Hi all.
Looking at an old panda for work. It's deliveries so mainly short journeys in towns and b roads, occasional crap pot hole filled farm tracks but they are quite rare to be honest. I've been using an old seat arosa TDI which has been great, but considering a petrol for reliability and cheap motoring.
I've previously used a Dacia duster 4x4 which again was great but seemed a little overkill as i rarely used the 4x4, would a standard panda with winter/all season tyres suffice the Cumbrian roads? I expect a non 4x4 will get a better mpg too. I did use the OH fiat 500 1.2 once or twice and averaged 47mpg which I was impressed with. My seat does around 50 but it's a little long in the tooth now. Finally, what sort of mpg could I expect from a 1.2 FWD and a 1.2 4x4? Honest John seems to say around 40mpg in the 4x4 and 49mpg in the non 4x4 model, and of course tax is less. Is the ride height the same too in the 4x4 and non 4x4 versions? The ground clearance is what's swaying me to a panda to be honest.
Looking at an old panda for work. It's deliveries so mainly short journeys in towns and b roads, occasional crap pot hole filled farm tracks but they are quite rare to be honest. I've been using an old seat arosa TDI which has been great, but considering a petrol for reliability and cheap motoring.
I've previously used a Dacia duster 4x4 which again was great but seemed a little overkill as i rarely used the 4x4, would a standard panda with winter/all season tyres suffice the Cumbrian roads? I expect a non 4x4 will get a better mpg too. I did use the OH fiat 500 1.2 once or twice and averaged 47mpg which I was impressed with. My seat does around 50 but it's a little long in the tooth now. Finally, what sort of mpg could I expect from a 1.2 FWD and a 1.2 4x4? Honest John seems to say around 40mpg in the 4x4 and 49mpg in the non 4x4 model, and of course tax is less. Is the ride height the same too in the 4x4 and non 4x4 versions? The ground clearance is what's swaying me to a panda to be honest.