MY FIRST YEAR DRIVING! | 12,500 miles | Insurance advice, highlights, and what’s next…

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6 ай бұрын

HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the first video of 2024, it’s a celebration of Daniel Achterhuis’ first year on the roads in his Fiat Panda 100HP.
He covers the year itself, what he got up to, and his highlights from the 12,500 miles he covered - up the country, down the country, and side to side. What’s in store for 2024?
Daniel also offers some insurance advice to fellow young drivers.
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@mladenbasic1 6 ай бұрын

Hello from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. You kept my attention for over 20 minutes. That’s a real accomplishment. Keep up the great work!

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Hello! Crikey, that’s a long way away 😉 I’m really glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!

@kellybrickey4300 3 ай бұрын

good video! I have a few cars, but if I want to go fast on a twisty road, My 2012 Fiat 500 sport is just the ticket. Just 100 horsepower, but if You just beat the gigantic 500 horsepower pickup trucks to the first corner you never see them again. Glad to find your channel. I am a burned out old hippie in southern California, and I find the young you tubers are enthusiastic and knowledgeable and usually more entertaining to watch than the old folks (my age)

@AllThingsAutoYT 6 ай бұрын

One year! 👏👏

@JohnSummer98 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant work Daniel, my first car was a Panda Dynamic, I changed the stock standard thin wheels to some awesome thicker after market Magwheels and had the upholstery done over to black and red stitching. The car is still in the family and had its engine rebuilt once and tuned. Man the 1.2 Panda is also impressive. It is now being driven by my younger brother. And guess what, we got another Panda hahaha, this time a white one also 1.2 and we loving it! I think you are the next Jeremy Clarkson @bbc we are waiting>>>>>>>>>> We need Top Gear back and Daniel is number one on the list for being a presenter. #HappyDays!

@DanielDrives 4 ай бұрын

BBC - call me ;) thanks John!

@jbenekeorr 6 ай бұрын

I've enjoyed following your first year on the roads and have been coveting your Panda for a few years!!! Good work sir! I had a similar experience with insurance when I started driving in 2010 (and I feel like an incredibly old man saying that) - the 'usual' 1.0 or 1.2 first cars were actually more money to insure than what I ended up buying - which was a Mk1 Renault Megane Coupe 1.6 16v for £1500 (when did you last see one of those?!). Hardly anyone else had aircon, leather seats and a spoiler ... simpler times! 😂 Looking forward to seeing what you get up to in the next year!

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I appreciate it! 😁 Blimey, a Mk1 Megane. They must almost be extinct now surely?!

@keithrushforth4019 5 ай бұрын

It's great to see a young person who's so enthusiastic about cars. I passed my test in 1981, and my fist car was a 1969 Rover P6 2000TC that I bought for for the grand sum of £90.

@Silvestris87 6 ай бұрын

Loving the content, looking at getting a 100hp when I get back from my gap year. Definitely agree with Alex, you have a bright future ahead of you!

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot 😊 Can definitely recommend a 100HP, such great cars with so much character.

@vishnujmohan5089 6 ай бұрын

I'm a huge fan of your presentation 😊

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, I’m glad it comes across well :)

@GaryInAmsterdam 3 ай бұрын

This was well done, nice production quality. And nice car! I love my "new" 2008 60 hp Panda, perfect for living in Amsterdam!

@DanielDrives 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Gary!

@OXOtwo 6 ай бұрын

Looking forwards to more adventures. I bought a Panda 100HP brand new in 2007 . I wish I had kept it.

@WmW2005 6 ай бұрын

Incredible video and an incredible presenter! Taking your car to uni, like I did this year, is definitely expensive but it’s well worth it. It makes university far less scary knowing you are free to move around. Good luck with A Levels :)

@DanielDrives 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-iq5yx4xw9e 3 ай бұрын

i owned and still do a fiat panda 1.2 active for 19 yrs. i love it💕💕. am reluctant to sell it. it has only done 42000+

@sheisabickerstaffe1543 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant Dan 🚘👍

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@AlexStanko1 5 ай бұрын

Hello, I absolutely love your videos. I bought a 2015 fiat panda 1.2l last years summer, but Im still waiting for my legal driving age (in Slovakia you must be 18 to legally drive). But I cant wait for my panda and you made me fall in love even more with panda. Thanks

@DanielDrives 4 ай бұрын

Hi Alex, that's really kind! All the best for when you start learning, I'm sure you will adore your Panda.

