Can I introduce my Panda Selecta to you all........
You may have seen it advertised here in the classifieds by member 'Chantilly Lace'. It had been on for quite a while with no one buying it, and Sue and Brian were getting quite desperate to move it on as they now have another car, but limited parking space. With nobody interested in her, probably due to a gearbox fault they had been quoted £1000 to put right, it looked like she was heading for the scrapyard.
Well my experience of the auto Panda is zero, but they weren't asking alot for her so I took a chance, travelled 100 miles to Northampton, and drove her back to Nam.
I'm so glad I made this decision because she is a little cracker!
42,000 miles on the clock, Mot till october, taxed till end of April. Putting the gearbox aside for a moment, she is in lovely original condition, both inside and out.
Sue was a true Panda lover and I could tell she was upset to have to part with her. I had thought that if the worst came to the worst I would be able to get my money back by breaking her, but after running around for the last couple of days I can assure you there's no way that is going to happen. In fact I knew I wouldn't break her after the first two minutes!
So far the gearbox has been fine, only this morning did I have a little trouble getting it to engage gear. I'll give it a few more days running around and then report on this in more detail, I'm hoping to learn very quickly about the ECVT gearbox and put things right, because she's worth it.
Only other thing that needs attention is the o/s/f wing, the paint has gone funny two years after a repair, so will need repainting. The rest of the bodywork and paintwork is so good though that I think a newly painted panel will blend in very well.
Right, I'm off to work in her now, and hope that every traffic light I approach turns red :devil:, these Selectas are such good fun at the traffic light drag race.
You may have seen it advertised here in the classifieds by member 'Chantilly Lace'. It had been on for quite a while with no one buying it, and Sue and Brian were getting quite desperate to move it on as they now have another car, but limited parking space. With nobody interested in her, probably due to a gearbox fault they had been quoted £1000 to put right, it looked like she was heading for the scrapyard.
Well my experience of the auto Panda is zero, but they weren't asking alot for her so I took a chance, travelled 100 miles to Northampton, and drove her back to Nam.
I'm so glad I made this decision because she is a little cracker!
42,000 miles on the clock, Mot till october, taxed till end of April. Putting the gearbox aside for a moment, she is in lovely original condition, both inside and out.
Sue was a true Panda lover and I could tell she was upset to have to part with her. I had thought that if the worst came to the worst I would be able to get my money back by breaking her, but after running around for the last couple of days I can assure you there's no way that is going to happen. In fact I knew I wouldn't break her after the first two minutes!
So far the gearbox has been fine, only this morning did I have a little trouble getting it to engage gear. I'll give it a few more days running around and then report on this in more detail, I'm hoping to learn very quickly about the ECVT gearbox and put things right, because she's worth it
.Only other thing that needs attention is the o/s/f wing, the paint has gone funny two years after a repair, so will need repainting. The rest of the bodywork and paintwork is so good though that I think a newly painted panel will blend in very well.
Right, I'm off to work in her now, and hope that every traffic light I approach turns red :devil:, these Selectas are such good fun at the traffic light drag race.
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