Will My £250 Fiat Panda Make it 2500KM to Spain?
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Today I'm taking my £250 Fiat Panda (with 153,000 miles on the clock) all the way down to southern Spain. Will it make it? Who knows... Let's find out.
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Ribbons of James May shine through you from time to time, Matt. With your car choices that is.
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.
What will be interesting is if you get it fixed while in Spain (assuming the fault isn't terminal), then drive it back to the UK as a Pt2 video. I'm guessing quite a few viewers would be interested to see if this plucky little car could take a family on holiday and deliver them back home safely, and hopefully on a tight budget.
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! 😁😁
That's the great thing about an old banger. It doesn't really matter if it breaks - but the longer it keeps going the fonder you become of it.
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.
Every Fiat Panda seller watching this will add another £500 to asking price now. Thanks Matt I really enjoyed watching this
😂
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
As I told you, those Fiat Pandas are like a faithful old friend that is good to you but you don't notice. Might not be super cool, might not be the first thing you notice, it may even seem boring or ungainly, but when you ask it to do something, it will always do it for you.
Fiat Pandas really are the good friend that you can count on.
You can’t beat a cheap Panda. I’ve always been a Panda fan even though I usually drive much bigger / more expensive stuff. 4 of us did a banger rally across Europe, 10 countries, finishing in Nice, in a 1.1 Panda and it was faultless for the whole trip - even made it up the Stelvio Pass 👍
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...
I bought a 2004 Fiat Panda 1.2 petrol 4 years ago for £500. It had 71,000 on the clock when I bought it and I've now put another 50K on the clock, travelling mainly between West Wales, West Somerset and the odd trip to Newcastle. It's been faultless. I've changed the timing belt/pump, pads/discs and it's serviced once a year. Incredible fuel economy, too. Brilliant car.
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.
Watching road trips in old bangers never gets old. Daft thing is, as kids we did this all the time. Buying a lemon for £30 in an auction, driving far too many hours in one go, arguing over what would get chewed up in the tape deck next, wondering what that new noise was, even the occasional (okay, bloody rare) mini-romance. Sometimes the car broke, sometimes we fixed them properly, usually we bodged it up to get home again. Priceless life lessons and memories with friends you never forget. Every teenager should do it, not just 3 old men in jeans.
Thanks Matt! That was fun! You really are a man of the people, go high or go low, it matters not, it’s about the journey.
I really enjoy your videos Matt. I look forward to these appearing a couple of times a week.
Perfectly honest and down to earth views and I like that. Keep it going!
Doing this journey in May and was going to do my usual route, but will give this a go I think. The chat about avoiding big cities and instead going to towns etc is exactly right too!
An interesting video Matt. I have driven that route and others 68 times during the past 17 years in my now 260,000 miles E220 cdi Auto Diesel Estate.You right to encourage others to try it for themselves as they have no idea what they are missing.
Now let's see you drive it back in limp mode!!! Lovely video Matt. You can see the fastidious attention to detail, thought out shots and decent editing going on here - it makes these a real pleasure to watch. It makes me really smile to see your success and tenacity - I could see you making obscene money as a life coach. Cancer got me and ended my career , so I spend most of my week hooked up to a dialysis machine and your videos are a life saver. Would love to hear all about trade plates and their ins and outs - but that's a bit weird, I know. All the best to you and thanks for putting in all the time and effort to make these. It's more appreciated than you'll probably ever know.
As always a brilliant addition to the high peak auto video collection you have here .
Brilliant journey coverage👍 About 20 years ago my friend brought his Spanish Brother-in-Law a classic Morris Minor for his 50th Birthday. He did a similar journey to the Costa del sol to deliver the car. The Moggy got there with no problems but he made more stops on route due to a slower speed ratio and discomfort. His brother-in-law was absolutely amazed with surprise present and today he still looks after and keeps it road worthy.
I loved that trip, Matt.
I did it from Darlington to Fuengirola, via Calais/Dunkirk crossing. 36 hours southbound, 25hrs northbound... the family were shocked to see me at the door only a day after dropping them at the airport. The car at the time was a Skoda Octavia 1.9TDi Elegance. Rear seats dropped to make a comfy bed, but I found sleeping very difficult... it's that adrenaline hit that keeps you wanting to drive. On arrival I couldn't stop talking.
