Looking to buy a Puma 1.7 16v.
Has anyone drove one, what do you think?
All opinions welcome
Has anyone drove one, what do you think?
All opinions welcome
Ford Puma
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Ford Puma
its a great car......for the missus!
It's a hair dressers car, or you normally see fun boys in them! Might as well buy a suzuki jeep or an xr3i cabrolet 
guy i used to work with own one on a y-plate, being comletelt honest with you thie car not only looks the part, but drives with a lot of kick as well, seriously one cracking car. dont think twice, as for the fiesta another of my m8s has one, and its no-where near as gd a drive as the puma.
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How can you say its a girls car when we all drive sei's or cinq's.
Im sure people have said that to you when youve told them what you drive.
when i tell people what i drive, Ive been told many a time that its a girls car or even a washing machine on wheel, but i still love driving it.
Im sure people have said that to you when youve told them what you drive.
when i tell people what i drive, Ive been told many a time that its a girls car or even a washing machine on wheel, but i still love driving it.
i have driven a puma and i have owned fiesta zetec-s both good and nippy but the puma definatly has the edge why not go for a racing puma 160bhp with almost no turbo lag lots of fun but hey i just sold the fiesta to go for a fiat so dont trust me.
lots of fun but hey i just sold the fiesta to go for a fiat so dont trust me.
they're alright... the 1.7 is quite nippy and you can get an Van Aaken turbo conversion for it aswell
The Moo said:i have driven a puma and i have owned fiesta zetec-s both good and nippy but the puma definatly has the edge why not go for a racing puma 160bhp with almost no turbo lag
I would hope it has no lag at all, as it has no turbo
http://www.fordracingpuma.com/mainwebpage.html
PS Van Aaken are no longer doing turbo conversions.
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jayz165 said:
Nope people congratulate me on a good purchase....seriously.
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The Moo said:i have driven a puma and i have owned fiesta zetec-s both good and nippy but the puma definatly has the edge why not go for a racing puma 160bhp with almost no turbo lag
1.8Stilo said:the 1.7 is quite nippy and you can get an Van Aaken turbo conversion for it aswell
J333EVO said:I would hope it has no lag at all, as it has no turbo
http://www.fordracingpuma.com/mainwebpage.html
PS Van Aaken are no longer doing turbo conversions.
LOL! :worship: busted the pair of you!
whoops lol :bang: :bang: i told you not to trust me heres hoping i was right about the 160bhp anyone know . i would have lost good money to that
sorry i did try the link j333evo but my bloody pc keeps saying error 503 something
:bang: :bang: i told you not to trust me heres hoping i was right about the 160bhp anyone know . i would have lost good money to thatsorry i did try the link j333evo but my bloody pc keeps saying error 503 something
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My mates missus has one, she likes it and he says its quite rapid.
Tis all I know.
Tis all I know.
Supposedly cracking little cars, lively entertaining chassis and peppy engine. Let us know what they are like if you go for it
Spent 7 years at Ford & Puma easily one of the most reliable Fords.Problems with door ajar warning lights/locking/alarm which ment having to strip door down-even frame! but otherwise great as already mentioned.Can't see feck all when reversing tho!
driven one, a 1.7 jobby (did they actually make anything else, or was the 1.4/1.6 just too much of a joke?), liked it quite a bit, and whilst its based on a fiesta floorpan, it doesn't drive that much like one (we had one of though's fiesta's, a 1.6 16v zetec, very nice, but too small, and red ) its probably one of the only fords I'd consider owning, but in dark graphite grey or else
good sized boot too, actually very good, rear leg room is pants, but still better than the bastard offspring that is a 'ka'
) its probably one of the only fords I'd consider owning, but in dark graphite grey or else good sized boot too, actually very good, rear leg room is pants, but still better than the bastard offspring that is a 'ka'
It's a girls car, it's too girly for me to drive so how a straight bloke could think about it I dunno
thats just people joking around, the pukea realy is for girls. i dont think even a self respecting gay bloke would drive one :nono:jayz165 said:
not even one that looks like this?
I always remember a quote from CCC mag (car and car convsions, THE best car mag in the world till it went gay, or bust)
"since the start of the first stage of the day it has rained non stop here in ???? for ????? rally (panama or something exotic) several cars have slid off the tretarus tarmac, (names a few uber hot retro rally cars), needless to say our CCC puma with only RWD, only semi slick tyres (part wets) and 450bhp to the rear wheels, it pitched us into a ditch on the 2nd corner of the rally and ended our rally in heroic style"
or something like that, basically they overpowered a rough RWD conversion in a FWD car, and crashed it into a ditch on the 2nd corner,
I always remember a quote from CCC mag (car and car convsions, THE best car mag in the world till it went gay, or bust)
"since the start of the first stage of the day it has rained non stop here in ???? for ????? rally (panama or something exotic) several cars have slid off the tretarus tarmac, (names a few uber hot retro rally cars), needless to say our CCC puma with only RWD, only semi slick tyres (part wets) and 450bhp to the rear wheels, it pitched us into a ditch on the 2nd corner of the rally and ended our rally in heroic style"
or something like that, basically they overpowered a rough RWD conversion in a FWD car, and crashed it into a ditch on the 2nd corner,
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