Hi guys, just recently joined the forum.
My wife and I have just bought a pre-reg Panda 4 X 4 with about sixty miles on the clock, we bought it from Stoneacre Worksop which was an ‘interesting’ experience I have to say anyway we collected the car from them on Wednesday after driving down from Glasgow in my son’s September 2019 Ford Fiesta, which was used as the trade in, amazingly we got £9150 for it but it has only done 14000 miles and has recently had to have the clutch replaced @ £440 it was due the final payment of £5400 in October but we lost confidence in the car so that’s why we ended up buying the Panda otherwise we’d have kept it but I didn’t fancy going through that again as it was a terrible experience when the clutch chucked it, seems to be a real issue with some Ford fiestas but in saying that my wife had a 2016 eco boost fiesta and it hardly missed a beat in all that time, my son now has that car.
Getting back to the Panda it was registered on March 30th 2023 it’s white and is a Fiat Panda Hatchback 0.9 TwinAir [85] Wild 4x4 [Touchscreen] 5dr we paid just under £16,000 for it but it’s on HP over 60 months and we’re hoping to pay it off beforehand it’s essentially our retirement car as we’re (plus our dog) kinda hoping to go to Spain and Portugal in the spring of 2025 for maybe four or five months as my wife retires in November 2024 and I ‘officially’ retire in August 2026 but I’m self employed so I’ll likely still work a couple of days a week or so.
Stoneacre actually wanted £650, plus about another £170 on the credit agreement, to deliver the car to us in Glasgow and also pick up the Ford and take it back to Worksop, the initial deal I made with one of their salesmen was £100 for delivery and £180 for the road tax but he went off to Greece on holiday and the new salesman kept moving the goalposts to such an extent I actually told them to cancel the car and pay me my deposit back plus the road tax fee but he insisted that I’d have to travel to Worksop and sign for the refund but eventually I talked to his manager and managed to sort out an improved deal with him but my God it was hard work however at the end of the day we saved about £670 for a day’s driving so not all bad, unfortunately I couldn’t really recommend the dealer but the car is excellent and we’re delighted with it and more importantly my wife loves it as it’s really her car I just did the research.
Thanks and looking forward to spending a bit of time here and read up on the car.
I‘d appreciate any tips regarding driving the car and servicing it etc I’ve already picked up that it’s best to fill it up with V Power petrol and obviously turn off the ECO button and possibly the start stop too.
Tony
My wife and I have just bought a pre-reg Panda 4 X 4 with about sixty miles on the clock, we bought it from Stoneacre Worksop which was an ‘interesting’ experience I have to say anyway we collected the car from them on Wednesday after driving down from Glasgow in my son’s September 2019 Ford Fiesta, which was used as the trade in, amazingly we got £9150 for it but it has only done 14000 miles and has recently had to have the clutch replaced @ £440 it was due the final payment of £5400 in October but we lost confidence in the car so that’s why we ended up buying the Panda otherwise we’d have kept it but I didn’t fancy going through that again as it was a terrible experience when the clutch chucked it, seems to be a real issue with some Ford fiestas but in saying that my wife had a 2016 eco boost fiesta and it hardly missed a beat in all that time, my son now has that car.
Getting back to the Panda it was registered on March 30th 2023 it’s white and is a Fiat Panda Hatchback 0.9 TwinAir [85] Wild 4x4 [Touchscreen] 5dr we paid just under £16,000 for it but it’s on HP over 60 months and we’re hoping to pay it off beforehand it’s essentially our retirement car as we’re (plus our dog) kinda hoping to go to Spain and Portugal in the spring of 2025 for maybe four or five months as my wife retires in November 2024 and I ‘officially’ retire in August 2026 but I’m self employed so I’ll likely still work a couple of days a week or so.
Stoneacre actually wanted £650, plus about another £170 on the credit agreement, to deliver the car to us in Glasgow and also pick up the Ford and take it back to Worksop, the initial deal I made with one of their salesmen was £100 for delivery and £180 for the road tax but he went off to Greece on holiday and the new salesman kept moving the goalposts to such an extent I actually told them to cancel the car and pay me my deposit back plus the road tax fee but he insisted that I’d have to travel to Worksop and sign for the refund but eventually I talked to his manager and managed to sort out an improved deal with him but my God it was hard work however at the end of the day we saved about £670 for a day’s driving so not all bad, unfortunately I couldn’t really recommend the dealer but the car is excellent and we’re delighted with it and more importantly my wife loves it as it’s really her car I just did the research.
Thanks and looking forward to spending a bit of time here and read up on the car.
I‘d appreciate any tips regarding driving the car and servicing it etc I’ve already picked up that it’s best to fill it up with V Power petrol and obviously turn off the ECO button and possibly the start stop too.
Tony