Today I officially belong in this sub-section of the FF community
It's been a year and a half, but I'm finally the owner of a 2005 Fiat Panda Dynamic 1.2.
I drove it down from Junction One in Antrim, Northern Ireland today, a decent drive to get used to it and put my foot down a bit! It was fairly quiet and smooth to my surprise, just being a little bouncy over bumps on some of N.Irelands less finished road surfaces!!!
Nevertheless, it works amazingly. The pedals all feel firm the way they should. Brakes sharp but not too sharp. Short, comfortable gear position. Chunky steering wheel, but quite commanding feeling! I enjoyed the trip computer too, an upgrade for me.
We found a name for the Panda, it's called 'Argento'. Italian for Silver, though I did find it's actually grey, I prefer Argento anyway! haha
Spent all evening cleaning the exterior with Turtle Wax Shampoo and Wax and the Halfords car cleaning kit for £5 - mostly for the cloths/sponges it had. Also bought a handy ice scraper for the winter and my 5am starts at work!
Bought some Turtle Wax upholstery/carpet and Turtle Wax interior cleaner too. I've just used Windolene on the interior of the glass. I'm half way through cleaning the inside. It got dark so it was too difficult to see. Thankfully, only light stains on the blue seat fabric which should come off!
Spending tomorrow cleaning it again, getting the metal on the door and door edges clean, and touching up missed spots.
Planned upgrades simple include the new Fiat logos, hoping to find them on eBay perhaps! I also want a little scale model on the dash, but waiting for the right price and hopefully colour to show up on eBay. I need the little round bit for the back left window roller which is missing too!
My crappy insurance company 'DialDirect', decided now that instead of £111 per month, I will now pay £160 per month for insurance so I now spend 100% of my monthly income on insurance... The joys of being 19 and on an 8 hour contract but hey.. there's hope for more hours.. And btw, I can't cancel because I have a claim from my last car when it rolled into someone else at 2mph in a car park - I accept the fault for it and was stupid, but GOD am I having to pay now!!
Loving the Panda so far Now, just need to shift that dead Corsa sitting next to it, up for £250 because MOT is out soon :/
It's been a year and a half, but I'm finally the owner of a 2005 Fiat Panda Dynamic 1.2.
I drove it down from Junction One in Antrim, Northern Ireland today, a decent drive to get used to it and put my foot down a bit! It was fairly quiet and smooth to my surprise, just being a little bouncy over bumps on some of N.Irelands less finished road surfaces!!!
Nevertheless, it works amazingly. The pedals all feel firm the way they should. Brakes sharp but not too sharp. Short, comfortable gear position. Chunky steering wheel, but quite commanding feeling! I enjoyed the trip computer too, an upgrade for me.
We found a name for the Panda, it's called 'Argento'. Italian for Silver, though I did find it's actually grey, I prefer Argento anyway! haha
Spent all evening cleaning the exterior with Turtle Wax Shampoo and Wax and the Halfords car cleaning kit for £5 - mostly for the cloths/sponges it had. Also bought a handy ice scraper for the winter and my 5am starts at work!
Bought some Turtle Wax upholstery/carpet and Turtle Wax interior cleaner too. I've just used Windolene on the interior of the glass. I'm half way through cleaning the inside. It got dark so it was too difficult to see. Thankfully, only light stains on the blue seat fabric which should come off!
Spending tomorrow cleaning it again, getting the metal on the door and door edges clean, and touching up missed spots.
Planned upgrades simple include the new Fiat logos, hoping to find them on eBay perhaps! I also want a little scale model on the dash, but waiting for the right price and hopefully colour to show up on eBay. I need the little round bit for the back left window roller which is missing too!
My crappy insurance company 'DialDirect', decided now that instead of £111 per month, I will now pay £160 per month for insurance so I now spend 100% of my monthly income on insurance... The joys of being 19 and on an 8 hour contract but hey.. there's hope for more hours.. And btw, I can't cancel because I have a claim from my last car when it rolled into someone else at 2mph in a car park - I accept the fault for it and was stupid, but GOD am I having to pay now!!
Loving the Panda so far Now, just need to shift that dead Corsa sitting next to it, up for £250 because MOT is out soon :/