Another epic trip was from Cyprus to Ballymena, Northern Ireland... that took four ferries and 8 days, but was another amazing experience. Time for another. Many thanks.
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.
I really like road trips like this, just goes to show you can enjoy a road trip in whatever car you have. Thanks Matt !
More to come!
Hilarious that the ferry and hotel fees must have cost more than the car 😂
Thanks for letting us join you on this trip. I especially love the photo of the Stockport to sunshine by the Spanish sea. We'll done little Panda 👍
Great video! I watched it all the way to the end. It was well put together, interesting and also some travel information thrown in too and some great footage of southern Spain! Keep up the great work :)
I worked for Fiat and I actually really enjoyed the Panda. I drove it from Yorkshire to London and back over 2 days. It was also a diesel. It was frugal and comfortable. I'm 6ft1 and there was loads of room
A frugal intelligent comfortable car
I loved this High Peak Autos on tour video. So relaxing to see such open roads, especially when I’m so used to the non stop traffic around London. Hopefully it’ll be the start of more road trip videos taken in different cars. Maybe you could do some day trips closer to home? Like to the coast, or the Lake District or Hadrian’s Wall?
I bought my SkyDome Panda in 2005. 241,100 miles later I still use it although it has been relegated to mainly tip runs and emergency backup. Although several wear and tear parts have been replaced over the years it is still on its original exhaust! It returns between 66 to 71 mpg and must be the most economical car I have ever owned. My first car was a Standard 10 in which I learned to drive in 1969. Main car is a Citroen C4 which most professional reviewers dislike but most owners on Autocar reviews seem to love
Really interesting video, I loved seeing the roads and cities in Spain, especially around Malaga area as I used to live there also. I loved your trip down memory lane of the cars you bought and sold in Spain.
Love your videos. What a great road trip. I bought a Panda Eleganza 1.2 with 145,000 on the clock primarily for taking the dogs out. What a great little car - sold it on for £5 less than I paid for it (which was £690). Now looking for a 4x4 Panda. Keep up the brilliant work!
I did not expect this but it was quite an entertaining video. Kudos for the Panda, I think Fiats are under rated. Good news for second hand car buyers in the know, until they reach classic car status and then the prices go intergalactic.
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.
Great video. My elderly father, who was a complete petrol head, had a Panda 100. He loved it, even though he was a complete liability in it. Great to see the mighty panda on an epic road trip 🐼 🚙
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!
I love an old banger , you can get one that goes on and on I've had a few old PX cars that I've used over the years and so far they have never let me down . Anyway have a nice road trip , nice video Matt 👍
this has got to be one of my favorite videos on this channel. gotta love cheap cars and long road trips and just a dude who likes freedom and is independent.
Love a Panda, great little car, there is a reason why Italy loves them.
Simple and easy to drive, and the petrol ones can be great fun
I did a similar spontaneous journey like this in my Clio (1.5 Diesel, 2010) from Leicester to Ansbach Germany this Christmas. It never let me down and the fuel economy was incredible! All the windows still work too which is a bonus
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.
Refreshing to see a CZcamsr road trip in something that’s not exotic or sporty. What an excellent little car and a great video and thanks for the Burgos tip!
Great video Matt, really enjoyed this format, the travel element, the cheap car element, loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
A bloody excellent vlog with a simple every day car going on a long trip & Matt with his linguistic skills 😀 👌 great 20 minutes of entertainment 💯👌
Great content, great story telling, great editing….thank you for taking us all along with you!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great little road trip video. More like this please, you are an excellent host.
Brilliant, thanks for sharing the journey with us
Never had any doubt that the little Panda would make it. She's now an elderly **** so just need to treat *** gentle Matt. I love this kind of car and what great content Matt. Awesome - enjoy Malaga!!
At 155k miles I'd say the EGR valve is clogged up pretty bad, and may explain why the engine light came on. A ruddy good clean out and it'd probably be fine again!
