General Panda Road Trip Italia

[pandamonius_maximus]

Yeah I think I dodged a bullet with this one...had I removed it I think we'd have been gluing the casting back together with gungum! Might have even held and not blown as much but more likely would have left larger gaps in the manifold and even more noise! I enjoyed popping the exhaust in the tunnels though...

A stronger mount to the gearbox would probably do the trick but unfortunately the one on the car was fairly rotten and gave no additional strength...possibly a reinforcement bar across the rear sump guard mounts...

Anyway, could have been much worse....will be a lot more cautious in future for sure!! But I guess you can't know where the weakness' are until you try!

 

[aquamarine]

Please don't be any more careful Federico Inglese.

Yeah I think I dodged a bullet with this one...had I removed it I think we'd have been gluing the casting back together with gungum! Might have even held and not blown as much but more likely would have left larger gaps in the manifold and even more noise! I enjoyed popping the exhaust in the tunnels though...

A stronger mount to the gearbox would probably do the trick but unfortunately the one on the car was fairly rotten and gave no additional strength...possibly a reinforcement bar across the rear sump guard mounts...

Anyway, could have been much worse....will be a lot more cautious in future for sure!! But I guess you can't know where the weakness' are until you try!

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

A tad slow guys as pic's took a while to sort, as did the video's.

My pictures are HERE on my Flickr Account - If you want to save any join Flickr and add me as a friend and you'll be able to access the high resolution originals

And for the Video(s)

If you've 40min to kill then have a gander at this


Or I've got the individual videos in smaller bitesized chunks in this playlist on YouTube

 

[andyholli]

Thank you MEP I've waded through and enjoyed all those. [thumbup]

 

[Freebo]

A tad slow guys as pic's took a while to sort, as did the video's.

My pictures are HERE on my Flickr Account - If you want to save any join Flickr and add me as a friend and you'll be able to access the high resolution originals

And for the Video(s)

If you've 40min to kill then have a gander at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ogKCVb1fII

Or I've got the individual videos in smaller bitesized chunks in this playlist on YouTube

Thank you MEP I've waded through and enjoyed all those. [thumbup]

Im just waiting for Bens mamoth photo gallery!

 

[kestrel4x4]

Guys, how are you ???

How is your life going after this wonderful meeting ??? :devil:

If you want to show the voyage to your friends, these are the 3 videos from Italian side.

OFFICIAL VIDEO :



The best photo click video:


Little photogallery by Brescia Panda Drivers :

 

[pandamonius_maximus]

Guys, how are you ???

How is your life going after this wonderful meeting ??? :devil:

If you want to show the voyage to your friends, these are the 3 videos from Italian side.

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All is going well here thanks. The exhaust I broke is now fixed but I am going to wait for the weather to cool down a bit before I fix my prop shaft...2 wheel drive will do for now!

I'm still working on the video of all the best photos and videos of the voyage :devil: I hope the wait will be worth it

 

[andyholli]

Great viewing - they all made me smile throughout at the memories and FUN! we had, than you again for helping to make it all happen Kestrel.

-But they also got me thinking.. We've got our own 'Federico Inglese' but we also need a 'Jack Inglese' with a selfie stick. Now, who could that be?

 

[Freebo]

Great viewing - they all made me smile throughout at the memories and FUN! we had, than you again for helping to make it all happen Kestrel.

-But they also got me thinking.. We've got our own 'Federico Inglese' but we also need a 'Jack Inglese' with a selfie stick. Now, who could that be?

How about our resident David Bailey AKA Ben @Cento186

 

[Cento186]

Im just waiting for Bens mammoth photo gallery!

Well here you go, a random selection (of a few) of my photos of barriers and mountains in terrible quality :slayer:

https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=4011

(They appear to be in reverse order, sort it by filename)

 

[andyholli]

Brilliant! - Thank you Ben.

Really impressed by the speed of your reaction to a photo opportunity - Palio and Alitalia liveried Integrale are good examples.

But even more so - there are one or two group shots where none of the bonnets are open on our Pandas...! - Must be using a very high shutter speed I guess?

 

[andyholli]

I found the bits of paper last night, where we recorded the list of "issues" experienced on the trip. It makes interesting reading.. but we had drunk beer..

(We carefully defined "issue" to mean - '- A fault developed that places vehicle performance below that, intended by the manufacturer. Issues may, or may not result in a failure to proceed.'

Not sure how to post a PowerPoint slide though. Can anyone advise please?

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

I found the bits of paper last night, where we recorded the list of "issues" experienced on the trip. It makes interesting reading.. but we had drunk beer..

(We carefully defined "issue" to mean - '- A fault developed that places vehicle performance below that, intended by the manufacturer. Issues may, or may not result in a failure to proceed.'

Not sure how to post a PowerPoint slide though. Can anyone advise please?

This is excellent and requires professional production !

 

[northernchap]

Not sure how to post a PowerPoint slide though. Can anyone advise please?

If you do 'save as' and change the file type to JPEG it'll ask you if you want to save them all or just the current slide, should get it out as an image you can upload on here

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I found the bits of paper last night, where we recorded the list of "issues" experienced on the trip. It makes interesting reading.. but we had drunk beer..

(We carefully defined "issue" to mean - '- A fault developed that places vehicle performance below that, intended by the manufacturer. Issues may, or may not result in a failure to proceed.'

Not sure how to post a PowerPoint slide though. Can anyone advise please?

Ah yes, the discussion within a discussion about how serious (or not) a serious or none serious issue was

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

So I've been sorting through the spares box that I took to Italy with us and I have come across what I thought was a mobile phone in-car holder, but inside the box is actually a sat-nav. So who's missing one?!

 

[Palio]

So I've been sorting through the spares box that I took to Italy with us and I have come across what I thought was a mobile phone in-car holder, but inside the box is actually a sat-nav. So who's missing one?!

Who didn't come back? If someone hasn't been seen since, there's your owner! As usual, I'm happy to help

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

So I've been sorting through the spares box that I took to Italy with us and I have come across what I thought was a mobile phone in-car holder, but inside the box is actually a sat-nav. So who's missing one?!

Surprised no-one has been screaming yet.

I think I've still got my Garmin Nuvi somewhere, so don't think its mine.

Having said that though, did you pick up my black felt paint in the porch of John's tent when we camped at Freddy's back in September?

 

[AndyPanda4x4]

Surprised no-one has been screaming yet.

I think I've still got my Garmin Nuvi somewhere, so don't think its mine.

Having said that though, did you pick up my black felt paint in the porch of John's tent when we camped at Freddy's back in September?

Yes I did Jon I thought that was for me for some reason! I still have it here so I will give it to you in December

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Nice one. I'd only remembered when I got home haha.