Like it or hate it? (Ford Puma 1.7i 3dr)

Member Name: pumpermuncher

Product:	Ford Puma 1.7i 3dr
Date:	01/03/03 (1408 review reads)
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Advantages: features galore, styling (subjective?), price

Disadvantages: unsafe, unsafe, unsafe

Well i have had the 1.7 16v Puma for two years now on leasehire and it is due to go back. No, not back to the garage where it has been 6 times in its first year, no not to the bodywork shop where it went after the smallest of contacts by a silly moron in a car park led to £1000 worth of damage, but back to the lease company. Apart from falling to bits in the first 3 months when new (rear tail light fell out as it was only glued in, the rear window leaked, the water pump blew up, the air con leaked all the time internally, oil leaked every time it was parked etc.), the car was fun to drive, as other reviews state. Motorway driving was a breeze, cornering excellent, nippy off the mark. Then one day the traction control went mental and put me into a 720 on a dual carriageway (fortunetly completely deserted) and since then the car has been all over the place. I would say to anyone, don't trust the handling on this car. Despite all this, in the inbetween tiems it has been fun, started every time etc, except hitting my head once a month. At the right price and bedded in gently, this car is a lovely runaround, if you want sporty, get an MR2, Lotus Elise, even a Clio 172. Just please, don't trust this as sporty.

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