Puma or Cougar - £600 Snotter

[deanogtv]

The missus will now be driving the daily family car due to a recent shunt in her KA, not sure I trust her with the new toy however.

I get the insurance money for the KA in a day or two and need to sort a daily runner for my 12 mile commute to the office. Which brings me on to the question above.

I only have a small budget so its either a Puma or Cougar. I think I may sway to the cougar as I may have to do the odd long trip for work.

Would be nice to hear from anyone who has had both.

[Podie]

The Cougar wasn't Ford's finest hour - the Mondeo of the period is a better car.

Puma can be a bit noisy on the motorway, but should be better than the KA. If you can find a decent one, I'd go for the Puma.

[vx220]

Podie said:

The Cougar wasn't Ford's finest hour - the Mondeo of the period is a better car.

Puma can be a bit noisy on the motorway, but should be better than the KA. If you can find a decent one, I'd go for the Puma.

I thought Cougar was a Mondeo?

Isn't Probe the terrible Ford coupe?

[Podie]

vx220 said:

Podie said:

The Cougar wasn't Ford's finest hour - the Mondeo of the period is a better car.

Puma can be a bit noisy on the motorway, but should be better than the KA. If you can find a decent one, I'd go for the Puma.

I thought Cougar was a Mondeo?

Isn't Probe the terrible Ford coupe?

Drive a 2.5 V6 Cougar and then drive an ST24 Mondeo - the latter is far better.

The Cougar is based on a Mondeo of the time, but strangely just wasn't as good. Also more expensive to run as some parts are unique to it.

[exgtt]

The Cougar is slow and thirsty, the Puma will entertain - go for it! Loads of Pumas being scrapped for rust everywhere so be careful! Consider Pumas and ST170's - the Cougar is a decent enough car but needs to be throw away cheap.

Edit ah ignore the st170 comms just seen the £600 budget

Edited by exgtt on Saturday 26th October 21:59