Panda My 100hp :)

Fiatpandan said:

Wow 197,000 miles that's nearly 10 times what my car has done so that's a good sign!

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Going by that, hopefully my 54,000 mile Grande Punto 1.4 8v should have plenty of life left in it, lol!

nice one

elder81, we haven't had an update for a while!

puntofan01 said:

elder81, we haven't had an update for a while!

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Busy at the chiropractor I expect..

As you can see from the blurry picture . She has just past 199,000 and is running like a dream. Just had a minor suspension refresh and has no knocking or anything.

I am starting to get a little more confident in her now as putting a fair fews miles on her, so really starting to understand how to drive her hard.

Love it and cannot wait to get her to 225,000 miles

elder81: we need an update!

Update:


She went for her MOT last week and passed with flying colours. The tester asked my dad if the miles were genuine as he has never seen such a clean car underneath. No rust or anything unexpected.


Note the number of advisories


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/elder81/Panda 100hp/Panda MOT 91115.jpg

elder81 said:

Update:


She went for her MOT last week and passed with flying colours. The tester asked my dad if the miles were genuine as he has never seen such a clean car underneath. No rust or anything unexpected.


Note the number of advisories


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/elder81/Panda 100hp/Panda MOT 91115.jpg

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Respect to the Panda!!!

BIG respect again!


Sadly sold mine the other day with nearly 108k on the clock, hope it continues to put the miles on like yours has!

elder81, an update on the Panda?

puntofan01 said:

@elder81, an update on the Panda?

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No updates whatsoever, which is a good thing. She is sitting outside my flat in as good a condition as ever.Still drives like a dream and trust me I push her hard.


I will be starting a thread entitled:

"Operation hide the mileage"

soon as I want to hide the mileage as much as possible.


Gave it a simple clean the other day and a colleague commented on how good it was looking.


Just approaching 204,000 now


I love Fiat's, my first car was an Uno 45 that got ragged, did hand brake turns (To impress the ladies don't you know) and even hit 100mph on a downhill stretch a motorway. It never went wrong and was in better condition when I sold it than when I bought it.

I then had a coupe 20vt for 10 years which again never missed a beat and was a dream to own.

Now the 100hp and cannot fault it in anyway. I don't get the complaints about soft alloys and harsh ride, mine is spot on.

I absolutely love Fiats as well: my parents owned a mk2 Punto which lead to me buying a mk2b, and I now have the Grande in my picture.

Btw, it's good to hear that the Panda is still fighting fit!

What a great wee car. Just shows you how much scare mongering there is online and in forums these days. If you treat something right then it will last.

Elder81, how's things with the Panda?

puntofan01 said:

Elder81, how's things with the Panda?

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She is till flying along and has now hit 206,000 miles.


The magnetti Marelli centre pipe is nice too but need a little more noise.


A council guy smashed my window last week when his strimmer hit a stone into the offside rear window. Turns out its fiat part only and inlcuding labour cost £208 to replace. They are covering the costs thankfully.


I have decided that I am going to keep this long term as was only supposed to be a stop gap, but can't bring myself to sell it.

206,000 miles?! This is inspiring as my Panda is at 108,000 and people seem to think 'that's all a petrol has in it'.

I wish you many more miles with your 100hp. Could you get 300k?! I hope so

elder81 said:

She is till flying along and has now hit 206,000 miles.


The magnetti Marelli centre pipe is nice too but need a little more noise.


A council guy smashed my window last week when his strimmer hit a stone into the offside rear window. Turns out its fiat part only and inlcuding labour cost £208 to replace. They are covering the costs thankfully.


I have decided that I am going to keep this long term as was only supposed to be a stop gap, but can't bring myself to sell it.

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Immensely impressive! At least the repairs won't cost you anything.

And nah, you definitely can't sell it, lol!

I love this thread.. 206000 miles and counting on a 1.4 Fiat.... amazing:slayer::worship:

How is she mechanically after all those miles. Mines just getting to 97K and still feels sounds and goes much like new.??