With manual steering the looseness when going off road was actually a benefit, just point in general direction and it would find it's way home.
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I think even the “point it in the general direction” would still be a bit too precise for a series modelWith manual steering the looseness when going off road was actually a benefit, just point in general direction and it would find it's way home.
I think even the “point it in the general direction” would still be a bit too precise for a series model
I drove a defender a few years ago...
The instructor swore actually the steering was absolutely precise...however due to being so low geared it barely turned the front wheels so it felt like it wasn't connected.
I will have you know I learnt to drive on a 1955 Series one petrol LandRover and a Ford 100E van care of the garage I did my apprenticeship.I think even the “point it in the general direction” would still be a bit too precise for a series model
I signed the contract's this morning for my new job as when I recently moved to Cheshire I decided with the new move it was time for a new job as well so I took the bold move & decided to quit the existing job instead of transferring as I felt I wasn't getting anywhere in the position, my old job I worked as a manager which overtime I became quite fed up, bored of it & the hours were all over the place, the new job is a warehouse operative job in a distribution depot just down the road from me, early start early finish which is what I prefer & the hourly pay is near enough the same but it's a set 40 hours a week so it's more pay overall than the previous job which makes this new job my highest ever paid job since leaving school which will be good as I'm planning on buying a home of my own if all goes to plan as it's really cheap in the North compared to Surrey. Then after signing the contracts I came home & adjusted the clutch cable on the good old Seicento as it needed doing which now feels spot on.
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Well done you.
I decided a long time ago which choice to make. "Work to live or live to work", if you can do enough to pay the bills, that makes a happy life.
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The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
On Pandas this does seem happen occasionally. Doing a Reset Tyres on the computer has always cleared it. If tyre pressures are changed a reset is a good idea to prevent false alarms and set a fresh base.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Sounds likemy dads Uno back in the 80s. It was always found with at least 1 tyre at 4 to6 psi. It also drove fine.I am ashamed to say I am never likely to own a car with TPS, so not some one who worships the tyre pressure god , apart from when servicing or a visual inspection indicates a need.
To the point that many years ago I had a old Series Diesel Land Rover I used for towing, I used to run the 7.50 x 16 8 ply crossply tyres at around 40psi when checked.
One day after a fair bit of use and for no particular reason, I thought I would drag the airline out and check the pressures, one front was at 8psi, all the rest were at 40psi and it was driving fine.
That's exactly the same attitude as I have, as long as you can do enough to pay whatever bills you have to pay & make a happy life that's good enough for me, a friend of mine who I've known since our early school days lives to work, he does 6 days a week 12 hour long shifts, he has a mortgage for a flat in Cobham, Surrey which is one of the more expensive parts although the whole of Surrey is extortionateWell done you.
I decided a long time ago which choice to make. "Work to live or live to work", if you can do enough to pay the bills, that make a happy life.
his flat is in a building which used to be office buildings which were converted in the 90's & it's costing him £330k which is madness as up here you can get a house or a bungalow with a garage which for me would be essential for my Mini & a nice little garden for about £60-£70k if you look around, recently here in the next road from where I'm staying a 3 bed bungalow with a garage went to auction & sold for £44k I think it's because it was quite dated but it all looked functional, for that amount I wouldn't be bothered as long as it was all structurally sound etcWhen I was around 8 years old my dad was doing overtime to earn £20 a week back in 1962 to keep my mum and two sisters and me, as well as pay the mortgage, he died at 48, so I always kept that in my mind.That's exactly the same attitude as I have, as long as you can do enough to pay whatever bills you have to pay & make a happy life that's good enough for me, a friend of mine who I've known since our early school days lives to work, he does 6 days a week 12 hour long shifts, he has a mortgage for a flat in Cobham, Surrey which is one of the more expensive parts although the whole of Surrey is extortionate
Re houses, we all have to live somewhere , so if mine was only worth £1 as long as the next one was the same I would be happy, it is only the Building Societies and insurance companies who benefit.
When I parted with the DS3 I set out to buy an Auris, and to be honest, had I went ahead with that I'd probably have stuck by it. The Avensis was far too big and thirsty (at least for my use).Can't be saying things like that...the argument I caused by saying I preferred indirect pressure sensors eeeeesh.
Although that gentleman appears to have left the building.
And yes...
Oscar the Auris
StevenRB45 submitted a new vehicle: Oscar the Auris So after 3 years I've finally replaced the Mazda. Leisure lounge regulars will probably be aware of all the malice and forethought that went into buying a Toyota. Short version...I've got another baby on the way, the C3 isn't big enough, the...www.fiatforum.com
What can I say it was cheap and did most of what it needed to do.
Also I still have the Citroën for automotive jeopardy...
The 1.2T also is (from what I read on the relevant forums) everything the engines like the EcoBoost and TwinAir set out to be, but reliably so. Well, not to insult the TwinAir as it has proven its name to the owners on here now a decade on, but we all know the drama with the EcoBoost and other cars with tiny turbo petrols.
