LOL, to be honest the fogs are tiny and Ill never use them... the little spaces look like modern train buffers (I drive em) but I reckon Ill find something to stick there in time

It was funny today, my wifes not into cars really and I could sense she hated the new Panda and the way it was driving, after a couple of minutes in the 500 she was actually getting quite excited and she loved the engine note. I just cant wait for it to arrive, just worked out how much this engine is really going to cost, as Im having to move some cash about... ouch, but its worth it Be nice if it arrives April, as were off to Bavaria at the end of April.

nuovapanda said:

Be nice if it arrives April, as were off to Bavaria at the end of April.

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What a great first Road Trip!

Oh yes, love European roads. Whats the running in period for the diesel, and what sort of revs and speed should I do?

Err... Pass Sorry, don't know that one

I've only been with Fiat since October, so still learning.

fair dos, I bet even experienced salesmen dont know that one.

nuovapanda said:

fair dos, I bet even experienced salesmen dont know that one.

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Ouch!

nuovapanda said:

fair dos, I bet even experienced salesmen dont know that one.

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They should, as it's a fairly important bit of information that customers should be told on handover.

I can understand most salesmen not knowing much about engines (I certainly don't) because, let's face it, they don't really need to, but we should all know basic stuff like this.

(Makes a note to find out in the morning...)

nuovapanda said:

Whats the running in period for the diesel, and what sort of revs and speed should I do?

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Don't go past 5K for 1000 miles!

The Beast said:

Don't go past 5K for 1000 miles!

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5k?

That is high!

MINI say 3k for the first 1200 miles.

(See, I do learn the figures for the cars I sell eventually! )

The Beast is basically saying trash it from 0 miles. The diesel won't go much past 5k Scrogg - wake up

Suasexed said:

Scrogg - wake up

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Oh yeah!

Scrogg said:

5k?

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Once your past that initial period you can really start to open them up.

The Beast said:

Once your past that initial period you can really start to open them up.

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Yeah, yeah, O.K, keep laughing boys!

LOL, yeah 3k sounds about right... some Fiat people say thrash em from new, some say dont!

Just be sensible, don't over rev, don't labour then engine, don't use full trottle, using a variety of speeds is the most important thing really.

Scrogg said:

You mean like you're going to for buying a model that has a space where the Sport button should be?

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Maybe lol but buying a sport for me is a waste of time.

No 500 is going to compare to my current 240bhp Seat Leon, even a little 1.4 l with a so called ''Sport'' button, its hardly an M5 or a Ferrari. I want to travel in luxury and have my girly City 'button'

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Without them you have 2 black plastic things on each end of the front of your car and personally I think it looks silly without the lights there to make up the space.

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Don't forget you still get those black bumps whether you go for fogs or not. The difference is with fogs you get black bumps with holes in them

been trying to work out what to do with the bumps without fogs... thing is the fogs are so small anyway. There must be something you could stick on the bumps instead

nuovapanda said:

There must be something you could stick on the bumps instead

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How about some of these?

I'm going to stick nipples on mine. They are her breasts after all.