Just picked up my new Dynamic aircon today. The only option I have on it is the slidey rear seat.
It's a pretty recent build - having only arrived on a ship (from Poland?) on 20th March.
I'm not complaining, but compared to the Sept 2004 Dynamic I traded in for it, there are some interesting differences:
1. No height adjustable seat belts (actually, I have only just noticed - so whatever height they are set at - they are just right for me).
2. Central locking with a retractable key and a third button, which when held down for a few secs, opens the boot.
3. I have proper cloth upholstered headrests - not those grey plastic things like a McDonalds arch.
4. The trim design in the back also seems different. There seems to be less trim intrusion into the cabin, and notches for clipping the seat belt buckles into to stop them banging about. I don't recall that in the old panda. I know that it is a slidey seat, but set as far back as it will go, I could swear it gives more leg room for rear passengers.
5. No boot light. I actually checked the boots on the other cars at the dealer this morning. Only the Eleganza and 4X4 had them. This is really weird, because in my new Dynamic, there is now a light housing top left. Well, I say "housing" - but in this case, that's a fancy term for a bit of grey plastic with an oblong hole cut out of it. As has already been mentioned, the cable and connector for the light are just taped up under the boot carpet, and for the addition of the bulb holder (that must cost all of 50p) to snap into the aformentioned hole - that would be it. Seems pretty pikey of Fiat not to fit it as standard if you ask me - does it never get dark in Italy?
First impressions of the car are very good. The engine is not quite so flexible or willing - but then it does only have 9 miles on the clock but, and it could just be my imagination, the car does feel firmer, more solid on the road and the doors close with a proper "clunk".
Best wishes,
Creamola.
It's a pretty recent build - having only arrived on a ship (from Poland?) on 20th March.
I'm not complaining, but compared to the Sept 2004 Dynamic I traded in for it, there are some interesting differences:
1. No height adjustable seat belts (actually, I have only just noticed - so whatever height they are set at - they are just right for me).
2. Central locking with a retractable key and a third button, which when held down for a few secs, opens the boot.
3. I have proper cloth upholstered headrests - not those grey plastic things like a McDonalds arch.
4. The trim design in the back also seems different. There seems to be less trim intrusion into the cabin, and notches for clipping the seat belt buckles into to stop them banging about. I don't recall that in the old panda. I know that it is a slidey seat, but set as far back as it will go, I could swear it gives more leg room for rear passengers.
5. No boot light. I actually checked the boots on the other cars at the dealer this morning. Only the Eleganza and 4X4 had them. This is really weird, because in my new Dynamic, there is now a light housing top left. Well, I say "housing" - but in this case, that's a fancy term for a bit of grey plastic with an oblong hole cut out of it. As has already been mentioned, the cable and connector for the light are just taped up under the boot carpet, and for the addition of the bulb holder (that must cost all of 50p) to snap into the aformentioned hole - that would be it. Seems pretty pikey of Fiat not to fit it as standard if you ask me - does it never get dark in Italy?
First impressions of the car are very good. The engine is not quite so flexible or willing - but then it does only have 9 miles on the clock but, and it could just be my imagination, the car does feel firmer, more solid on the road and the doors close with a proper "clunk".
Best wishes,
Creamola.