I made the mistake of test driving a 2015 A-Class (bog standard, no cruise control even!) at the dealer I eventually bought the Avensis from. I only went there as they had a white Auris hatch back (design model, with glass roof but that was the highlight really). Mistake of the A-Class first as relative to the Auris, it had a sharp, sporty drive and the most precise manual gear change (that I've ever driven personally). Compared to that, the Auris was really boat/floaty and wobbly on the road, though might have been crap big tyres on it. But it didn't impress me that day. For around the same money as those two the Avensis was sitting, drove it, seen it was a 1.6, bought into the absolute lies of the official MPG and ended up buying that. As is well documented on here, many lessons learnt.
I hope it does you well anyway, that's really if nothing else, what the Japanese cars this side of £50k are best at. Definitely won't excite or impress the senses how any European cars do, or drive as well and all that jazz.. but at least you'll not shed any tears as it succumbs to family life as if it were some low down, leather stitched handbag feeling interior sports car...
I think mine will do me until it falls apart. Which might be a while. By then... I'd like to think that Stellantis and the new Panda will have totally blown us all away against all of our fair placed skepticism over it... that Fiat will rise again after nearly imploding (as it so often has in history) and perhaps I'll be back in one down the line.
Now..I must track down that pressure sensor thread... I haven't been checking in as much as I used to because well, work has picked up quite a bit and I'm back to studying so less leisure time on the internet.
But hey, another Toyota owner on the Fiat Forum - I feel a bit less out of place now! Another smile (which makes this post 'on topic'!) And yes, I call the CT a Toyota, just like I call Audi's VW's --- see, I am somewhat reasonable! lol
Exactly, I couldn't agree more. I was always taught it doesn't matter where you live, whether it's a posh or rough area as when you shut your front door it's yours & you can ignore whatevers going on outside.
Not worth the effort...
Otherwise the Auris is a car and importantly was about 3k cheaper than a Leon Estate in a similar spec. I have no idea about the on the limit handling on the basis it's a family wagon to beat to death in other ways. From what I read the 1.2t has issues with couple of things, (inlet coking and egr) but mine appears to be suffering from neither so we'll just let it play out similar to the Puretech where maintenance will be done and we'll see if that wards off automotive evil.
Being the estate 1.2t has both the fully independent suspension and the estate was developed and built in derby on and for UK roads so with the smaller wheels with bigger tyres walls than the CT it rides potholes well.
Once the Citroën hits 10 I will want rid as it's no longer have a warranty at that point there might be some nice used new Pandas around.
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I am quite hopeful for the new Panda, as with most of the more negative things I say / think, I'd be quite happy to eat my words and find that actually, it lives up to be all of the things that most of us here quite liked about the Pandas to date and Fiat in general. Albeit, changed a little for a new generation.
One of my grandads had one and, pulling left into a supermarket, wehn they really were out/edge of towns, the door flew open and my g’ma fell out onto the vergeI had an elderly customer and his wife who brought their Austin 1800 (land crab) in asking if I could have a look at the door handles on one side as they wouldn't open/operate.
It turned out he had somehow managed to catch a kerb and flick it onto it's side resting on the door handles, but best of all no damage/contact any where else.
They must have been well into their 80s, but some people had pushed their heavy car back onto it's wheels and they carried on their way, Something similar to this.
I’ll bite my tongue on the panda, but I’ve had a sneak at the Avenger, and although it seems well put together, and it’s pretty slab sided/fronted etc, it’s immediately obvious it’s bigger and more tricked up that a panda successor should be…I intend driving the avenger 4xe wehn wifes renegade goes in. I’ve no intentions of buying one, but like wehn the 500 Abarth came out, I can’t resist trying it, but also scaring the pants off the sales folk to ensure it did what it’s designed to do (we did the same buying all our Panda 4x4s/crosses, they had to go up the muddy fields and negotiate two of the 45 and 50 slopes)
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
I spent 40 years chasing promotions, moved all over the UK and did get to the top of my profession, but..... what a glorious waste of time and energy. Loyalty has no value, and hard work makes no difference either. Being management often means very long hours to "meet the exingencies of the business" To that I say pairs of small round spherical objects! I used to be working away in my orrifice and quite often didnt look up until it was going dark. In mid June thats a long day. The fact my Mrs is still with me is a miracle. Probably a good thing we lived in the sticks!!That's exactly the same attitude as I have, as long as you can do enough to pay whatever bills you have to pay & make a happy life that's good enough for me, a friend of mine who I've known since our early school days lives to work, he does 6 days a week 12 hour long shifts, he has a mortgage for a flat in Cobham, Surrey which is one of the more expensive parts although the whole of Surrey is extortionate
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The Panda I had used to do this sometimes, the first time it lit up on the dash it actually did have a puncture, after that it used to light up about once a month for no reason, I think that was when the issues with the Panda started
That's one thing I have learnt over the years & I've told this to everyone I know as well that loyalty gets you nowhere & at some point they do turn on you, I've told my new employers that I don't wish to progress into management etc, I've done it for the last 2.5 years, all I wish to do now is do my work then go home at the end of it with no responsibilities etc
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
The trick thats worst is being paid just over the 40% tax threshold. That is really hopeless. Either £1 below ideally or £10K over if the gods are by your side. I heard the other day train drivers get c £70K. When I left the waste industry truck drivers in London were earningnearly £50k. When you see the job though is not much fun and very very difficult.
