RE: SOTW Special: Ford Puma
Discussion
Potto said:
y2blade said:
what is the story with the "Millennium" Edition ones?
I have a Millenium. Yes, it is now a few different shades of yellow, but the perforated leather recaro interior really make the interior feel special. The seats themselves are fantastically supportive with big bolsters, and they are also set lower than the standard ford jobbies which helps not only access but also driving position.The Milleniums also come with most of the available spec options for the car, air-con (which still works perfectly after 11 years), heated front screen and a few other bits. I bought mine off my brother as a go-between car after my 200sx, and that was a year and half ago. I'm worried that if I sell it to buy something else, it will cost more and not be as much fun.
Puma ownership should be a cheap experience, with half decent tyres for ~£40 (used to be less than £30 6 months ago) and all the parts for sale cheaply it should be cheap to run.
Do check your cambelt regularly though. There is a special ford tool required to fit it properly. The reason i'm quite so edgey about this is that mine slipped a tooth on a perfectly in-date under-milage cambelt last month and it was whole new engine jobbie to fix, although I got a low milage engine delivered for less than £300.
The only grumbles I would have about the Puma is that whereas the brakes feel strong enough during normal driving, when you have to emegency stop they are left lacking and can lead to some bowel-emptying moments. Also, 5th gear is geared a bit too short to be a real motorway car. At 70mph the car is doing 3500rpm, which is a bit noisy with the Milltek have fitted and isn't great for economy but none of this matters when you're chucking it down a twisty challenging b-road, grinning like a simpleton. Here she is in Marmite yellow..
And some oldskool recaro porn:
Oh, and for any doubters out there, this man chose a Puma in which to do his driver training VHS..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTgXI1RlseE
the Millennium Edition I went to look at on Saturday had already gone...I guess good ones don't sit around for long
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