This happened a while back, but work blogging has left little time for personal blogging so my update is a bit late.  Still, never mind it’s not as if there was much to say, which when it comes to a service – and a service at a Fiat dealer at that – this is a good thing!  Took the car in early and were asked by the service department what the car was in for, we replied it was the first year service and the car had done 15,000kms.

The service technician told us they would do the oil and filters and a few other bits, but the Panda would have to return at 20,000kms to have the air filter and something else done, it just wasn’t worth doing it at the present mileage.  It seemed odd at the time, but it does make sense, it’s just a pain to keep having to return.

Five thousand kilometres is a long way off anyway, I have barely pushed 500 in the month since it was serviced and don’t expect to have to go before the end of summer.  We picked the car up the following morning (it was ready before, but it was impossible to make it before their 4pm closing) and noticed an immediate difference when driving away, not only was the engine smoother and slightly more responsive, but the brakes had stopped their infernal squeaking!   It was something we mentioned when it was dropped off and they said they had a cure, but to be honest I didn’t expect anything much from them, and it was nice to be proved wrong.

Since then the car has been perfect and a just over 90 euro, the price was reasonable too.  Shame they didn’t clean it though.  So, a far better experience with Spicar Fiat this time.  I hope it will continue.