General Where have they all gone?
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General Where have they all gone?
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The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
A case of dust to dust...
Unfortunately they weren't that popular in the first place, so 20 years later there's not much of a following, most garages have no experience and don't want to know, main dealer no interest whatsoever (here anyway), so they're dying off one by one .
Mine will have it's 2 yearly CT next month, and if there's anything serious to do on it, it'll join the others in the great scrapyard in the sky.
.Mine will have it's 2 yearly CT next month, and if there's anything serious to do on it, it'll join the others in the great scrapyard in the sky.
My car got to about 225k before the diff in the gearbox failed, but by that stage it was consuming vast amounts of oil and all the paint was falling off..
Still have it sitting outside next to the shed, and a parts car with a good gearbox but now you can't get all the parts to do a clutch
Still dreaming of doing something with it, but each day brings it closer to the crusher, can't even find anyone that wants any parts from my cars now..
Still have it sitting outside next to the shed, and a parts car with a good gearbox but now you can't get all the parts to do a clutch
Still dreaming of doing something with it, but each day brings it closer to the crusher, can't even find anyone that wants any parts from my cars now..
Sad news, but I don't believe that parts for the Clutch can't be found, and as seen on here, even the 'obsolete' Release bearing for the sillyspeed gearbox which was unobtainable anywhere, was sorted out with new seals by 'Charl73', and apparently has worked fine ever since .
Although at this stage whether or not it's actually worth your time and effort to fix it, is unknown.
.Although at this stage whether or not it's actually worth your time and effort to fix it, is unknown
.I still have mine and love it. Just wish i could get the sunroof fixed. Ive had it since it was 5 years old, it's now 22 years old
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I sold mine just 2 months ago, wιth 440.000km (350.000 of them on LPG) on the clock and zero mechanical issues.
But, procuring certain spare parts had become extremely difficult, if not impossible, plus the automatic a/c had several issues that required lengthy stays in specialized garage plus A LOT of money compared to its price, so I made the decision. Still, it got me back 1.700€ easily.
Initially, I was thinking of a Panda 1.3MJ as a replacement, as it was my wife's daily drive (I have a 1.6 Multijet Tipo), and I honestly consider it to be the king in its class, but boot size was a no-no (we have two children), so we got a Renault Clio V 1.5dci for my wife and she loves it.
P.S.
Yesterday, I was browsing through car.gr and I got myself looking for 1.4 3D Stilos... It's just a shame that there are so little left out there.
But, procuring certain spare parts had become extremely difficult, if not impossible, plus the automatic a/c had several issues that required lengthy stays in specialized garage plus A LOT of money compared to its price, so I made the decision. Still, it got me back 1.700€ easily.
Initially, I was thinking of a Panda 1.3MJ as a replacement, as it was my wife's daily drive (I have a 1.6 Multijet Tipo), and I honestly consider it to be the king in its class, but boot size was a no-no (we have two children), so we got a Renault Clio V 1.5dci for my wife and she loves it.
P.S.
Yesterday, I was browsing through car.gr and I got myself looking for 1.4 3D Stilos... It's just a shame that there are so little left out there.
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I've still got mine.
All the original paint is "Tomato" , not Tiziano red... the replacement paint (and there is a fair amount...
)has lacquer peel, and the bumper is blue, c/o someone hit it up the rear. It's not perfect.. and filling up the tank doubles its value.. but it has 220,000 miles on it and is apparently indestructible.
Some tin worm (sills and now brake pipes seem to be turning moody) but it just doesn't want to die. I decided to make it a restoration project, time permitting.
Ralf S.
All the original paint is "Tomato" , not Tiziano red... the replacement paint (and there is a fair amount...
)has lacquer peel, and the bumper is blue, c/o someone hit it up the rear. It's not perfect.. and filling up the tank doubles its value.. but it has 220,000 miles on it and is apparently indestructible.Some tin worm (sills and now brake pipes seem to be turning moody) but it just doesn't want to die. I decided to make it a restoration project, time permitting.
Ralf S.
The 1.4 16V Active Sport 3dr I bought new in 2005 is still on the road, tax renewed this month. I used to see it from time to time and it always looked good as new.
