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While I was upside down under my Panda with a tape measure a local lad said "that's going to be the ultimate Panda when your finished". I disagree with this even though it was a really nice thing to say. My Panda is being built to a very limited budget with a single goal in mind, the PPC £999 Challenge.
It got me thinking though (never a good thing) about the Max Power/Fast Car/Redline days where about once every two months or so as well as having a Nissan GTR with a hundred more horse power than the month before and "The Ultimate" would be spread across the cover in neon ink and a picture of Zoe McConnel with her boobs covered by her forearm (Hi Zoe if you're a member of the forum). Turns out the "Ultimate Saxo" was always a standard powered car with chrome and polished bits in the engine bay, standard brakes with drilled discs under wheels that would better suit a John Deer tractor, suspension so low you need to see your dentist every time you drive over a pebble and a fiberglass body kit held on with tiger seal and filler painted in a House of Kolor candy or flip with a pearl lacquer. About four lines into the article would be the tag line "this is the car *insert manufacturer here* should have built". It was all nonsence and if it wasn't for Zoe McConnel I would never have bought the gutter motoring tabloid in the first place. I don't think even Citroen would consider the dangerously cut and shut, body kitted, monstrosity with more money spent on paint than the car was worth and Lamborghini door hinges "The Ultimate"; but in the eyes of the owner, the person who's hard earned (?) cash, time, effort that's gone into it the car is their ultimate. I guess for what it was built to do (sell parts and services so other people can make their car as dangerous) it probably was the ultimate.
Anyway that's enough shooting barreled fish. What would be "The Ultimate" Panda (or any Fiat).
The concourse MkI build is superb, but in my opinion the ultimate needs to be a car you can use every day without feeling guilty and going over it with a microscope every time you go to the shop.
The track day and drag Pandas are purposeful but limited.
The big I.C.E Pandas are a bit of a joke.
So for me a tidy looking car in a nice colour that's capable on the track, practical on the road and has a decent (sound quality not quantity) stereo.
What would you "Ultimate" Fiat be?
It got me thinking though (never a good thing) about the Max Power/Fast Car/Redline days where about once every two months or so as well as having a Nissan GTR with a hundred more horse power than the month before and "The Ultimate" would be spread across the cover in neon ink and a picture of Zoe McConnel with her boobs covered by her forearm (Hi Zoe if you're a member of the forum). Turns out the "Ultimate Saxo" was always a standard powered car with chrome and polished bits in the engine bay, standard brakes with drilled discs under wheels that would better suit a John Deer tractor, suspension so low you need to see your dentist every time you drive over a pebble and a fiberglass body kit held on with tiger seal and filler painted in a House of Kolor candy or flip with a pearl lacquer. About four lines into the article would be the tag line "this is the car *insert manufacturer here* should have built". It was all nonsence and if it wasn't for Zoe McConnel I would never have bought the gutter motoring tabloid in the first place. I don't think even Citroen would consider the dangerously cut and shut, body kitted, monstrosity with more money spent on paint than the car was worth and Lamborghini door hinges "The Ultimate"; but in the eyes of the owner, the person who's hard earned (?) cash, time, effort that's gone into it the car is their ultimate. I guess for what it was built to do (sell parts and services so other people can make their car as dangerous) it probably was the ultimate.
Anyway that's enough shooting barreled fish. What would be "The Ultimate" Panda (or any Fiat).
The concourse MkI build is superb, but in my opinion the ultimate needs to be a car you can use every day without feeling guilty and going over it with a microscope every time you go to the shop.
The track day and drag Pandas are purposeful but limited.
The big I.C.E Pandas are a bit of a joke.
So for me a tidy looking car in a nice colour that's capable on the track, practical on the road and has a decent (sound quality not quantity) stereo.
What would you "Ultimate" Fiat be?
haven't you got a bathroom?
