The old dear gets her summer clean.....

[SPENSPUMA]

Well......decided it was time to get the old girl clean yesterday so spent the day detailing her. (Also the bike)

First things first I gave it its yearly going over with a clay bar. Then gave it a coat of Meguairs No2 Polish. Then a coat of Collinite 476....and finally a top coat of my fave wax- Chemical Guys XXX.

All black plastics treated with Megs restorer. Exhaust tip polish with Autosol, Tyres shined with Turtle Wax Wet Shine. Glass cleaned with AutoGlym glass polish and finally the headlights treated with Meguiars PlastX.

Took all day but was worth it...shes back to her best now!

 

[Midnight Blue]

We have missed you, Spens!

 

[SPENSPUMA]

Well as you can see ive still got the Thunder....a new car has been threatening for a while but as of yet ive still not made the jump.

After spending the day cleaning it I thought id make a post.

I have been wondering how many of the old PP clan still own Pumas.

 

[Midnight Blue]

I still have my Thunder but have a new Fiesta ST2 on order so not sure of the fate of the kat at this point in time

 

[BenF]

no - Pat has MY Thunder...

I replaced it with a Fiesta Zetec S, but am awaiting delivery of my new Fiesta ST2

good to see you lurking!



*expects online argument about ownership of said Thunder*

 

[Midnight Blue]

*expects online argument about ownership of said Thunder*

 

[SPENSPUMA]

Haha..you pair!!! Cant believe youve both got Fiesta ST2s on order.

Im toying over an Alfa Giulietta at present. Maybe I should look at these ST2s!!!

 

[Midnight Blue]

Lol - and both in spirit blue! Maybe you should :-D Kat looks fantastic btw

 

[SPENSPUMA]

Just had a quick look and yeah them ST2s are nice motors, bet youll have a lot of fun in them.

I do still love my Puma to be honest....I still give it an admiring glance as I walk away from it just like I did when I first got it. Ive had it 8 years and will genuinely miss it when it goes, its been an absolutely fantastic car.

 

[BenF]

it isn't just the looks, Spens

there are only 2 cars I have test driven that I have walked away thinking I had to have one because of the handling as well as the looks - the kat is one and I have not had delivery of the other one yet!

when Pat stole my Thunder I missed it, and at times still do, but its technology and levels of comfort have moved on and the ST2 should be a worthy successor

 

[SPENSPUMA]

Yeah....the Puma just tends to do so many things so well. The handling, the looks, the cheap running costs. Ive always said id be hard pushed to replace it, now im looking I still feel the same...everything else is a compromise of sorts.

For me (unfortunately) im a bit vain so I want something that looks the part but also something a little 'different' from the norm. Handling and whatever else come second.

The minute I saw the Puma all them years ago I knew I had to have one....I didnt care what it drove like...how many mpg or what insurance was. I didnt even test drive my first one, simply walked into Ford and ordered it!

Top of my list are the Alfa Giulietta and the Honda CRZ. Both look the part and are a bit different and are along similar lines to the Puma I guess.

When do you pair take delivery of your new pocket rockets?

 

[BenF]

you are a brave man ordering a car without test driving it! My circumstances were such that I had to wait 5 years between deciding I wanted one and actually being able to get one!

the STs are coming from dealers in different parts of the country

I ordered mine the week before last and was told it would be built early September; Pat's was ordered last week so it will probably follow a few days later

it will probably be a couple of weeks between build and delivery so we could be into October before we actually get hold of them

 

[yippeekiay]

That Thunder looks fantastic in that colour. Really wish I hadn't sold my Puma now

 

[Midnight Blue]

There might be a moondust Thunder for sale in the near future - when I make my mind up whether to keep or sell :-D

 

[BenF]

why don't you come to the Leicester meet in September Spens? Then we can all meet you and marvel at your kat!

 

[yippeekiay]

There might be a moondust Thunder for sale in the near future - when I make my mind up whether to keep or sell :-D

No thanks Pat, you thrashed the life out of it as it's had a replacement engine already, my engine managed to stay alive with 32 laps of the Nurburgring, a humungous trip round europe and nitrous without a murmur so god knows what you do/did to 'Bens' car

 

[Midnight Blue]

lol - the HCV disintegrated!

 

[yippeekiay]

oh...that old chestnut :lol:

 

[BenF]

There might be a moondust Thunder for sale in the near future - when I make my mind up whether to keep or sell :-D

No thanks Pat, you thrashed the life out of it as it's had a replacement engine already, my engine managed to stay alive with 32 laps of the Nurburgring, a humungous trip round europe and nitrous without a murmur so god knows what you do/did to 'Bens' car

that's actually a bit unfair, Yip - anyone can need an engine replacement no matter how carefully they drive it eg if a timing belt/chain breaks or if the head gasket goes (or the HCV)

I doubt you will find many cars as well looked after as Pat's car, in terms of bodywork as well as treatment due to driving style. I have been a passenger several times when she has driven that car and would never say she has thrashed the car/engine. There are other folk on the site whose cars I have been passengers in whose styles have been far more 'spirited' than Pat's - either Pat was unlucky, or others have been lucky

 

[Midnight Blue]

Thanks Ben but I think the damage has now been done to the worth of my kat ....