Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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How are they to live with daily?
I know a few of you have them and a couple have gone from bigger cars, so how has the overall experience been or you?
Slow? Impractical? Low quality? Or are they perfect in every way?
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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Puma owners are very needy
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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I knew someone would do that 
Worded badly tbh.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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nippy, big enough boot, impratical if you want to put people in the back, great handling, direct gears, will surprise a lot of bigger stuff
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Gareth F
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Registered: 16th Jan 08
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visability out the back for reversing is pretty cack.
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shibby
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
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my mate went from a calibra to a focus to a puma, puma was pretty gutless but handled well. not bad practicality wise and only needed usual maintenance stuff
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Mobby
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Registered: 31st Dec 07
Location: Leicestershire
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What about the puma racing? would a standard puma ever suprise a corsa xe?
[Edited on 30-06-2010 by Mobby]
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shibby
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quote:
Originally posted by Mobby
What about the puma racing? would a standard puma ever suprise a corsa xe?
[Edited on 30-06-2010 by Mobby]
Racing Puma is meant to be a real weapon, still only 150 bhp iirc, but handling is good.
1.7 puma wouldnt touch an xe in a straight line i wouldnt think, through bends will be better. depends on road as to how close i guess
Racing puma would be quicker probaby
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Mobby
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Registered: 31st Dec 07
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i really fancy one, lowered they look really high to me :s would never sticker it up!
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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when i first went from the focus to the puma i felt really claustrophobic and my legs touched the steering wheel.
now i feel fine and prefer being in a smaller car rather than a big open one.
it's not gutless by any means. obviously not as quick as the st but a lot quicker than my mk6 fiesta zetec s i had.
as steve said, impractical if you like having rear passengers. i fold my seats down and use the rear as a big boot instead.
i drive 10 miles down an A road to work every day, sits at 70mph fine and gets to 100mph no problem.
bit noisy in the cabin as it sits at quite high revs at those speeds, but you get used to it.
handes so much better than the focus, and petrol consumption isn't too bad really. averaging 250miles to a tank.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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one thing i will say, the seats aren't very good, you sit on them rather than in them, but that could be because i was used to recaro's in the focus.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Yeah, I had zetec s seats in my fiesta and they were shocking 
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