Will My £250 Fiat Panda Make it 2500KM to Spain? 

How long until the Dacia Sandero road trip?

@@MCTogs haha maybe one day

You buerk

​@@MCTogs my Dacia Sandero Stepway has been to Spain and back 6 times NO PROBLEM 🚀😂

That being said Matt (ribbons of James May) would you ever consider TV as you are clearly very well suited to presenting and very popular.

I second the notion. Would like to know what the issue is/was how the return journey went.

100% agree

100% agree

Yep an update would be appreciated

Great idea!! Let us know what the fault was, and the cost of fixing along with a journey back! 😁😁

Plus, it's the fastest car in the world. Someone in a Porsche will park hundreds of spots away to avoid people parking and scratching their precious paint. Luxury car buyers will not offroad or do anything outside of the pavement. They'll drive very slowly so as to not get into a crash. A piece of garbage runaround car though? Who cares! Another scratch will just compliment all the others

And chiropractors will love you too

Great video, really enjoyed it.❤️😀👍

Aye me old boy still going

I bought a citroen zx 1.9 d with 235.000 km for 950€ drove 500.000 km and then sold it for 300€ best car ever had.

😂

Well that's not a bad price for what is now, apparently, a grand tourer. Everyone Panda owner should pop down to Mill Auto and get a "GT" sticker.

@@HighPeakAutos ive looked there 2000 £ now

​@@HighPeakAutos are u going to give us part 2 did u fix the issue with it

And a pleasure to drive

We have a 55 reg Panda 1.2 petrol. Bought in 2009 with 11,000 miles. Now on 106,000 miles. It has NEVER broken down. Ever. does 50mpg easily. Cruises happily, if noisily at 75-80mph. Takes a massive amount of junk - it's like a van with the seats folded - so much room.

also take note, if you didnt replace timing belt on fire gasoline engines, if belt snap, engine takes no damage at all (valves wont hit cylinder heads), just put camshaft in correctly position, slap another timing belt and you are ready to go. as far as head gasket is ok and oil level ok, this engine is bulletproof

@@Tonyx.yt. i brought mine to the scrapyard saturday.. too many repairs back axle was rusted out.. front brakes were shot.. heater shot also I drove it into the red light overheating for months.... been a good car though.. next car im still buying a old one but want a bit less sway on the highway...

​@@Tonyx.yt. not really true ..only the 1.1 eco and the 1.2 60 bhp are none interference . the 65 bhp 1.2 and later 1.2 VVT ARE interference , the diesel is multijet is chain ( that usually snaps at 100k) the car has sacrificial rockers to allow for this

@@MrLaydownsally usualy snaps at 100k nice BS 🤣🤡

@@Tonyx.yt. get your facts right about the panda interference engine , it's not me who's talking BS is it ? The car has sacrifice rockers on it , educate yourself

Fiat have worked hard to be rated poorly. My 1995 Punto had a catastrophic engine failure at the biblical age of 3 months and 5000 km. Got a new one on the warranty...but I never really had that intuitive trust in it again. It was the only private car I ever bought new and yet easily the car I had the most trouble with.

That Panda will easily run for another 10 years in southern Italy.

@@notroll1279 That happens. I've heard similar stories with a Jaguar and 2 Fiestas. Also, the poorly rating is unfair, in my opinion. People think that small normal cars are dull and disposable, but little Fiats are nippy, fun and the Fire and Multijet engines are reliable.

@@Snarl616 I had had two little Citroëns before the Punto and still occasionally rent small cars on holidays so I have some reference. The Punto had the base engine of 55 HP so "nippy" never was the word that came to my mind to describe it. It was very good at interior space and there were no rattles. Quality as a whole wasn't brilliant though - outside the aforementioned engine debacle, there was constant trouble with the rear lights (blinker and brake lights usually didn't work together - neither Fiat nor Bosch found a lasting cure for this) and the plastic cladding of the dashboard stank hideously especially in cold temperatures. So even on sub-zero winter days, the first miles were only bearable with the windows wound down. This only subsided after the first three of four years of ownership. Maybe I was just wrong to buy it new - residual values were laughable (partly because Fiat tend to price their cars with enormous rebates as models progress in their lifecycle) so I might have been better off buying a used survivor for a song and drive it until it would fall apart...

@@notroll1279 The mk1 punto was not really well built, I agree. But they improved after that. The Mk2 proves it. It's car designed for rallying, and it shows.

A frugal intelligent comfortable car

More to come!

What mpg did you get with your octavia

I saw low 60's quite regularly doing around 55mph. If I went up to the 80mph limit it dropped below 40mpg. I covered around 3400 miles in total.

Glad you enjoyed it

I also owned a 100HP Alexander and now drive a Panda Cross 4x4. They are brilliant cars and I'd never be without one.

@@jasonpowell9022 👍🏼

​@@jasonpowell9022 We too. Great little car. Just wish it was a little more comfortable.

@@philiptownsend4026 They do bounce around!

Even 60 mpg car is expensive to run thesedays..

old? in italy it's basically new. 1.3 diesel engine is never gonna die

Haha

Isnt shake and vac used for carpets though?

Once you do it you will love it we travel from Newcastle ferry to Amsterdam miss all the crap roads in the SE and then head south in Europe done it for 20 years it can be addictive

Look out crankshaft bearings. 1.5 dCi is known for issues with them. There is no "if", it its "when". Because they will gone anyways. In some cars they are gone in 90 000 miles, but never saw one with more than 130 000 miles without costly repair.

