it's not often you stumble on some examples of endangered species, just caught these two pandas basking in the sunlight
I've had a bit of a soft spot for a Mk1 Panda ever since I owned a 4x4 example many years ago. It was great until I could no longer find any sound metal to weld patches to.
Must Resist, Must Resist, Must Resist, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29716783...0VTP563lGFrCh7mDqFegfKsA==|tkp:Bk9SR-qyguy-ZQ Although this would make be fantastic run-around: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/38818191...0vPMGg99y8JGfNPVNdgWqXIQ==|tkp:Bk9SR-qyguy-ZQ
It's funny you should mention this because one of the cars I've owned which unexpectedly wormed its way into my affections was a black Fiat Panda MK1, although it was a diesel. I bought it because it was £500, I was broke and I badly needed a car, any car, but to my great surprise it was a hoot to drive. Due to being in my twenties at the time, I drove it everywhere like I'd stolen it - I used to work in the Docklands and I can fondly recall going round the roundabout underneath Canary Wharf, tyres squealing, on only 3 wheels, on many an occasion. Sadly the cambelt snapped on Commercial Road, just past Aldgate, and it went to the great scrapyard in the sky....
lovely, and fairly cheap. I prefer the two-wheel drive with the "Fire" engine 1000cc. My zoo has 4 Pandas and two Elefants so far.
Many years ago, I was returning from a brisk ride on my then wife’s Yamaha TZR125 (blowing out the gunk build-up) when a bloke in a Fiat Panda just drove into the side of me as I was going through junction. The impact was significant and I remember the feeling of both wheels of the TZR lifting off the tarmac and my right foot was crushed in the process. My foot aches every time I see an old Panda.
