General Hello! From the BBC :)

[The Negotiator]

The guy's not very knowledgable, I don't get how they found him?! He's nothing to do with FF. We could have had a much better spokesperson - they could have given a lot better than they got. i.e NCAP result, he quoted 0 stars, well try every 80s car! Taking the **** out of him for a £1 panda "shouldn't be allowed on the road". "you have a horn in your car?!" "your average panda couldn't get out of lansing"

They mentioned "fiat forum" once and he said "i've looked at it yesterday but I am not a member".

 

[dave]

so why did they come on here wanting someone that liked fiats?

so they could rip them

 

[dave]

i think an offical complaint to the bbc is in order from admin or some one who can spell, paul?

 

[black_cinq]

so they could rip them

Thats just mean.

So FF actually looked stupid, after they'd come on here wanting our help! i'm glad no one did it now.

 

[The Negotiator]

lol Dave, I am not sure on what grounds!

It wasn't even funny - the presenter wasn't much of a comedian and anybody with an gram of wit would have shut him up!

Lora, they didn't make FF look stupid, just pandas really, he just said to the first guy "you're from the Fiat Forum are you then?" "yes, well I looked there yesterday, I am not a member" and then FF wasn't again mentioned.

Pity we didn't have one of our more learned and witty members to point the point accross of Pandas.

 

[panda_gal]

thats crap they wasnt a member

 

[yellow911turbo]

Wow, that pisses me off! The people that called in seemed pretty dumb, too. They didn't stand up for themselves and instead they went along with the mocking. It was a mockery that's all there is too it... a mockery. I hope that BBC lady comes back in here so that I can tell her how ashamed of herself she should be. ARRGH... Then those bastards that were laughing at their reliability should strap into the passenger seat while I take them off-road. And again... ARRGH!! Phew, I feel better now.

Serge

 

[GhostWKD]

1000cl i think?

i thought he said he was a panda enthusiast?

 

[Stu DemonD]

I agree, what a waste of time even downloading these MP3s to my machine....

 

[ben]

For future reference...

But yeah, they could have at least given the website link out, all those panda owners who rang in could have joined up

 

[Martiny10]

I suppose it gives a good indication of why Fiat/Lancia/Alfa are gradually going out of business. People would rather drive round in kidney shaped Nissans and 'pretend sport' MG rovers. Or basically utilitarian BMWs, Volvos, Fords and the like. They all look the same since they all roll off common production lines. Or the 'new' mini, which lacks the soul of the old one. Has anyone else noticed how small drivers look in the New mini - it's proportions are out.

What makes me laugh is that popular cars today were rejected Lancia/Fiat designs from the 90's. Take the new Audi's, with grill reminiscent of the Dedra. Take a sander to front end of an Integrale and youv'e got the 4 light front end of a jag, mg etc. The boxy panda has been adopted by Kia. No doubt the Fiat Coupe, Bravo, Stilo will be the inspiration for the next round of popular cars.

 

[PandaManPaul]

The boxy panda has been adopted by Kia.

And Range Rover, and just about every other huge 4wd vehicle for that matter...

 

[John H]

/ tongue in cheek mode on

Paul, you're definitely turning into a seasoned journalist:
never let the facts get in the way of a good story..

/ tongue in cheek mode off


The Range Rover was designed by Spencer king before 1970, as it was in production by then.

http://www.birmingham101.com/101motorsLANDrover3mill.html

By my reckoning it precedes the Panda by at least 10 years.

 

[PandaManPaul]

[Journalist mode]
I've written it, therefore it's the truth!
[/Journalist mode]

 

[Sacan]

Can someone strangel that guy!
"lets all drive expensive popular cars or just never take a license"

After listening to the other parts im not sure strangeling is enough......