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#1 schonbacher

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 11:56 AM

what an idiot!!! iv been ermin and aring about the car thinking i need sumut bigger...

well i found a mondeo zetec on an x plate and took it out nice drive but NOT the puma drive!! but thought hey ho it will be ok .....5 days have past sice i opayed deposit and today i was gonna say bye bye to puma and hello mondeo but....

I CANT DO IT!!!!!! i rang him with an hour to go to say sorry deals off

lost my deposit but hey ho

puma lives on!!!!!

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:05 PM

Lucky escape...

#3 Trix

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:39 PM

Very lucky... I've met a few people who carried on and found out too late what a mistake it was.

I can't think of a better car for me to own (with a small exception being a Lotus but that's not really practical) so i've stopped looking...

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:42 PM

Plenty of better cars, but non with the same emotional attachment that the Puma has.

Who says a lump of metal doesnt have a soul - mine did, she was neurotic

#5 Trix

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:53 PM

Interesting way of viewing your car... I think mine is schizophrenic

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:54 PM

Mate, after a certain junction incident, I'd add that yours was also a tad myopic

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:55 PM

QUOTE (Trix @ Aug 18 2006, 01:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Interesting way of viewing your car... I think mine is schizophrenic

is that the car or you?

Someone stole my Thunder...

#8 schonbacher

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:56 PM

LOL @ you lot

#9 Trix

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 12:59 PM

QUOTE (BenF @ Aug 18 2006, 01:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

is that the car or you?

I'm perfectly fine
Who said that
I did
You mine I did
Well... yes. I did, you did, we did
Phew
So we're fine then are we...

*takes meddication*

QUOTE (Tiggr @ Aug 18 2006, 01:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Mate, after a certain junction incident, I'd add that yours was also a tad myopic

Car was fine. Driver was an idiot

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 01:02 PM

QUOTE (Trix @ Aug 18 2006, 01:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm perfectly fine
Who said that
I did
You mine I did
Well... yes. I did, you did, we did
Phew
So we're fine then are we...

*takes meddication*

and learns to spell (or at least tells his other self to do so)

you feeling got at today Patrick?!

Someone stole my Thunder...

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 01:03 PM

QUOTE (BenF @ Aug 18 2006, 02:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

you feeling got at today Patrick?!

No more than usual...

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#12 BenF

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 01:09 PM

then I am glad that our standards are not slipping...

Someone stole my Thunder...

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 01:16 PM

I was driving into work this morning.

Now you all know I get grumpy if I have to drive the FRP between April and October instead of the bike, but the forecast is for a downpour and me and the Duke don't do downpours.

I pulled off the main road at Eriswell and accelerated hard into the next corner which is on the brow of a descent. The road was greasy wet and a little muddy.

I was suddenly very conscious of how much the Puma was talking to me.

As the suspension went light I could feel little nudges on the steering wheel as grip was won and lost.

I became very aware of the actual driving experience. The little bit of pressure on each hip in turn as cornering forces varied.

I noticed how tiny the adjustments to the accelerator were that are needed to keep the nose pointing almost where I wanted it to point, and that if it wasn't exact there was no panic as the Puma was on my side and wouldn't let me make a bollox of it.

At the bottom of the descent I felt heavier as the car levelled out and pulled hard for the next straight stretch. There's a familiar sort of clunky noise from the back as the rear suspension hits the corrugated surface in the dip.

Three cars ahead, the closer one no issue, just ease over to the right keeping an eye out for deer and pass him accelerating hard in third. Snickety snick into fourth, we forget just how slick that shift is.

Old BMW next, enough space between him and the guy in front, slingshot past and then come off the pedal and slot in but no need to brake as the oncomer was past and gone before I needed to pull out and close down the lead car.

Out and past, then let the speed decay, a bit of power for the next bend then brake on the straight bit, and all but coast to a halt at the zigzag across the A11.

Best part of a mile and a half, and more fun than you could have in Mondeo in a month of Sundays.

Good choice Schonbacher. I doubt you'll ever regret that lost deposit.

XIIVVX

This post has been edited by XIIVVX: 18 August 2006 - 02:01 PM

#14 schonbacher

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 01:42 PM

QUOTE (XIIVVX @ Aug 18 2006, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I was driving into work this morning.

Now you all know I get grumpy if I have to drive the FRP between April and October instead of the bike, but the forecast is for a downpour and me and the Duke don't do downpours.

I pulled of the main road at Eriswell and accelerated hard into the next corner which is on the brow of a descent. The road was greasy wet and a little muddy.

I was suddenly very conscious of how much the Puma was talking to me.

As the suspension went light I could feel little nudges on the steering wheel as grip was won and lost.

I became very aware of the actual driving experience. The little bit of pressure on each hip in turn as cornering forces varied.

I noticed how tiny the adjustments to the accelerator were that are needed to keep the nose pointing almost where I wanted it to point, and that if it wasn't exact there was no panic as the Puma was on my side and wouldn't let me make a bollox of it.

At the bottom of the descent I felt heavier as the car levelled out and pulled hard for the next straight stretch. There's a familiar sort of clunky noise from the back as the rear suspension hits the corrugated surface in the dip.

Three cars ahead, the closer one no issue, just ease over to the right keeping an eye out for deer and pass him accelerating hard in third. Snickety snick into fourth, we forget just how slick that shift is.

Old BMW next, enough space between him and the guy in front, slingshot past and then come off the pedal and slot in but no need to brake as the oncomer was passed before I needed to pull out and close down the lead car.

Out and past, then let the speed decay, a bit of power for the next bend then brake on the straight bit, and all but coast to a halt at the zigzag across the A11.

Best part of a mile and a half, and more fun than you could have in Mondeo in a month of Sundays.

Good choice Schonbacher. I doubt you'll ever regret that lost deposit.

XIIVVX

lastnight did it for me ,firsty seeing the puma parked in my mates drivway in the nice country setting it looked the dogz bits sat there and i thought why am i getting rid

, then we left and i followed my mate in his focus and we got faster and faster through the lanes