Pandamonium! New arrival at new Balljoints towers...

[B4lljoints]

Hi Shiters,

In a rare fit of practicality I sold my old Merc 190e (I know, I know) back in September due to an impending house move/renovation which demanded a more suitable day-to-day tip run/DIY fetching and carrying type of thing.

Something that did a few more empeegees and had a hatch with folding seats was the criteria so something along the lines of a battered old estate car was on the list...

Obviously, with me being a serial Italophile as well as being a serial Merc licker I saw this wee Panda for sale and snapped it up (it fits some of the wishlist at least)

I've always admired Pandas for some bizarre reason - I think it's their lack of pretence at being anything other than a cheapy little runabout.

So, what do I think of it I hear you all ask? Well, it's super cheap to run while I'm spending lots of hard earned on house shite. It likes to be ragged around and it really annoys commuters in their sales rep specials if you dare to overtake them. It goes pretty well for a little fella - it's the later 1.2 VVT engine so it boasts a mighty 69bhp!

I don't mind that it's silver - my old Lancia Delta was silver so it takes me back. The interior is a bit like sitting in a coal mine but there's lots of glass so it's not gloomy.

So far it's had a cambelt/waterpump change at a local* Italian specialist - this was actually an excuse to go and drool over some Lancia porn

Things that need doing - a new foglight at the offside one is discoloured and then a basic service in a few weeks time.

Anyway, here it is...

[B4lljoints]

Oh forgot to add the Lancias in question.

[fatharris]

Pandas are just such neat little things - they always looked quite large in magazines etc, which made it such a shock when I saw one for the first time in really life 🤣

[Agila]

Those lancias are ace but the panda is acer*.  Always liked them and really should try one.