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
I was not too sure what to expect from this video, but really enjoyed it. Nice to see the Panda living some of its best life and hopefully an easy fix. Also nice little hotel reviews and some interesting ideas for mini breaks, cheers Matt 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was actually a really pleasant watch, plus considering this is the only car that I can seem to insure as a first time driver it's nice to see just how capable the little Panda is.
I’ve had one from new and I love it to bits. Timing chain bust at 80000 miles cost me £1600. Had to replace turbo once was also expensive. It’s done 115000 now. Still going strong.
Brill video thanks Matt, really enjoyable! Once the little Fiat made it to Folkstone I’d have been confident for the rest of the trip. Itd be great if we could get an update of the cause of the engine light at some point? Thanks again for going to the effort of putting this video together 👍🏻
That’s gave me some confidence too
In the mid 70's, I was a young soldier serving in West Germany........whilst in UK for a month long course I needed wheels so I bought an old Morris Oxford for something like 40 quid....I drove it on the course and back to Germany and sold it on for 20 quid. I did similar later with an old Rover 80 (P4 with the Landrover 4 cylinder petrol and overdrive) and at the end of the course drove it to Frankfurt to visit my sister and then back to Uk and sold it on for the same money I bought it for. I also had a later Morris Marina only a few hundred miles on the clock, but it went back and forth West Germany to UK for a couple of years......never a hiccup and I drove that Marina in some awful snowy winters with the thermo in the deep -20s 30's Centigrade.
Yet another quality video Matt. Bangernomics lives on, and it's a wonderful thing!
Really enjoyed that video. My Dad bought a holiday home in Nerja in 83 (I was 7 years old) so it became a second home to me. Never once until now have I seriously considered driving down (from Glasgow) but you’ve definitely inspired me. Probably won’t do it in a £250 Panda 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
I once did , more or less the same journey in reverse. The car was one of those very Square Fiat 500s ( not the latest model) . It was loaded up to the point where the front end was pointing towards the wild blue yonder, but like you , it didn’t miss a beat and was loads of fun. I now do Manchester to Porto in something a little bigger and I cheat by catching the Santander ferry . Enjoyed the video and the memories it brought.
Impressive doing all those miles in reverse
These cars are ace, I’m so glad someone else thinks so! My dad had one of these, and currently has a 15 plate, and I just think they’re quirky, simple, no nonsense cars.
The point you make about parking in the underground car park: it still surprises me when I drive my dads, and I turn round to look out the back window and the back window is RIGHT THERE! No problems parking, you know exactly where the back of the car is.
Great little car the Panda, I’ve owned one as a second car for 4 years now, I love it! And as you say, very liberating driving such a cheap basic car, great to park up and not worry about it 👍
Totally get the liberating road trip vibe in an old Panda that cost almost nothing to run. I used to drive monthly from Brussels to Zurich and colleagues who travelled by air thought I was mad but often I’d arrived ahead of then once they checked in/collected bags etc!
Even 60 mpg car is expensive to run thesedays..
old? in italy it's basically new. 1.3 diesel engine is never gonna die
Pleased to see the Panda back on the channel. Mulsanne is also the long straight used on the 24 hours which in modern times has been interrupted with chicanes. You can drive down it as it is a public road most of the year. A cathedral city can often be fun. Last summer I past through Lincoln and Peterborough in the UK both of which were surprisingly interesting. Looking forward to an update resolving the engine light. Long live the Panda! Thank you.
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.
Cracking video. Something liberating about a road trip on your own. I love pictures of hotel rooms, cruise ship cabins etc etc and the mpg figures (another obsession) were the icing on the cake.
Excellent change of pace, and great work. Thoroughly enjoyed that, and hats off to the Panda - just goes to show.
Many thanks!
How cool! High Peak Travels! We need more vids like this!
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 👍
Pandas are fantastic and funky looking whilst being very robust 👍
Great video Matt, good to see you enjoying my part of the world (southern Spain). Looking forward to seeing the video of your return trip 😃
I really enjoyed this! A chilled road trip, your presentation style, and humor, all made for a brilliant watch
Glad you enjoyed it!
The engine mount issue may also be control arm bushes. Also, salt and shake could possibly be the most mental choice for roadtrip snack out there.
Haha
Isnt shake and vac used for carpets though?
