doesn't actually say in the manual! :/

The Grande had its MOT, a full service, a new sump and was waxoyled underneath today. The only advisories were exhaust pipe related, and there was a nail in 1 of the tires, which was repaired. I'm happy, and very relieved, lol!

puntofan01 said:

The Grande had its MOT, a full service, a new sump and was waxoyled underneath today. The only advisories were exhaust pipe related, and there was a nail in 1 of the tires, which was repaired. I'm happy, and very relieved, lol!

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Good to hear an update!

Did you Waxoyl it yourself?

Been meaning to do this to my Panda for over a year now :-(

@ Sweenstar,

did you finally locate the fan fuse ?

Rgds, Bernie

SB1500 said:

Good to hear an update!

Did you Waxoyl it yourself?

Been meaning to do this to my Panda for over a year now :-(

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Nah the mechanic did it whilst he had it the other day.

Today marks 3 years since I got this beautiful car home, and I must admit, I'm still immensely impressed with it! So far, I've covered 15,500 miles in it, and I still find it a comfortable and enjoyable car to own and drive.

puntofan01 said:

Today marks 3 years since I got this beautiful car home, and I must admit, I'm still immensely impressed with it! So far, I've covered 15,500 miles in it, and I still find it a comfortable and enjoyable car to own and drive.

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I've done around 20,000 in mines and I've only had it for about a year and a half!

Lol! I only covered 15,000 miles in my old mk2b, and I had that nearly 4 years, lol!

@ Sweenstar,

maybe some forumers would have appreciated an update about your fan fuse location issue ...

On Tuesday, the Grande had new rear shock absorbers, and a new oil pressure switch. Fingers crossed, that's finally cured the minor oil leak it's had for a while.

I don't know if it's just the placebo effect at play, but it did feel different on the fast and twisty bits of road on the to and from a banger racemeet today. "Perfectly decent entry level hooliganism": I'd agree with that, lol! ?

Well, the old beast hit 68,000 miles today, meaning I've done nearly 20k in it so far!

puntofan01 said:

Well, the old beast hit 68,000 miles today, meaning I've done nearly 20k in it so far!

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Plenty of life left in her yet! I believe my Panda was handed over from my granny to my sister in 2013 at that very mileage of 68,000!

Blimey! So in less than 5 years, you and your sister have put over 50k on the clock?

Yes lol I got it in 2015 with 98,000 and in just over two years have put 27,000 on it!!! Isn’t it mad?

Interested to see how far these FIRE engines can go. I’m sure you’re the same! Here’s to 2018 and putting more miles on them!

I think the electrics will die on my car before the engine does, lol! Hopefully that won't be for a few years yet though! Yep, here's to many more years of happy Fiating!