Was well impressed with the panda after we decided to take it with us on our annual road trip to the War and Peace Show in Kent on the weekend. It was a last minute thing as we started loading up the Volvo and decided there wasent really enough room for people to fit in it with all the camping gear , as it was our friend was itching to go so an hour before we were about to leave it was decided the Panda was going aswell!

We quickly checked the oil and topped up the coolent and all the other usual stuff as it was a long journey (8 hours to get there). The whole way down and the whole way back was nothing but a smooth drive, even with it loaded full of camping gear it never once struggled and the temperature gague stayed just under 90 the whole trip.

After arriving back at home was happy to find that the car had used little to no oil (pretty good for 900 mile round trip I thought ) hopefully a sign that the engine has a lot of life left in it . Another benefit of taking the Panda with us is that it did not cost a lot in Petrol... It actually gets fuel mileage... be scared to know what the people in the WW2 army tanks at the show get .

The Football said:

The whole way down and the whole way back was nothing but a smooth drive, even with it loaded full of camping gear it never once struggled and the temperature gague stayed just under 90 the whole trip.

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Just incase we got confused with the MPH gague?

Good to see these old card still clocking up the miles. Will be taking the Tipo to Mitcar soon so there's 3 tanks of fuel and a bottle of oil!

As has been proven by various nutters on here, you can go anywhere in a Panda!

900 mile trip in a weekend.. excellent work . You've still got a way to go before you can dine out with the Istanbul crew, though :worship:

Cheers,

Plug (Panda section's 2000 mile a year lightweight )

Jim's the real nutter, Istanbul was only 6000ish, America was near 10,000

It's always good to hear that these Panda's are getting used properly and not suffering a jot as a result, also a testament to the bulit proof fire engine that fiat gave us

Well done! That's an 8 hour trip in a 750 if I'm not mistaken

Pandarus said:

Well done! That's an 8 hour trip in a 750 if I'm not mistaken

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If you're lucky I would say!

Pandarus said:

Well done! That's an 8 hour trip in a 750 if I'm not mistaken

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Yes and one sore behind from the lovely comfortable panda seats