Looks stunning - welcome Po!
Are the rims Mk3 Panda/500? They suit it.
Enjoy the car!
David
Are the rims Mk3 Panda/500? They suit it.
Enjoy the car!
David
Panda (Classic) Reluctant owner
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Wow! Chiaro err sorry Po is looking amazinglove the stripe Vernon, it really goes with the beautiful colour and love the wheels too! Look a bit more chunky and purposeful than the standard ones.
Thanks for the positive comments.
Chiaro/Po always drove really well and seemed to be a little quicker than a 1000cl should be, Gavin had Cinq alloys fitted which helped make the most of this but I wanted a more original look that kept the extra rubber. So, as Bob has mentioned, I fitted 14" new steelies from a current 500 with 165-60 tyres and retained the little black centre caps.
I like the silver stripe too but did have another reason for fitting it. The doors were a little rusty at the bottom, cutting out and welding in new metal was too expensive an option so I treated the rust, filled, and repainted the bottom of the door only, the stripe helps to hide where the paint was blended in.
Good to hear you've had some positive feedback from members of the public already 'Po the Panda'. You see, what your Dad and I were saying wasn't just sales talk!
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heh when i first started driving i never used the radio.. only while sat in a car park or if i was waiting in the car for some one.. i just loved to listen to everything the car did.
i would imagine all the engine pistons and valves, the gear box and differential moving as i did different things when driving the car. a bit like a really slowed down video in my head.
bit sad really.. curse of being overly mechanically minded.
the worst of it is.. 3 years later and i still very rarely have the radio on when driving yet i really.. really love music... i still like to listen to the car.
i would imagine all the engine pistons and valves, the gear box and differential moving as i did different things when driving the car. a bit like a really slowed down video in my head.
bit sad really.. curse of being overly mechanically minded.
the worst of it is.. 3 years later and i still very rarely have the radio on when driving yet i really.. really love music... i still like to listen to the car.
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I am so glad that I'm not the only one who does this...!
In my case, though, I visualize a sort-of cutaway, or cross-section, of the engine: with valves and pistons moving in perfect harmony...! :nutter:
I just visualised James May going on about them dancing across the bonnet. Yet to see if physically happen yet though
heh when i first started driving i never used the radio.. only while sat in a car park or if i was waiting in the car for some one.. i just loved to listen to everything the car did.
i would imagine all the engine pistons and valves, the gear box and differential moving as i did different things when driving the car. a bit like a really slowed down video in my head.
bit sad really.. curse of being overly mechanically minded.
the worst of it is.. 3 years later and i still very rarely have the radio on when driving yet i really.. really love music... i still like to listen to the car.
Must be a panda thing, I didn't ever fit a radio, since 2008 iv just listened to the 5th gear wine lol
What's this "5th gear" you talk of...? :devil:
I am so glad that I'm not the only one who does this...!
In my case, though, I visualize a sort-of cutaway, or cross-section, of the engine: with valves and pistons moving in perfect harmony...! :nutter:
Oh dear, and it was going so well! Do you think she'll ever come back to the forum again
Oh dear, and it was going so well! Do you think she'll ever come back to the forum again
Just wait until she meets some of us... -- that'll prove we're harmless, really...! Ahhhh
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Corrected it for you Arthur
I thought you might, Slartibartfast... -- my name is of no importance....
Oops I think I may have been responsible for spoiling the world record for a Classic Panda thread staying on topic........
Oops I think I may have been responsible for spoiling the world record for a Classic Panda thread staying on topic........
Well done! :worship:
Talking of which: I've just bought my ten-year-old nephew the full Hitchhiker's... -- my brother is probably despairing: but you've got to get to 'em early...!
Well done! :worship:
Talking of which: I've just bought my ten-year-old nephew the full Hitchhiker's... -- my brother is probably despairing: but you've got to get to 'em early...!
Thank you
The whole of the increasingly inaccurately named 5 part trilogy? What a
Uncle - have you achieved the status of "mad uncle Stephen" yet?!
Thank you
The whole of the increasingly inaccurately named 5 part trilogy?
Yes. But not the Eoin Colfer disappointment....
What a
Oh, a long time ago... -- makes me very popular (well, at least with my nephew...)!
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Yes. But not the Eoin Colfer disappointment....
Oh, a long time ago... -- makes me very popular (well, at least with my nephew...)!
Must admit I haven't read that - you give it such a ringing endorsement though, that I must conclude that Private Eye got it right when they called it "Mostly Humourless"
Mad uncles are great - can you adopt me as a Nephew? :worship:
You guys are nutters!
Welcome to the forum by the way, Po looks fantastic :thumbup:
Welcome to the forum by the way, Po looks fantastic :thumbup:
Any chance everyone can stop saying how good the Panda formerly known as Chiaro looks? As you know it took Vern a year & 2 attempts to prise him away from me
At least I know where he is, and is in good hands. There is a better than evens chance I'd make room for him if Po the Panda decides to go for a posher Panda in the future (e.g. a very smart Super currently living on Bedgrove! ).
At least I know where he is, and is in good hands. There is a better than evens chance I'd make room for him if Po the Panda decides to go for a posher Panda in the future (e.g. a very smart Super currently living on Bedgrove!
).
Any chance everyone can stop saying how good the Panda formerly known as Chiaro looks? As you know it took Vern a year & 2 attempts to prise him away from me
At least I know where he is, and is in good hands. There is a better than evens chance I'd make room for him if Po the Panda decides to go for a posher Panda in the future (e.g. a very smart Super currently living on Bedgrove!
You can visit any time you want
in fact I might bring him over for a visit soon :thumbup: . As my wife loves the colour this could be a keeper
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