CORSA NUT
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Had a good little drive of one of these today and...
What an ace little motor  Never driven one before and had always heard they were good drivers cars but i loved it 
Handling was sharp...gearshift was rifle like..brakes were good and the grip was impressive too  Only thing i didn't like was the unsupportive seats 
Anyone else like them?
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
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not a fan of the puma...
we fitted a full set of P/U bushes for a customer and it handled like it was on rails!
FRP's i love...if the power matched the looks.
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Dan295
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i had an incident with one recently and ever since i have associated them with evil 
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CORSA NUT
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Yeah i've only ever seen a few FRP's about
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/FORD+PUMA/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146,N-4294966853-4294967194/search.action?postcode=CH42+9JR&radius=1501&showMoreOptions=
7K though
[Edited on 29-03-2008 by CORSA NUT]
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AndyKent
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Prefer the Cougar V6 
Also know of one for sale, '98 model, only £1400 - thats a lot of car for the money!
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CORSA NUT
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quote:
Originally posted by csweatherston
not a fan of the puma...
we fitted a full set of P/U bushes for a customer and it handled like it was on rails!
FRP's i love...if the power matched the looks.
I think they already do! With the bushes it must be
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csweatherston
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yeah, my mate just sold his frp for 8.5k....it was a lovely looking car.
squeeky/grabby brakes and engine let it down really lol.
i think an frp with a ST lump would be awesome!!
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Ben G
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fiesta st engine is basically the same power as the frp lump, so will be no difference really...
FRP's are awesome the noise is and will outhandle any 106gti 
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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Love them I've only driven the 1.4 one and that was plenty nippy and the grip was excellent.
Very underated cars!
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Carl Gillespie
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I was considering one the other day but they just looked a bit too girly in the flesh.
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jimmy 2.1
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The best handling car i've driven! It was only a 1.4 but it was nippy and still gave you that excitement going round twisty back roads.
Could give a 106 GTI a good run round the twisties 
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Rob B
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agreed, nice car's 
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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I've driven a few.
I found all of them to be cramped, bumpy, uninspiring performance wise and quite gay visually.
Sorry.
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csweatherston
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
fiesta st engine is basically the same power as the frp lump, so will be no difference really...
was thinking more along the lines of focus st  lol
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BeArDy
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Be careful with them as they are known for having engine problems where the engine skips a tooth or 3 and still runs BUT fuks it
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