Agreed. Our Becky (169 Panda) on it's 155/80R13 tyres rides the bumps and potholes so much better than Twinkle, our Ibiza, on her 185/60R15 jobbies. Of course a lot is down to the suspension too but the Panda is sort of soft, compliant and comfortable whereas the Ibiza definitely "crashes" over the larger bumps and holes. Wonder what my daughter in law's "new" Mazda 2, on it's 195/45R16 size will be like?
so after an entire morning doing it, it is now gleaming like it was before & the said scratch has vanished
I used Turtle Wax hybrid solutions black polish topped with Soft 99 dark & black wax although not perfect as some swirl marks remain a lot of the car came up a lot better but it's still really clean for a 5 year old black car
& then I felt the broken wheel trim after my little incident in the snow
was letting it down a bit, so was looking on Partsworld & they had a 10% off sale on so I got a set of genuine K Way wheel trims for £4.50 each, a brand new spare rim & a genuine old stock exhaust trim from a mk1 Bravo which happens to fit the Panda quite well even though it looks a little bigger than it looked online, it'll do until I can get hold of a genuine Panda one.
Nothing quite as smart as a nice and shiny black car, and that's yours! Makes that Mini behind it look "grubby"!After polishing the Panda at the beginning of the week I fitted a pair of genuine 500 Italian flag wing badges, those of you with eagle eyes will notice that the one on the passenger side wing is in fact the wrong way round which I only noticed after I put it on, at least it's the same way round as the driver's side so it looks even on both sides
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That Mini was tatty but nowhere near as bad as the car parked in front, I think it was an Astra
Good buys!After polishing the Panda at the beginning of the week I fitted a pair of genuine 500 Italian flag wing badges, those of you with eagle eyes will notice that the one on the passenger side wing is in fact the wrong way round which I only noticed after I put it on, at least it's the same way round as the driver's side so it looks even on both sides
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45 series tyres are a bloody nightmare. I ended up with 12 wheels for my Panda 100. One set on one at the wheel wrights being straightened and one beyond economic repair. See if you can go up to 185 55. A better compromise and less potho;le damage I suspect. See if there are alternative sizes in the handbook. I will not have another car on tyres of this profile. I cant afford the repair bills! No more uni directional tyres apart from the winter ones as that was another lesson hard learned.
Yup. "doughnut" tyre profile - how about a WW2 humber staff car - and definitely no rotationally sensitive tyres for me. Asymmetric tread patterns absolutely fine but I'm not prepared to live with the restriction of a directional tread pattern on a road tyre.
How long have you been waiting. Son in law has now been waiting about 2 years - I think - for his new Skoda Enyaq!Today like every day for the past couple of months I continue to wonder when mine will ever get delivered
as they sound distorted so went onto good old ebay & found an upgrade kit specific for 2012 on Panda's which included 2 JBL 6.5in 2 way speakers with the adapters, fitting kit & the wiring connectors to fit onto factory loom all for £68 with free 24hr tracked delivery, I bought the factory size as I do not want to be drilling holes & want to keep it standard looking, I just want decent working speakers that are not distorted so these should rectify the problem
