General advice please!!!!!!

[Pandarus]

Alex congrats looks very clean so I hope it all goes well, before going too far check the gearbox fluid.

CW things you say used to supprise me but I think I'm becoming immune to your antics

Hi Alex, yes hope all goes well...did you say it was a 400 mile trip?

 

[Steven]

Alex, brilliant. I hope your Gran has luck with it.

Christopher, I'm not even going to ask!

 

[Alex B]

yes offered him £300 cash, says there is no rust just a bubble on drivers door. im in yorkshire, the panda is in essex lol so quite a trip indeed. it was his girlfriends and shes gone to uni. he didnt sound dodgey (you know when there telling fibs) and he didnt know what it was i.e. i think its worth a little more than £300. he snapped it up straight away so nobody go offering him more please lol.

 

[Steven]

With an MOT to next August and only 41k on the clock it seem a reasonable deal at £300. That's top money for a Panda these days so if it's not in very good nick I'd walk away. Make sure there are no clonks from the gearbox and if there is then don't walk away. Run!

 

[Alex B]

i thought it was pretty good considering its not rusted and its an auto with low milage. we shall see though. i know the trouble spots on the body etc but ive never had a selecta so im looking out for:

oil in the gear box
clunking
clutch slipping

anything else?

 

[Steven]

That's about it. Just the usual Panda stuff from there. I'm sure the Selecta boys will correct me though.

 

[Pandarus]

yes offered him £300 cash, says there is no rust just a bubble on drivers door. im in yorkshire, the panda is in essex lol so quite a trip indeed. it was his girlfriends and shes gone to uni. he didnt sound dodgey (you know when there telling fibs) and he didnt know what it was i.e. i think its worth a little more than £300. he snapped it up straight away so nobody go offering him more please lol.

I got mine from e-bay in a cash deal...went to have a look at it (incredibly the car was local and just 2 miles away), took the cash with me just in case and the seller agreed to take it off straight away (sorry, I know that's naughty but hey ho)

ps.give us a wave if you drive past ipswich!

 

[Steven]

That not naughty, it's business. It would only be naughty if you were screwing someone over in the process.

 

[Alex B]

i got my parade on ebay to, had only done 22,000 miles so didnt feel the need to go and view first. £480 was a little steep though.

 

[Pandarus]

i got my parade on ebay to, had only done 22,000 miles so didnt feel the need to go and view first. £480 was a little steep though.

22K though Alex, that's nearly a new car.

I paid just £130 for mine with 35K on the clock BUT no MOT. Getting the car sorted for MOT has been no picnic as it has not been used too much in 2 years which has not done it a lot of good.

 

[FuzzyPanda]

had only done 22,000 miles so didnt feel the need to go and view first

On cars as old as Pandas, such a low mileage is worth looking into. If mine was that low I'd want to know what it'd been used for. A car that spends its life doing lots of small trips won't be all that healthy.

I'm going to make sure my next car has a fair amount of/full service history. This one seems to have got up to all sorts before being mine! And this gives me a new thread idea.

 

[Alan.D]

My sisley was on 68,000 when I bought it and is now 75,000. I paid the princely sum of £122 for it, The gearbox was knackered but that was the only problem. He didn't advertise it as a Sisley and there wasn't any pics on e-bay when he auctioned it. I was supprised to say the least when he e-mailed the pics and had to get it. These were the original pics

 

[Pandarus]

My sisley was on 68,000 when I bought it and is now 75,000. I paid the princely sum of £122 for it, The gearbox was knackered but that was the only problem. He didn't advertise it as a Sisley and there wasn't any pics on e-bay when he auctioned it. I was supprised to say the least when he e-mailed the pics and had to get it. These were the original pics

When my 750 grows up, she wants to be a Sisley...!

 

[Alan.D]

I have enough bits to make it a sisley look a like

 

[beau]

do the panda selecta have the same gearbox as the punto? do they break and cost £600 like the punto?

 

[JimMagill]

do the panda selecta have the same gearbox as the punto? do they break and cost £600 like the punto?

Usually more....

Jim

 

[christopher watson]

do the panda selecta have the same gearbox as the punto? do they break and cost £600 like the punto?

dont say that, my panda might get ideas