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Originally Posted by Badger61
How does your Panda compare?  |
I'll take that as being a serious question and will answer in the same way. Actually the build quality of the Polish built car is excellent. Like the Audi it has just crossed 20,000 miles and it has not had a single fault. The Audi has a rubbing top tailgate, had a failed bluetooth module and costs more in tyres per mile than the diesel Panda does in fuel. It averages over 60mpg with 70 mpg possible on a tidy trip while the Audi averages 27 with 32 possible.
The front wheels toe out slightly but I haven't bothered to get it tracked. The first set of front tyres lasted only 15000 miles but the pair costed about a third of the cost of a single Audi tyre. The rear tyres look like lasting well over 50,000 miles.
The common rail four cylinder 1300cc engine is a gem as is the gearbox. It goes like a bat out of hell.
You may have noticed from my few posts that the majority of new cars that I have bought in the last ten years have had wheel alignment problems from the factory. Indeed out of over a dozen or more new cars I can recall only three have had no alignment problems and they were/are the Jaguar XK8, the 04 Range Rover and the 07 Ford Ranger diesel pick-up truck.