I'm not sure if many of you know but Alan and I have a habit of taking our small Fiats on 'Adventures' cause Mini owners just can't have it all their own way.... Our 500 is going to tackle the USA this summer so we thought today we'd introduce him to the Atlantic as he'll be crossing it in about 3 months!
Have to say the day didn't start out well.... Freezing fog most of the way from Belfast to Donegal.
But the weather cleared a bit as we crossed over the border
God, it's big inside!
This is Fred and he's quite well known in the panda section as goes on all our trips so he's crossed the USA, Europe and dipped into Asia and the African Sahara! He's a bit disappointed that there's no where up front for him in the 500....
Round about here was the point that we realized that Fiat 500's have really no suspension or that the dealer left the chocks on it after it came off the transporter.... Well, it does make it go round corners nicely but I'm sure the focus in front does too but the occupants of it looked a lot less sick
Very 'West Coast' (of Ireland!)
The 500 and the Atlantic finally meet!
Journeys end, Donegal Bay and time for a food feed in the Harbour Restaurant and start making plans to tackle the USA in the 500!
On the motorway home... Baring in mind that the roads where crap, I was floggin it on most of the day and that it was minus 3 outside the little car did very well on it's first trip.
Jim
Have to say the day didn't start out well.... Freezing fog most of the way from Belfast to Donegal.
But the weather cleared a bit as we crossed over the border
God, it's big inside!
This is Fred and he's quite well known in the panda section as goes on all our trips so he's crossed the USA, Europe and dipped into Asia and the African Sahara! He's a bit disappointed that there's no where up front for him in the 500....
Round about here was the point that we realized that Fiat 500's have really no suspension or that the dealer left the chocks on it after it came off the transporter.... Well, it does make it go round corners nicely but I'm sure the focus in front does too but the occupants of it looked a lot less sick
Very 'West Coast' (of Ireland!)
The 500 and the Atlantic finally meet!
Journeys end, Donegal Bay and time for a food feed in the Harbour Restaurant and start making plans to tackle the USA in the 500!
On the motorway home... Baring in mind that the roads where crap, I was floggin it on most of the day and that it was minus 3 outside the little car did very well on it's first trip.
Jim
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