Dear Panda Lovers,
I have been on this site, and have posed questions, to which I have had some fine and genuine feedback from those in the Fiat camp. Thanks.
I had my heart set on a New, fully loaded, Panda 4 x 4, with ( against some advice ) a 1.3 Multijet Diesel Motor. The plan was, as I am going to retire, that this car would replace my much loved Honda CRV Diesel which I bought new in 2005, and it is still as new, but a lot more expensive to run than I hope the Panda will be.
Any way, with my mind all made up, and feeling good in my tummy about my first Fiat etc. I was reading my latest issue of Auto Express and "lo and behold" the results of a recent survey of over 46,000 readers rate Fiat as next to the very worst make of car to buy from a point of the Finish, the Braking, the Performance, Build Quality, Ease of Driving and in-car Tech.
Well, my balloon deflated Big Time. I have never owned a Fiat, mainly because of the rotton reputation over the years, but I genuinely thought they had got over that. I feel gutted to find out that current Fiat owners still rate the brand at the bottom of the pile.
Strangely, I am still drawn to the Panda I had my heart set on. Am I a blithering idiot, or what ? You will say if I don't want to buy it, no one is forcing me, and quite right. But I hope the article is unfair, and your thoughts would be valued - thanks. Madam Yap.
I have been on this site, and have posed questions, to which I have had some fine and genuine feedback from those in the Fiat camp. Thanks.
I had my heart set on a New, fully loaded, Panda 4 x 4, with ( against some advice ) a 1.3 Multijet Diesel Motor. The plan was, as I am going to retire, that this car would replace my much loved Honda CRV Diesel which I bought new in 2005, and it is still as new, but a lot more expensive to run than I hope the Panda will be.
Any way, with my mind all made up, and feeling good in my tummy about my first Fiat etc. I was reading my latest issue of Auto Express and "lo and behold" the results of a recent survey of over 46,000 readers rate Fiat as next to the very worst make of car to buy from a point of the Finish, the Braking, the Performance, Build Quality, Ease of Driving and in-car Tech.
Well, my balloon deflated Big Time. I have never owned a Fiat, mainly because of the rotton reputation over the years, but I genuinely thought they had got over that. I feel gutted to find out that current Fiat owners still rate the brand at the bottom of the pile.
Strangely, I am still drawn to the Panda I had my heart set on. Am I a blithering idiot, or what ? You will say if I don't want to buy it, no one is forcing me, and quite right. But I hope the article is unfair, and your thoughts would be valued - thanks. Madam Yap.