Hi Folks,
Been reading the forum for the last month or so just before i picked up my new daily 100HP.
A bit of background story..... I sold my Jaguar XFR back in January to fund a replacement car for the wife, a 17 plate Mini Clubman Cooper S, which is a nice wee motor. This left me pretty much carless but i could commute by train or on occasion use the in-laws Aygo. Due to a change of job role at work and change of times and now needed a car for the commute. My plan is to purchase a Westfield some point next year and have a commuter car, hence the newly acquired Panda.
Back in 2006ish i used to work in sales for Fiat. When the 100HP was announced I instantly requested it as my Demo car. It arrived into the dealership a month before the actual launch and i got the boss to register it asap! 56 plate Blue 100HP. Ran it for about 6 months and loved every minute of it! No other salesman wanted to be seen in a Panda.
So, i have been looking for a cheap runner for the last couple of months and after looking at a few other different cars (Twingo GT, Clio, fiesta etc) all ended up dogs, i finally found this Panda on Gumtree and it was in budget and fairly local. The owner had just got a promotion and purchased an ecoboost Mustang so the the panda was no longer required. I went to view it, had a new MOT, no advisories, has been Waxoyl'd a few years ago so the everything looked good underneath, new front wishbones and only 70k on it. After a quick test drive, it was as bouncy and fun as i remembered so i bought it.
It came home and has ran great for the last few weeks. There is some creaking near / on full lock over bumps so i plan to basically purchased parts every month and replace the lot in one go. Shocks, springs, droplinks, top mounts etc. then onto timing belt, water pump, service items etc.
But today, commute to work, car running fine, just got to the work carpark, engine management light comes on (Check engine), temp gauge showing dead cold and fan going like the clappers. Not happy!!
I haven't had the time to get the bonnet open yet due to starting work but hoping to pop down to it when i get a break. Hopefully just a thermostat!
Thanks for reading my nonsense, and any advise regarding the car will be very much appreciated.
Cheers.
Paul.
Been reading the forum for the last month or so just before i picked up my new daily 100HP.
A bit of background story..... I sold my Jaguar XFR back in January to fund a replacement car for the wife, a 17 plate Mini Clubman Cooper S, which is a nice wee motor. This left me pretty much carless but i could commute by train or on occasion use the in-laws Aygo. Due to a change of job role at work and change of times and now needed a car for the commute. My plan is to purchase a Westfield some point next year and have a commuter car, hence the newly acquired Panda.
Back in 2006ish i used to work in sales for Fiat. When the 100HP was announced I instantly requested it as my Demo car. It arrived into the dealership a month before the actual launch and i got the boss to register it asap! 56 plate Blue 100HP. Ran it for about 6 months and loved every minute of it! No other salesman wanted to be seen in a Panda.
So, i have been looking for a cheap runner for the last couple of months and after looking at a few other different cars (Twingo GT, Clio, fiesta etc) all ended up dogs, i finally found this Panda on Gumtree and it was in budget and fairly local. The owner had just got a promotion and purchased an ecoboost Mustang so the the panda was no longer required. I went to view it, had a new MOT, no advisories, has been Waxoyl'd a few years ago so the everything looked good underneath, new front wishbones and only 70k on it. After a quick test drive, it was as bouncy and fun as i remembered so i bought it.
It came home and has ran great for the last few weeks. There is some creaking near / on full lock over bumps so i plan to basically purchased parts every month and replace the lot in one go. Shocks, springs, droplinks, top mounts etc. then onto timing belt, water pump, service items etc.
But today, commute to work, car running fine, just got to the work carpark, engine management light comes on (Check engine), temp gauge showing dead cold and fan going like the clappers. Not happy!!
I haven't had the time to get the bonnet open yet due to starting work but hoping to pop down to it when i get a break. Hopefully just a thermostat!
Thanks for reading my nonsense, and any advise regarding the car will be very much appreciated.
Cheers.
Paul.