Thread: Puma didn't let us down

Originally Posted by dmdigital

Well as of lunch time we are Puma-less for a while as we have left it behind to get a well deserved service in Melbourne.

We are now in Sydney waiting to board our flight to Honolulu be back in a couple of weeks.

Have a good time, Derek.

Thanks Dan. I'm currently sitting sea side at a villa in Kailua Kona wishing we could stay more than another 4 days. We are really loving Hawai'i and will definitely be back.

We are driving a 2 door Wrangler around the island and missing the Defender.

Just clocked 37,000km and had a service yesterday. not a sign of an oil leak, no issues other than drive line clunk which everone tells me is normal. I did have the yellow warning light on the dash come on intermittably several times. However I have not seen it since my Innaminka trip about 4,000kms ago. The stealer could not find a fault reading at the time.
I still cannot get over the pulling power of these things. The temptation is too great. I LOVE flying up a hill around all sorts, just to see the look on their faces when they see an "old" Landrover fly past...
Oh, and I can put my unit in the car wash bay, hit it all over with the high pressure nozzle and not a drop inside!!

I took mine for a quick 1 hour spin yesterday and the engine does pull up bush tracks easily,I drove up a loose shale covered track and the TC came on twice but without a problem she walked right up.The one thing more than anything else I've noticed is that it seems to not mind staying at 1000-1200rpm in 1st low and simply crawling over things,the Tdi needs a bit of rev's and speed but the TDCi likes it slow,1st low is low,it's no good going down as it locks the wheels but 2nd works like a treat. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

1st low is low,it's no good going down as it locks the wheels but 2nd works like a treat. Pat

I agree 1st is really low. I find it excellent on really steep slippery inclines.

Derek,

Am glad you had trouble free trip down to Melb, and equally happy you are having a well deserved holiday in Hawaii

Don't forget if you can, visit us on your return

Mrs hh

Will do Mrs H. Not sure of the plans yet and whether we will by-pass Brisbane or not.

Leading from the front as usual,roll on. Heading for the bog tomorrow with our tdi and Puma to take home turf. Not quite the same I admit, but one of these days ......(or so I keep telling myself)