Well new to me maybe:
I was considering the 2nd generation Panda to buy but recently had a 3rd generation 1.2 on hire for 6 weeks so I was wondering whether spending the extra was worthwhile!
Fundamentally it don't seem much different to the 2nd gen, just bent tin and formed plastics.
I'm disappointed that there is no bluetooth or aux input as standard. No exterior temp gauge....standard on virtually every other car these days, it gets hot here in southern Spain.
There is an incessant squeak (rubber rubbing noise) around the passenger "B"post as if the door is not shut or the body is flexing.
Brakes are violent....well compared to my Fiesta and Volvo V40.
It bounces all over the place on non tarmac roads but then it weighs no more than a bag full of shopping and a crate of beer!
Driving position limited comfort (telescopic column would help) but headroom counters this.
Shift light drives you potty and so does the incessant ding ding ding which I think you can turn down but not off.
I can pay 4K€ for a 2 or 6K€+ for an early 3.......1.2, don't trust diesels anymore second hand.
Worth the extra for a second car?
I was considering the 2nd generation Panda to buy but recently had a 3rd generation 1.2 on hire for 6 weeks so I was wondering whether spending the extra was worthwhile!
Fundamentally it don't seem much different to the 2nd gen, just bent tin and formed plastics.
I'm disappointed that there is no bluetooth or aux input as standard. No exterior temp gauge....standard on virtually every other car these days, it gets hot here in southern Spain.
There is an incessant squeak (rubber rubbing noise) around the passenger "B"post as if the door is not shut or the body is flexing.
Brakes are violent....well compared to my Fiesta and Volvo V40.
It bounces all over the place on non tarmac roads but then it weighs no more than a bag full of shopping and a crate of beer!
Driving position limited comfort (telescopic column would help) but headroom counters this.
Shift light drives you potty and so does the incessant ding ding ding which I think you can turn down but not off.
I can pay 4K€ for a 2 or 6K€+ for an early 3.......1.2, don't trust diesels anymore second hand.
Worth the extra for a second car?