puma good news

[red roo]

35 deg today my aircon working fine . this def done 40 000 km and hasnt missed a beat just thought some good news wouldnt go astray

[Pilbara130]

Same with mine it's done 40000 and not a drama and its spent its life in the Pilbara been up the Gibb twice. Love it and good to hear some good news from others.Dan

[uninformed]

I hear 41k is when they really start to give some trouble

[Judo]

And I only had to wait 3 posts.

[alan48]

:)Hi, my son's 2.4puma 90 gets used pretty hard and now has 60K clicks and not one problem--also used to tow a big boat and makes my 300tdi look sick--so guess they are the way to go if you are looking or wondering.

[dawsey]

exactly.......Ive put my money down for a brand new one and cant wait..Ive heard all the stories and read alot of negative posts regarding the pumas..mostly from Toyota drivers and grumpy old lr drivers...and it hasn't deterred me in the least..bring it on

[PAT303]

Mines running perfectly,thats what it's new owner tells me anyway. Pat

[Allan]

Mines running perfectly,thats what it's new owner tells me anyway. Pat

Same here:D:D

Allan

[JayBoRover]

Mines only done 12,000km's now, also with no problems. About 4,500km's of that was towing a trailer and travelling a bit of dirt chasing the Aus Safari as my service/support car. It's growing on me more every time I drive it, so it should be sticking in the family for a fair while I think. Very happy with it:).

(I'm lucky because I also have the old Series 2a so can take that when I don't want air-con, power windows, traction control, a stereo you can actually hear, power steering, etc or when I want the things that the D90 doesn't have like opening bulkhead vents, horizontal sliding windows, a spare wheel on the bonnet and tonnes and tonnes of character:cool:).

[Quigley]

Mines done 36,000 and hasn't missed a beat. Air conditioning is good, there are no oil leaks or any other problems anywhere.
I wish is would leak water a bit but nothing seems to ever come from those constantly promising clouds that are about.

[Green Elephant]

Puma 2012 110 wagon - 12,000kms with plenty of Beach work and plenty of hillclimbs - no dramas at all.

Happy days! :)

[newhue]

exactly.......Ive put my money down for a brand new one and cant wait..Ive heard all the stories and read alot of negative posts regarding the pumas..mostly from Toyota drivers and grumpy old lr drivers...and it hasn't deterred me in the least..bring it on

Don't get too cockie, if LR have it for 6 week of your first 8 weeks of ownership, and with less than 200km on the dial you may not be so bold.
They are a good truck, but they can be annoying truck as well.

I wish you all the best and hope your motoring is event free. I won't bring you down with what mine has had. Still it's a good, but hard to trust 100%

[newhue]

Mines running perfectly,thats what it's new owner tells me anyway. Pat

Pat, I thought you'd be one of the last to sell on, care to share why.

[PAT303]

Pat, I thought you'd be one of the last to sell on, care to share why.

It was a joke,my partner has the TDCi now,I'm back in the Tdi:cool:,I've got to get used to turbo lag again.Sell on,no chance. Pat

[PAT303]

As an add on if the TDCi can withstand Tracey believe me it'll proove it's strengh,I love her to bits but that woman hasn't a mechanical simpathetic bone in her body. Pat

[newhue]

It was a joke,my partner has the TDCi now,I'm back in the Tdi:cool:,I've got to get used to turbo lag again.Sell on,no chance. Pat

Oh, sorry, I don't have the best sense of humour. Thought it sounded a bit odd.

Funny you say that, back to the Tdi. I recently bought a Tdi with the initial idea of replacing the Tdci. All I tell say I'm crazy, but for me there is something in mechanical components not wrapped in electronics. I have been worn down a bit I have to say.
I can't say I'm all there yet, and I don't look at my 130 a lemon. It's just my car and this is my deal with a Defender. But i'm onto a brake booster and master cylinder now. I should be happy it's not electronical, maybe its just Land Rover?

[Drover]

but that woman hasn't a mechanical simpathetic bone in her body. Pat


That's funny, would be more funny if I didn't have one the same......:eek:

[PAT303]

Oh, sorry, I don't have the best sense of humour. Thought it sounded a bit odd.

Funny you say that, back to the Tdi. I recently bought a Tdi with the initial idea of replacing the Tdci. All I tell say I'm crazy, but for me there is something in mechanical components not wrapped in electronics. I have been worn down a bit I have to say.
I can't say I'm all there yet, and I don't look at my 130 a lemon. It's just my car and this is my deal with a Defender. But i'm onto a brake booster and master cylinder now. I should be happy it's not electronical, maybe its just Land Rover?

Dunno mate,people had lots of issue's with Tdi's,I can't kill mine even when I try,leaving it running for 9 hours at work is but one example and my TDCi has done over 40K in 18months out here,it'll do another 10k over xmas carrying my gun gear to Kalgoorlie and then going down to Kangaroo island and back and nary a squeek to complain about. Pat

[newhue]

yes my apologies for bringing the tone of the thread down. Not meant to be a gloom session.

My Tdci has done 60K now, and goes camping on average 2 to 3 times a month off road somewhere usually. It did a 5 week 8K km trek into central Aus earlier in the year, and is gearing up for a another foray next year. M to F it's a daily driver and carries all my work crap around the place. So I guess it does alright for itself.

[maggsie]

Mine has just clocked 48000, this includes towing my van. Just had it serviced at Rova Range and they found the R/H transmission mount had failed, good they found it, as we're going to the Vic high country on Saturday, also had 130 front springs and Terrafirma shocks fitted to bring the nose back to normal.

Maggsie

[newhue]

I reckon you will find the drive line a lot quieter with the new mount. I assumed all the banging and clanging was normal for ages. When mine got changed over it eliminated just about all drive line clunks.