General Pandas playing polar bears

[VmanC]

Love your Y10 Dave!

:yeahthat: She's gonna be a beauty!

 

[Panda Van]

Had a thoroughly good time in the panda yesterday, about the only other cars that were out around here were 4x4.
Ive found it quite astounding how good pandas are in snow, about the only thing that held us up was someone snowboarding behind a 4x4 !!
Keep up the pics of panda's in snow, theyre great !!

 

[VmanC]

Had a thoroughly good time in the panda yesterday, about the only other cars that were out around here were 4x4.
Ive found it quite astounding how good pandas are in snow, about the only thing that held us up was someone snowboarding behind a 4x4 !!
Keep up the pics of panda's in snow, theyre great !!

:slayer: anybody else?:slayer:

 

[Blurredman]

I'm pretty amazed about how well they cope. I have had a few slipping problems but dip the clutch let the wheels get grip and away it goes.

In these conditions the best combination of a car. Is, front wheel drive, low power engine, light.

Watching people try and drive in the snow and cant get it is funny

 

[lightweightmick]

Great pics Vernon

Being new to the 4x4 experience, I can comment on both as I drove the 2 wheel drive up the back roads without any problems, but have found that the 4x4 has much better traction and is safer as (being driven) the back wheels can't lock-up - this surely helps keep the car in a straighter line when slowing and also cornering. Mine has only got standard tread tyres, though I can imagine they'd be much better with some chunky tread!
The acid test was getting off the drive. All facing down and had to be reversed off:
Her Corsa at top - useless, wheels spinning - needed attention (er, cat litter was all I could lay my hands on...) eventually managed to get it off... just!
Next - 2wd Panda began spinning but did get off by rocking steering.
Last - 4x4 - just reversed straight off!
Okay, so I'm a convert...

 

[VmanC]

A couple of pics of my 750L, courtesy of my daughter who's borrowing it until Charmania is ready..........





Looks like they had more snow in Hereford than we did in Wiltshire.

 

[xsparky]

Sadly no playing in the snow for Piglet this year as he's stuck on the drive with a duff starter motor, so I have to use the Defender, which is no hardship, but the Panda is better on ice [plus I have chains for it ]. Having said that I feel much more vulnerable to some other out of control prat in the Panda!

Mike

 

[elbandito472]

'Snowy' Panda Pics!

Anyone got any winter wonderland Panda adventure pics?

Here's a few to get things going.....

 

[VmanC]

Re: 'Snowy' Panda Pics!

I guess you haven't seen the ' Pandas playing polar bears ' thread?

Nice pics though, loads of snow!

 

[elbandito472]

Re: 'Snowy' Panda Pics!

I guess you haven't seen the ' Pandas playing polar bears ' thread?

Nice pics though, loads of snow!

Ha ha. D'oh! I missed that one...not been on for a while. sigh. never mind.

 

[Pandarus]

Re: 'Snowy' Panda Pics!

Great piccies though!

 

[Blurredman]

Re: 'Snowy' Panda Pics!

I love snow. i don't want it to end

Good pics mate! I haven't taken any.

 

[elbandito472]

Hi, sorry thought id better move the pics of Giuseppe to the right thread instead of my 'Rogue' thread....i should of checked further down the page! lol. Anyhoo...here he is having fun in the snow today in Gloucestershire. Seriously though, i left work in the blizzard on tuesday and on the route that i take home i was the only vehicle other than 4x4's and tractors! I honestly dont know how i got back!!!??? Good old Giuseppe, he may be only a 2wd but he still got me back even up some very steep hills......ok i was restling with the wheel a bit, but he got me back!:slayer:

 

[elbandito472]

Re: 'Snowy' Panda Pics!

Thanks guys

 

[VmanC]

Hi, sorry thought id better move the pics of Giuseppe to the right thread instead of my 'Rogue' thread....i should of checked further down the page! lol. Anyhoo...here he is having fun in the snow today in Gloucestershire. Seriously though, i left work in the blizzard on tuesday and on the route that i take home i was the only vehicle other than 4x4's and tractors! I honestly dont know how i got back!!!??? Good old Giuseppe, he may be only a 2wd but he still got me back even up some very steep hills......ok i was restling with the wheel a bit, but he got me back!

:slayer::slayer::slayer:

 

[udtrev]

Re: 'Snowy' Panda Pics!

Fiat's entry for the 2010 Winter Games in the 'Hide and Seek' category

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

Well had some outstanding snowage this week. 4x4 is faultless as usual, looking forward to some before this weekend is over!! Fingers crossed :slayer:

Here are some pictures (sorry in the dark because i dont see daylight these days!! ) No snow days allowed at work, mean buggers.

Will be out in the snow tomorrow, and will get some juicy mk1 piccies

Si

 

[keiserwill]

Hello panda people, just got my first panda a month ago, here she is in the snow, I love her already! she makes an alarming array of noises and will be a bit of a basket case for a while, rebuilt and painted the calipers today already as one seized on me last week; but hopefully we'll get through it. expect some noise diagnostics requests in the technical section in the coming weeks.

Jobs i've covered already: Gear linkage bushings, painted 2 sets of wheels, fitting extras (bullbars, floodlights, roofrack, prayerflags) oh and a major spring clean

 

[VmanC]

Hello panda people, just got my first panda a month ago, here she is in the snow, I love her already! she makes an alarming array of noises and will be a bit of a basket case for a while, rebuilt and painted the calipers today already as one seized on me last week; but hopefully we'll get through it. expect some noise diagnostics requests in the technical section in the coming weeks.

Hi, welcome to Panda ownership

I doubt if you've got any noises that someone on here wouldn't have heard before, I'd be no good if they're 4x4 related though as I've never had one.

 

[default_user]

Prayerflags? Only thing I can find using Google are the coloured cloth streamers Tibetan monks put out for various religious reasons. I don't see any on your car. Does it have another meaning?