I enjoy seeing old and high mileage cars being put to the test like this. It makes them seem so characterful and lifelike and far more than just a machine.
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!
Woow. Matt 😀😀😀 Best video you've ever done 👍 Having so many fancy cars in the garage and jumping into Panda not even checking a fuel or air filter let alone oil level 😀 😉 You're the man 😀 👏 Really entertaining that was. Thanks for that ❤❤❤
I love that you did this. I also have a panda and my dad has a house in Spain i want to take a roadtrip to one day. Unfortunately I've never gotten my panda right no matter how much money i spent.
Hope you do some more videos with the panda!
True environmentally friendly motoring. I really enjoyed this, felt like a mini adventure👍
Thanks 👍
Great video. This proves again that really cheap cars can be a great adition to any car garage, no matter how expensive or fancy are your other cars. Cheap to run, sometimes full with character, no worries of where to park them, probably cheap to reapair (looking forward to know what's the issue with it), and if it goes really wrong is not a big economic loss. I'm glad you enjoyed Burgos which is very close to my home town, Valladolid. If you enjoyed that Burgos late evening bar ambient, you should definitely go to León, it has that bar culture times 10, great tapas and with some interesting places to visit, although it's a big detour if you are traveling to Málaga.
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
Great video. I took my cheap 14 year old Citroen C2 to Germany over Christmas. 1200 miles total and a blown headlight bulb the only issue. I did take out temporary breakdown just in case. First time driving outside the UK and made a great change from planes, trains and taxis.
Great content Matt cracking road trip and some history / tour guiding thrown in for free👍 you do have many hats 👏
Thanks 👍
Something that is also refreshing is the lack of traffic on the motorways in Spain . It's gets me in a panic just having to drive to Sainsburys here in Nottingham. It's just a permanent rush hour in the UK. You enjoy your relaxing break Sir! Well deserved👍 Very enjoyable video once again. Thank You🙂👍
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👍
Enjoyed this video Matt, hope there’s going to be a follow up. Are you planning on leaving it in Spain? Totally get the freedom of a road trip, love a euro adventure
I’ve got a few more things lined up for it 😉
Well done Matt, a great vblog and it makes me want to take in Burgos the next time I am again motoring in Spain this year, in my own 27 year old A4, 1.9TDi 90 BHP. But no marks for not checking the fluids, either before you started or even on the way. La Panda rossa is a star and deserves a little LTC, it looked after you so well. But it proves once again that the older the car the better built they are, and that they will last with some regular basic maintenance. Hasta luego, companero!
What a cheeky little road trip Matt! Great content, thanks. Inspires me to do similar in my V60 1.6 Drive D2. Slippers and pipe too! Cheers
Exactly the type of content I love! Just out of curiosity (presuming you made it back home in the Panda lol), how much did you spend on diesel in total? Also did you find out what the engine light fault code was in the end? Brill video! I love driving and road trips, if it didn't cost so much money and time I would do things like this regularly!
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 🤞
So at this point I am less than a minute in and crossing my fingers and toes for the little panda to make it!
Enjoyed that Matt thanks for taking us along with you
Glad you enjoyed it
This was fun! Thanks for sharing
I asked Steve if the A6 is good enough for me to drive to Barcelona, he said, Matt's next video will answer your question.
Making the trip in a high mileage diesel Panda, kind of makes this a bizzaro Harry video, and it worked very well.
Haha thanks
Humble motoring at its finest Matt...great video 👏👌
Just started watching your channel and have to say it refreshing to here your comments on cars and people it makes us laugh and the Range Rover cud’s and comments are spot on 👍🏻🏴
Hello Again. Matt a realy engaging vlog, so is the PANDA staying in Spain or is there a return journey to look forward to, in either event its worth sorting the 'engine warning light'. Regards. RichardA.
I really enjoy the usual reviews on the channel, but I think this type of video is so relatable and captivating to watch.
Everyone must’ve owned a cheap run around car and wondered how far it could go without breaking down 😂 I’d love to see more of these ‘challenge’ type vids
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
Brilliant and interesting video as always Matt!
Keep up the great work ! :D
Thanks, will do!
I really enjoyed that Matt. We used to drive from Scotland to Italy and back in the 1990s, travelling various routes through Europe..
