OK so the plan is to drive to south Italy come September, camping along the way to visit family for a week or so, so the journey there and back can take a week or so too.
Problem is we shifted the big old expensive limp-mode 5 series and now stuck (?) with an 08 dualogic Fiat Panda, basic petrol model, no aircon, no room for anything other than extremely lightweight camping gear, dog in back etc…
Options I see are to:
Bite the bullet and go for it in the Panda with a two person tent and cramp-o-style all the way?*
Trade straight for a bangernomic estate or small van if even possible?
Hire a car? (No idea how much this would cost, feels expensive thinking about it)
Funds are currently tight like a camels a55 in a sandstorm …but the idea is grin-inducing and a welcome break for Mrs R who has been fighting illness/disability for 2 years so it has to be done. Just how is the place we’re at…
*Of course there is the consolatory bonus of being showered with Italian wine, dancing girls and streamers as soon as we are seen crossing the border in a Fiat… 😀