Drove to work as usual and planned tomorrow's day off with "Totoro".
It clocks one year with more than 32.300 miles.

TheR said:

Absolutely but the first impression that made you take them of where mostly down to the high tyre pressure and lack of scrub in(imo).Also some of it might be down to the 195 tyre with very low sidewall.Lighter wheels will always be better in most respects though.

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Tire only weigh 7.020 Kg.

watched it drive by with new owner thinking was that mine?

Towed trailer to Manchester and back. Took a couple of tons of rubbish from house project to the tip and returned to Norfolk with trailer load of spare sand and gravel and a ship load of tools. Nice fast running. More mayo in the engine... It doesn't affect how well the car goes though. Its a very effective tow car with ample power to handle quite heavy loads. 37.8 mpg I suppose with the drag and weight for the trailer one should expect it to use less fuel than solo driving........ I cannot make out how the engine is mapped at all. Its consistently 35-37mpg when driven slower and lighter loaded. However mad it is I love driving the thing.

Please Panda Nut, just remind me what model and engine you have. Thanks

Put the Panda back on 16" steel with wheel covers, much better drive then on 17" LM's.
And a weigh reduction of 2.5+ Kg per wheel.

Gradually getting back to some of my hobbies after my darling wife passed away in January so did a 160 mile round trip today to pick up some vintage TV sets along with my mate from Ayr. Fair old weight in the Panda on the return journey, did 51mpg and that was doing 70-75mph and with a headwind on the outward journey.

mowermender70 said:

watched it drive by with new owner thinking was that mine?

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That's so sad!

Motorcyclist Colin said:

Please Panda Nut, just remind me what model and engine you have. Thanks

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Its a 2017 Twinair 0.9 4x4. The slime I moan about under the cam cover and oil cap, varies in quantity from day to day. I think I just about believe its OK, but am changing so I can have the max possible extended warranty for my peace of mind. Just turned 18K miles today and its running as sweet as a nut. I am nervous a new one might not be as good. The only gripe I have really is that Fiat said it would do 65mpg and nothing on this earth would get that out of it. Expectations now reset and cheating mpg figures replaced with a realistic figure, I am still much looking forward to another new one. It SHOULD, be the last car I ever buy. My intention will be a lease on an electric model next time. Tyres are still like new, brakes look unworn and the whole car is still looking good.

Today Panda T was towing the mower round the village. He gets into the allotments and on the Green as well as in the cemetery where he can squeeze in and leave no marks. Its not much justification for the 4x4, so when Noop gets here from Italy he and I are going straight back there for a ferret around in the Alps and Dolomites. Actually it might be an undercover trip to get some Italian Panda accessories on the not very QT.

Currently sitting in the observation booth at my local MOT station, like an anxious father, while my Wee Yellow Beastie gets poked and prodded. That year went stupidly fast...

Update: she passed with flying colours The only advisory was worn rear pads (half-worn, he reckoned), and evidence of binding on the rear brakes (which I was already aware of, on account of the banshee wailing from the rear end lately).

So, that's 4 years, 43k miles, and so far nothing's broken or fallen off. The only non-service costs have been 4 new tyres at just under 40k miles. Apart from the squeaky rear brakes (my job for today), and a squeaky front tweeter (cured with a piece of cardboard), the only fault so far is the wretched key fob, which only works when it wants to. A minisculely small irritation, all things considered.

So the last of the factory fit Goodyears got changed today after 44620 miles ..the N/S/R ...I Got a mid range tyre... with all four wheels re balanced and tracking done for £90.00..

Panda T was hauling wood, just local which is just as well as I suspect we had a tad more than 400kgs on board. It certainly doesn't complain about a load and manages to move off without leaving any marks or ruts. I am going to miss Panda T. He looks so grown up in dark blue. Tomorrow I should remove the tow bar for transfer to Noop. Someone is going to get a good buy when they purchase this one.

I took it for a drive to buy this

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Boo. You'll regret it.... I looked long and hard at a 595 180 but decided it was too hard sprung. That id definitely a sign of age!

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That thing is a beauty and a death trap, beautifully rolled into one in a way that only the Italians could do! Love it.

I suppose if you’ve a Panda too for more practical and less harsh runs it’s more tolerable?

Hi pandanut the 595 runs on 17s which do make it crash over bumps I test drove this then went in the back while my partner test drove, this runs on 16s and on two long city test drives seemed much better than my lowered loud exhaust mr2.
Sb1500 seemed quite practical and smooth compared to my slammed mr2 and at least it has a boot and rear seats, luxuries I've not had for a while, with only 2 rear boxes behind seats for storage in the mr2

Mind you the mr2 did corner at impossible speeds with no roll whatsoever !!!!!

Spent the last few days travelling through the Pyrenees and spent yesterday in Andorra where about 10% of all the cars we saw were Panda 4x4's.

If anyone ever goes to Andorra arrive with an empty tank as its the cheapest fuel on Europe.

Waited in for Auto glass to replace the screen in the panda ..After a tipper truck threw a stone up last Thursday.Sorted though the Auto glass web site excess paid £75.00.