Happy memories..
I've always been worried about the reliability of these but I kinda want one
Yeah I like this format and style of video. It's not something I really expected from you. I like your commitment to the Panda. You could have driven to Spain in anything but you chose the Panda, for your own and for our entertainment. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yep, the bivouac choice would have been the GT but I the Panda probably made it more fun to watch.
Great road trip video! pretty brave doing it in an old , untried car. Done that drive many times but not in such a small car but the fuel economy makes it a sensible choice
Hi Matt! Great video of your 2500km trip car journey from the Uk to Spain and knowing the Fiat Panda handled the journey almost flawlessly. It would be interesting to know the fault of the car when in the UK. Shame the car does not have cruise control as you must have an aching right leg! Many thanks
That road trip, and my Kona N. Yes please!
Videos like this make our remaining time in Canada before the move to the UK even more unbearable 😂
Your check engine light at the end of your journey is why I refuse to travel without my Autel scanner on any long trip. They can be a life saver 👌
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?
Those little Fiat diesel engines are tough as a old boots.
Until the chain lets go at 100k, a known fault, its a service item
Can't beat a Spanish road trip. I visit Northern Spain a lot and the drive along the A8 is really scenic. My last rental car in Spain was a Golf diesel and it was so sluggish on the motorway the Renault Captur I had previously was better. If you want some tunes for your trip there's a Spanish road trip playlist on Spotify! Great video! Really enjoyed this one.
Absolutely brilliant video ... loved it. Was like watching a thriller and wondering what was going to happen next ... and the tour of the towns was great. Am jealous ... want to grab a car, fill the tank, stick on some music, open some sweets and just drive!!! Keep us posted as to the Fiat's "health". Great video!!!
Brilliant video Matt. The little Panda coped no problem, eh? You'll need to let us know what fault developed on the car. You mentioned a fault code reader. What one do you use? What one would you recommend? Hope you enjoy your short break and we'll see you on the next one.
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 CZcams 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.
I bought one of these for my niece five years ago. it was the petrol version and needed a new back axel which cost £400.00. Since then it has done 50k and only needed minor servicing. Parts being cheap and easy to fit, this is an excellent short range car that can be called upon for longer trips because if anything fails , it's cheap to fix. i drive a Type 'R' golf but would happily drive one of these if I were poor.
Wow what an arrogant comment 😂
Ooohhh your clearly rolling in it with your type r golf.
T,W,A,T R!!!
Brilliant video Matt. Just the sort of thing I’d have done 15 years ago.
Good you showed some of France, I’ll start taking yearly trips there soon with a view to acclimatising myself to retiring there. A good 25 years practice run up.
What you said about the places in Spain is what I love about France. The independent cafe culture and the lack of cheap fast food places and no American chain franchise shops makes the place great, shame we have gone for American rather than the European lifestyle here.
I Have a Friday or Saturday end of the working week CZcams binge and really enjoy your episodes about cars and the properties, Im a carpenter working on houses and other buildings so it’s good to see how developers interpret what to do with their properties. Great work as ever.
Thanks for the drive added the places you have visited to my maps. Amazing mpg on the panda. At least you made it!
Superb motors - currently running two of them. But, as usual, haters gonna hate ! 😁
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 👍
The man owns and daily drives an L405 Autobiography but takes a Panda to Spain..... Only a real lover of all cars will understand why that makes sense!
😂 exactly! I genuinely like it
Well done little Panda, it did really well, thank you for taking us along for the ride, my Aunty and uncle live near to Malaga, I know the area quite well, I love being there❤.
Great video... well done to you and the panda!
I know from own experience what you are talking about. I drove my 2008 diesel Panda for ten years and made some really long journeys with it. Thanks for the Mazda 2 video. It helped me find mine.
Great video Matt, you can’t beat a good European road trip. Love Pandas, so much fun for a little car.
Keen to see Part 2 Matt, enjoyed that
I started to loose interest in this channel always same contents.
But this is an amazing change.
I think everyone it's bored seeing youtubers doing long journeys in supercars like Ferrari ,Porsche, Range Rovers .
But a long trip in Panda it's a genuine pleasure to watch.
Well done Matt
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