Panda 2012+ A New Sunset Red Panda

[deeyup]

Lovely! The colour looks well nice!

do fiat make tailored seat covers?

 

[nigelspanda]

I do not know if they sell any I bought these from argos £20 there only light covers but at least they keep the seats clean

went up to Northampton to where we used to live 1968 43.6 MPG there and back 125 miles running at 50 to 60 mph ECO mode

 

[alamar]

Looking great.
You should buy some rubber mats as I see plenty of dirt on the floor. You can get genuine Fiat at your dealer or custom tailored on amazon
Fiat Panda 2012 Onwards Tailored Rubber Car Mats: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Can't say I like the white airbag cover :yuck:

Rest looks though

 

[jamesbrownontheroad]

Quick question - do car seat covers like this interfere with the safe operation of seat mounted side airbags?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Quick question - do car seat covers like this interfere with the safe operation of seat mounted side airbags?

Yes, including 'airbag safe' ones. Not sure if the mk4 has thorax airbags fitted as standard though.

 

[Super Uwe]

Great colour Nigel!

Funnily enough we followed one on the way down to South Devon yesterday, and I have to say it looks sweet when the sun is shining.

There was also one waiting to be picked up on the day we got our car last year, it was really overcast that day and I have to say it didn't float my boat back then. But my opinion has changed; of course this will make ALL the difference for you now....

 

[JTD_Liam]

Would I have seen this Sunset Red little beast parked up in Bladon, Oxfordshire this afternoon? The one I saw also had some cheeky toy Panda's in the back windows!

 

[nigelspanda]

yes you did that was my car Did some interesting speeds because of missed turn oxford bladon but went a34 middleton stonie by mistake so drove at speed to get back to bladon my sister has a B&B teashop there but went to the pub close by

 

[nigelspanda]

my car has autolock function comes On locks car doors 12-14 mph
but now ihave turned this function OFF
Anyway the was out for once so I took some pics of my car and bike
I hope you like these as tere is more

 

[deeyup]

Love it! Panda 4x4. My ultimate car!

You should have bought orange to match the bike!!

 

[nigelspanda]

Hello deeyup the reason I wanted that colour was I Have Names for my bikes and cars as the name of my car was going to be called ROSIE I wanted some Reddish Colour I could have chosen Cancan red but that was flat I wanted it to sparkle My bikes name is Larraine I chose that name even before looking buying the bike
also I bought private plates for my car with the letter R = Rosie
did not do that for my bike
this is a pic of my last car Panda MK3 MJ 1.3
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this cat was called Katie hence the number plate YTE

although wen I had the bike for a time the orange looks good but I like the sunset red as its not to bright

 

[nigelspanda]

I was cleaning the inside of my car sunday when I noticed 2 plastic bits sticking out from when they reconnected my heater seats tonight I tried inserting a screwdriver to get back in position but have made marks I will have to go back to the dealer garage ,I hope me fiddlling with it will not affect the warranty on my car I did not go back to them because it took several days to get them to fix my heater switches







as you can see the marks where I twisted the screwdriver try to these 2 bits into there slots

 

[deeyup]

Oh no. Hope they are sympathetic and fix it for you.

 

[nigelspanda]

I phoned them at 9.30 this morning and told them what had happened
they said my waranty will be alright,
I took my car to the garage 2.45 and they Fixed the panel in 15 mins

Thanks Deeyup for your concern

THANKS HARTWELLS ABINGDON 10/10

 

[nigelspanda]

Took my car to Duxford IWM aircraft museum started off at 7.30 get there just after 10am went Abingdon-oxford-bister-bucks-Bedford-Cambridge way but some traffic at Buckingham and Milton Keynes came back M11-M25-M40 longer but better route only the works traffic on the M25 slowed me down My speed coming back was 70-80 mph up to 3500 rpm and I did switch between normal and Eco mode perhaps not good at going around corners between motorways drove about 225 miles haven't had a look at mpg yet but I think on the way there 39.5 ,Only 2 bad things happen today first mysat nav Garmin Zummo 660 says "system software missing" = I think I might have to send it to Garmin office to get it replaced , the second is I lost my house keys but I phoned up Duxford I think they have been handed In,after I rang them up , will have to look up total mpg ,forgot to say it was very nice whether






just had a look trip distance 223.6 miles 40.6 mpg that's good as I was running 3000 - 3500 rpm motorway -duel carriageway speeds I could have made it on the 80% fuel I had in the tank but as the fuel light was on I filled up just before getting back to oxford

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

Car looks great man, very nice colour - gotta love those new Pandas!

 

[Moultoneer]

I phoned them at 9.30 this morning and told them what had happened
they said my waranty will be alright,
I took my car to the garage 2.45 and they Fixed the panel in 15 mins

Thanks Deeyup for your concern

THANKS HARTWELLS ABINGDON 10/10

This is good to hear as my Panda Trekking is on order from Hartwells

It's taking so long, they've had to do a free MOT on my Alfa Mito,
which they valued for p/ex months ago

This'll actually be the 3rd car I've bought from them- the first being a
s/h Metro in 1982 and the second a Rover 220SD in 1996 (a friend's
still running that car )



Chris

 

[nigelspanda]

well this is only my 2nd car from them ,I went back to duxford today 235 miles again but got my house keys back