Here's a post I was avoiding making the past fortnight... But I've went ahead and made the switch. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I spotted a DS3 for sale near me that caught my eye and despite about a week or so of debating whether or not to buy it, it won me over in the end... Spelling the end of just over a year with my 2017 Fiat Panda Easy. Inside the year I did 16,000 miles and would have been well on track for 20,000 had it not been for lockdown. It has been a great little car and was a great step up from the last Panda, much more grown up feeling. I still think it's a quirky and stunning design (like nothing else you see, really) and that it's the best car in its class though not without its annoyances like anything.
I traded it in (poor idea, but I figured it would take me weeks to sell it and that cash used buyers wouldn't be about in their masses after lockdown) about two weeks ago for this 2017 DS 3 Prestige 1.6 BlueHDI which is a totally different machine in so many ways. I still think diesel is stupid in something as small as a car, and it's grossly overcomplex looking in the engine bay (I hope to learn to understand it as well as I did the simple 1.2 FIRE engine). But it is phenomenal in comparison to put the foot down on a long road with 120hp in a car not too much bigger than the Panda was (at least it doesn't seem to be much bigger). It's a lot less practical but it's smooth, quiet and quick enough. I know that the Panda will long outlive it due to its simplicity and proven engineering versus what's essentially a fancy Citroen lol This was 17,000 miles and £9k. I thought it to be a good deal, especially as NI car dealers seem to buy them over from the mainland and add anything from a grand to the price. It originated from somewhere in Wales with a CF prefix reg.
Anyway, the Panda will be missed. I will miss having a reason to post on here and I will miss the simplicity, utility and charm of the Panda and Fiat in general. But it's time to try something different. I could be back some day!!!
Thanks to everybody who has helped me out with my Panda's over the past six years since joining the forum. I've never come across another forum as good as this in any topic!
I traded it in (poor idea, but I figured it would take me weeks to sell it and that cash used buyers wouldn't be about in their masses after lockdown) about two weeks ago for this 2017 DS 3 Prestige 1.6 BlueHDI which is a totally different machine in so many ways. I still think diesel is stupid in something as small as a car, and it's grossly overcomplex looking in the engine bay (I hope to learn to understand it as well as I did the simple 1.2 FIRE engine). But it is phenomenal in comparison to put the foot down on a long road with 120hp in a car not too much bigger than the Panda was (at least it doesn't seem to be much bigger). It's a lot less practical but it's smooth, quiet and quick enough. I know that the Panda will long outlive it due to its simplicity and proven engineering versus what's essentially a fancy Citroen lol This was 17,000 miles and £9k. I thought it to be a good deal, especially as NI car dealers seem to buy them over from the mainland and add anything from a grand to the price. It originated from somewhere in Wales with a CF prefix reg.
Anyway, the Panda will be missed. I will miss having a reason to post on here and I will miss the simplicity, utility and charm of the Panda and Fiat in general. But it's time to try something different. I could be back some day!!!
Thanks to everybody who has helped me out with my Panda's over the past six years since joining the forum. I've never come across another forum as good as this in any topic!