Impressive doing all those miles in reverse

On that engine it's more likely to be the map sensor

Delete it!

@chris jones Yep, have cleaned out my dad's EGR with oven cleaner from Home Bargains, basically acts as an agent and removes all the carbon off the surface.

My 130k mile panda EGR clogged every 36k miles like clockwork should have been a service item & easy to remove/ replace unfortunately it's not, though it performed ok once light came on if I get another would look at defeating it one way or another.

@chris jones for the 1.3 Multijet, which a lot of people don't know is a very good base to start off modifying and people in Europe, especially in Italy, people delete EGR's and DPF's, is basic core modifications to make the engine run and breathe most importantly. Especially the 1.3 Multijet, not much on Pandas due to the limited space in the engine bay, it's more common in Puntos and they modify turbos, injectors, some mad lads even get billet cranks and pistons, which is insane for a 1.3 💀 but hey that's the beauty of having a unique build

Haha don’t encourage me

Good idea for another spin off channel there, needs a usp though, hhmmmmm….

@@HighPeakAutos Hope you are doing the return trip as well 👍

There’s rarely traffic in Spain. One of the things I love about it

@@HighPeakAutos Isn't that partly because none of the locals want to pay the tolls to use the motorways?

@@PointNemo9 no, I was rarely on a toll road in Spain

Depends where in the UK you live.

@@cornishhh True, we do live 1/2 mile from the M1 motorway junction 26 so perhaps my perception is skewed somewhat. But having lived here for 30 years there is now a 24 hour roar from the Motorway when it was only sporadic when we moved here and the secondary junction island is the worse designed island probably anywhere and a mish mash of 4 lanes that splits into 2 separate 3 lane carriageways halfway round and much mayhem ensues for non locals but if they close it to do anything, even repaint the markings the whole of Nottingham would stop. Perhaps it’s time for a bit of rural. Enjoy👍

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Yep, the bivouac choice would have been the GT but I the Panda probably made it more fun to watch.

Agreed … I’ve got a 20 year old VW transporter van I take all over the place…. She’s good as gold and after owning her for 6 years she’s part of the family… 255,000 and still going…. Touch wood

​@@nevillebloodybartosa year later, is she still with us?

@@nevillebloodybartos Love to hear it!

Glad you enjoy it!

Yeah exactly. I've got next week off and I live near Harwich. Just watched this and now I want to get the ferry to Holland for a day or two

So nice of you

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! I guess it’s like anything, you just stick with what works. Content like this takes a lot more effort, money and I guess risk too

That’s gave me some confidence too

Why are you moving to the U.K.?

@@Opelvectra1 because Canada has become a sh#thole.

You're leaving Canada for the UK? Amazing. I'm trying to convince my clan to move to Portugal. Way better quality of life. But it's a struggle. Best wishes on your move!

To sum it up, quality of life. I’ve never liked North American culture or values. living in Europe growing up and then coming back to Canada really put things into perspective. Also, to everyone that says the cost of living crisis is insane in the UK, come to Canada. 7 months a year of bitter cold and the $750 a month natural gas bills to heat your home now, all while you enjoy a coffee that you just prepared with your $9 jug of milk and your $31 bag of coffee beans. Lastly, what is there to see or do here? It’s primarily a non inhabited massive country with little history and mostly brutal, deathly cold that keeps you trapped indoors all winter. Can’t wait to go back “home”!!

@@joshb2812 lol, called it. I knew it as soon as I saw your initial comment. Canada touts itself as a utopia but is really a joke. Sold it's soul to condo developers, greedy politicians and foreign speculators, don't give a crap about citizens, and weather sucks. The question is: how are you getting your Kona N to the UK? Shipping it?

In 1972, I hitched with a friend to Morocco. We walked through Le Mans, and stood there, thumbs out, as drivers shot past us. It was only when we went across to a small cafe (still there) that we were told we were on the Mulsanne straight and everyone guns it. We hadn't even seen the circuit right behind us, with the huge half-tyre bridge.

I’ve got a few more things lined up for it 😉

I’m still in Spain. It uses around 100 litres so not much at all

@@HighPeakAutos ah I see, not bad. Update us when you get back once you know if possible! Safe travels 🤞

Haha thanks

Thanks 👍

Ah thank you for the tip. I’ve never been to either of those places but I’ll check them out. There’s so much of Spain I haven’t seen

Until the chain lets go at 100k, a known fault, its a service item

Yeah this cleared itself too. Been fine since

Wow what an arrogant comment 😂

Ooohhh your clearly rolling in it with your type r golf.

T,W,A,T R!!!

In a previous video with another car he used a Carly reader....

@@matthewhickman9220 Thanks for that info Matthew. I was thinking of getting a reader, but go onto RU-vid and the choice is enormous. I'm not a mechanic; I just thought it would be a handy bit of kit to have. Take care buddy.

Just on the running issue - only similar problem I’ve had was a dirty MAF. Whizzing it off is easy & spray with acetone to clean it 👍

😂 exactly! I genuinely like it

Yes one 78 other 99

Well

Thanks! 👍

I’d definitely stay there again, it was good. Staff were excellent too

Wow, thank you!