@gregcoleman7328 6 ай бұрын

Great video Daniel. Sussex and Kent have a pothole epidemic like you wouldn’t believe, so I sympathise! That 100HP is fab, I have been looking at them online and they are definitely holding or going up in value now. Maybe a future classic. I wouldn’t mind one, that is for sure. I am 6 foot 2 though, so leg / head room will be the deciding factor 😬

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Rest assured, Greg, I’m the same height as you and I find it’s actually really spacious in the front. The pedals are quite close together, but my size 12 feet seem to cope… 😄

@gregcoleman7328 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info, oddly enough I am size 12 as well!

@simonbanks3112 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant video - great to just get a 'catch-up' with you just chatting with us :) 12500 miles?! That's impressive/scary! Hope your bum and back are ok from that suspension for that length of time! :P Enjoy the true freedom of the black-box-less car...but please don't damage it or yourself!

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Cheers Simon! 😊 Don’t worry, I’m not a maniac like a certain Matthew Love-Rouse so I’ll be all good hopefully. All the best!

@MrCheez34 6 ай бұрын

I remember when these first came out and I thought they were really cool! They now seem as if they will be a future classic 🤫

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

They are still cool! 😉 I reckon they will be. Values are already rising too!

@chrisdavidson911 6 ай бұрын

Ask your insurance company to send you proof of no claims at the end of every policy, even if you’re staying with the same company. That way when they wait for years and then randomly ask you for it, you’ve got it, and don’t end up getting reset to 0 because you didn’t

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

That’s very good advice, thank you Chris! Will chase them tomorrow.

@CarTractionvids 6 ай бұрын

*Good stuff, interesting about the insurance - wonder what it's like for an 803cc 1956 Standard?!*

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Haha, now that is definitely something worth looking into!

@scottster97 6 ай бұрын

I hit a pothole in Bunbury and it took out the tyre on a GLC I was driving!

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Ouch! My worst fear 😥

@nicolanicolov3614 6 ай бұрын

12500 miles, insane, I guess I've done a total of about 8000-9000 km (or about 5500 miles) for 16 months. But there is an asterisk to be put here: half of that is *just in the city*, like in traffic and all. Also potholes - very relatable as a fellow Panda user, I've noticed I've gotten in the habit of bracing for impact at the slightest imperfection on the road and it feels kinda weird when I'm in an SUV with an actually good suspension. Bulgarian roads ain't good for this little car.

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

I do the same thing! Hit a monster of a pothole today and I wanted to cry inside. No damage though thankfully! These 9 lives won’t last forever though…

@gezzy8095 6 ай бұрын

Potholes! 😠 although the holes were rather small they had to count them all. Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert hall! Must of be never ending problem if the Beatles were singing about them! 😂

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

Haha, legendary lyric, legendary band!

@gezzy8095 6 ай бұрын

@@DanielDrives absolutely! 😊

@terrybutler1231 6 ай бұрын

What is it with women in 4x4s? One had a right go at me the other day when I was doing some stills for a client.

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

It’s so harmless, but I suppose private land is private land 🤷‍♂️

@cbca6567 6 ай бұрын

Why put different ratio tyres on the car than spec? I see on the closeup the Michelins are 195/50 R15 82V instead of the from new 195/45 R15 78V. Also the original tyres from new on my car and I believe all other Panda 100Hps was the GoodYear F1 GSD3, which only produced this F1 tyre in that size for the Panda 100HP. I own from new, a 2010 Panda 100hp with little miles on it, but 2 years ago I thought to change the tyres and asked Goodyear about availability and they said to me that they had just produced another batch of the Goodyear F1 tyres in the right size, but with upgraded tyre compound to match its latest performance tyres. The car was developed on those tyres over many miles and the F1s are truly excellent tyres.

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

I agree with you on the Goodyear Eagle F1s, they are amazing tyres. However, it’s very common for people to use the chunkier profile tyres on 100HPs to try and iron out some of the bumps. It’s not just me!

@cbca6567 6 ай бұрын

@@DanielDrives Yes the ride quality is not the best for British B roads, however Fiat fitted inexpensive shock absorbers and springs from new since it was built to a price, and switching to Bilstein with their kit including Eibach springs, does improve the ride and especially rear bounce on our roads, also shown on another youtuber with a 100hp. Pity the chip fitted to the car was pretty unbreakable for remapping, compared to the equivalent engine on the 500 and punto, but there is an Italian firm that seems to be the only one to have done it, without using a piggyback, and has complementing tubular manifold and whole system too; supersprint stopped making all but the manifold. I did not do this yet but am considering since the 100hp engine has little low revs torque for overtaking. However our car has always run on Shell vpower 100 octane from new, cleaner burn less polution and more hp....in 6th on motorway accelerating briskly and without strain at high speed up a steep incline with 4 people.

@DanielDrives 6 ай бұрын

@@cbca6567 I will probably look into the suspension/damper upgrades available at some point. I’ve heard very good things. I also chose to use E5, much better fuel.