Hi everyone,

Just a quick hello as I’ve been very kindly given a 2013 TA Panda 4x4 as a wedding gift. Perfect for snowy jaunts across Perthshire.
I can’t believe how much fun this little (albeit thirsty) engine is.
Anyway, looking forward to having a Fiat in my life again as my first ever car was an Uno.

Pointless waffle over!

Welcome to the forum

Lovely prezzie to get
Enjoy the car and the forum

Wonky Legs said:

Hi everyone,

Just a quick hello as I’ve been very kindly given a 2013 TA Panda 4x4 as a wedding gift. Perfect for snowy jaunts across Perthshire.
I can’t believe how much fun this little (albeit thirsty) engine is.
Anyway, looking forward to having a Fiat in my life again as my first ever car was an Uno.

Pointless waffle over!

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A lovely wedding present. Someone sees you as a person of taste. Enjoy.

Thanks for the welcome ?

ambient white said:

Someone sees you as a person of taste. Enjoy.

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It could get awkward if they didn’t as it was their daughter I married haha!

Welcome to the wonderful world of overestimating the abilities of the car and being surprised at how accomplished it turns out to be.

Hi and welcome.

I loved the Uno too.

TA's are great...and its only Thirsty because you are LOVIN'IT.. !!

Congrats on :

Finding FF
Getting a 4x4
Inheriting a Wife


Swap order/phrases to suit..

Charlie

varesecrazy said:

TA's are great...and its only Thirsty because you are LOVIN'IT.. !!

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Guilty as charged M'lud.

Hi there, and welcome!

I loved our Uno SX. It seemed sooooo cool at the time (3 door, metallic grey ) and was pretty quick point-to-point. Lovely seats, too!

Chopped it in for a Mk 1 (or was it a Mk 2? ) Panda 4x4, when we moved from the sticks to the quagmire!

30 years on, I'm still living in the quagmire (part of the time, anyway) - hence the Cross!

gar074 said:

It seemed sooooo cool at the time

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I had the 5 door, my mates were not shy in telling me just how uncool it was. Funny how none of them could drive let alone afford to run a car!

I LOVED that Uno, it never let me down. I feel the same love for my 4x4 why did I ever leave Fiats?

Wonky Legs said:

I had the 5 door, my mates were not shy in telling me just how uncool it was. Funny how none of them could drive let alone afford to run a car!

I LOVED that Uno, it never let me down. I feel the same love for my 4x4 why did I ever leave Fiats?

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Fiats may be uncool, but I am pretty sure that on my trip over the pennines and back down the east coast into snow bound norfolk last week (ish) I would have not got home without the Panda. A Golf in front of me totally lost it for no apparent reason. I bet M&S did some good underwear sales that weekend! Panda didnt see tarmac for about 130 miles and was faultless the stability and effortless progress was remarkable. It carried on as if on rails.

He can now drink as much petrol as he wants. I don't care. He's a true mate!

Me and the wife were on an unploughed ungritted singletrack in the highlands in March after the big snow, it was the first trip away since being given the 4x4. We only ended up on that particular road due to a road closure and the whole way I couldn’t believe just how capable that little thing was.

I fell in love with it on that drive and I’ll always have one as one of my cars in the future.

Wonky Legs said:

Guilty as charged M'lud.

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If Pandatoni drunk beer like he drinks petrol I would think he was a proper bloke. So petrol is the new beer then!

My love for my little purple panda just keeps on growing, I only got through 5 full tanks on my latest jolly around the highlands