RE: PH Fleet update: Ford Puma
Discussion
could fit some Puma "Racing" arches! 
.... on second thoughts .... would probably cost more than the car's worth.
johnpeat said:
scholesy said:
I actually quite fancy a puma for track abuse, basically a swoopier fiesta with a slightly better engine (in 1.7 form versus the zetec s fiesta) lots you can do to them for not much money, and spares are plentiful with so many going cheap. Can nearly afford to buy a decent car with an engine failure etc as a spares car!
I love Pumas but I'm not sold on them as track cars, they need too much work to make them track happy IMOThey are BRILLIANT road cars tho, they're nippy, light and they soak up the bumps without question. Lovely gearchange - decent steering - all adds-up to a package which is VASTLY better the tedious understeering stodge of the Tigra.
For track work you'd want stiffer suspension and bigger brakes at the very least - and they still feel a bit 'top heavy' to me even then.
There are far better track slags - leave Pumas on the road, it's their habitat.
Washed my Puma at the weekend for the first time since September... basically polished around the rust. 
I keep telling myself it adds character, or at the very least ignoring it is a passive weight reducing measure, as it rapidly dissolves as soon as the clouds take a turn for the dark.
I keep telling myself it adds character, or at the very least ignoring it is a passive weight reducing measure, as it rapidly dissolves as soon as the clouds take a turn for the dark.
Garlick said:
Shame the interior of his cars look like this
I know a lad who does some light valeting and he had someone drop-off a Disco (1) today which wasn't far off that!!As well as a metric tonne of crap (do people really leave a year of litter for a valet to remove??) EVERY surface of the interior was caked with long-standing mud and dirt and they appear to think he'll return to it 'new' as part of a standard valet!?!?
When he'd finished (3-4 hours work) it was MUCH nicer but there was still a hard-worn grime on most of the car's interior (which wouldn't come off without serious chemical intervention I reckon). There was also the matter of the rear seats (and 6/7 sideseats) being jammed and non-moveable to consider!!
We had a similar (but not as bad) car valeted before sale a few years back and the lad spent THREE DAYS on it!!
johnpeat said:
scholesy said:
I actually quite fancy a puma for track abuse, basically a swoopier fiesta with a slightly better engine (in 1.7 form versus the zetec s fiesta) lots you can do to them for not much money, and spares are plentiful with so many going cheap. Can nearly afford to buy a decent car with an engine failure etc as a spares car!
I love Pumas but I'm not sold on them as track cars, they need too much work to make them track happy IMOThey are BRILLIANT road cars tho, they're nippy, light and they soak up the bumps without question. Lovely gearchange - decent steering - all adds-up to a package which is VASTLY better the tedious understeering stodge of the Tigra.
For track work you'd want stiffer suspension and bigger brakes at the very least - and they still feel a bit 'top heavy' to me even then.
There are far better track slags - leave Pumas on the road, it's their habitat.
Agree on likely better track cars, brake are F&cking s
te on Puma's though (first thing in the bin), these bit done, then are then great. Track for me are for racing on.Paul Dishman said:
Riggers said:
Garlick said:
Shame the interior of his cars look like this
Cheeky. But possibly fair.
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