Hey all,

Am i right in thinking that the puma has always had the following that its a girls car???

just been looking at the prices of the 1.7 ltr engined ones and for the price i'm seriously considering one for next year.


Whats everyones views on them,

CheeRS

baz

 

They are a great car, handle well and the 1.7 goes well for what it is. Deffo not girlie mate.

Benni.

 

get the racing puma

 

Imo they are girls cars, in the same legue as the 206

 

I've got one. Fantastic on a B-Road. One of the very best FWD cars I've driven. Got far more urgent things to do car-wise at the moment, but would love to up the the power on it, and will do at some point. 160-180bhp NA with that chassis would be awesome.

 

Never really heard a bad thing about them, supposed to handle very well.

but so does a MX5 and MR2 if u get my drift .

If ur not to worried what people will think then theres no reason not to buy one if thats what u want get it.

 

I ran one for 3 years as a company car and it was great fun to drive, handled really well and was good on fuel and if I could get rid of my company car I have now I'd have another as a daily driver. They aren't that quick in a straight line and the power is limited in 1st which is annoying but you used to be able to buy a chip to remove that limiter.

The only problem I found was that mine liked to be driven hard and I went through 3 clutches and 3 gearboxes in 70k miles I used to rip the plate off of the clutch other than that it took a lot of abuse

 

not long ago sold ours, you deffo need better brakes for them, and 4x4 cossie ones go on without too much bother

also had H&R coilovers on it, again made a good difference to the handling, not that it was bad as std, they just soooo badly need lowering!

also had a K&N filter and a full piper exhausts 4-2-1 manifold, sport cat and system on it. that made for a very revvy engine and added a fair bit of poke too.

dont know what the power limit in first is about? ours didnt seem to drop the power if launched in 1st? was a 98 r reg tho.

out of the cars ive got rid of so far, the puma is the one missed the most, was such a laugh and could be thrown about like a cheap hooker

 

Its deffo there in first....ours daily smoker is a R plate 1.7, and if you unplug the gearbox speed sensor you notice it straight away in first gear...revs so much harder unplugged.

Agree with every word Mike C said about them......if I had the time and spare cash i'd promote ours from daily driver to cheap stripped out track toy.

 

I used to run around with the speedo unplugged for that very reason lol.

It's the car that I miss most too out of everything I've had.

 

hmm, well, all i know is, is that i could cain most stuff from a standing start lol. so couldnt have been too power sapping lol

 

I will get one next year

 

I like your comments , done a deal with a FRP for my cos and i wasn't too sure i was doing the right thing but tbh i'm quite surprised what a good little car it is and not common like most other cars good package as it comes only had a catless s/s added and is quick with brilliant brakes, defo recommended (pay a bit more and get the FRP, there's some good priced ones about and they attract quite a bit of attention !.)