Thread: New 110 CC ute?

Originally Posted by dullbird

perhaps you do need a Puma matt.

showing us pics of you stuck in a mud hole is not very impressive

Thats not my car.

Dobbo puts the bait out and there's a feeding frenzy.

Honestly, he must be sitting back laughing. That's what trolls do.

He knows all about the Puma, and the answers to the questions he posed, he's a smart man.

Yeh thats right,read his first post and thiers nothing he likes about the puma,Dobbo if you,like all the other county Izoozoo drivers like your vehicles stick with them,but all I say about it is that my piddly Tdi has no doubt done more and gone more places than your big mucho Izoozoo and continues too so yep they are a small engine but I could buy your vehicle with the money I've saved on the fuel and servicing cost over the last 11 years and I will seriously be looking at buying a Puma when my ''overstressed'' Tdi and R380 have 500,000k's,thats HALF a MILLION k's under thier belt. Pat

I was not trying to troll, I am honestly trying to convince myself into buying one.

It's not working.

I cannot justify 2x 110's and a D2. Yet I cannot bring myself to get rid of my suzi.


It's not an Isuzu thing either, it's a Defender/County thing. A member up this way has a 300tdi in a county, given the choice I would pick that over a 300tdi Defender

Go buy that poo brown County in Newcastle.

Then you'll have two and still have money in your pocket.

my 4bd1t uses the same juice my 300tdi used or did till i put the roof basket on.

where the 300tdi needs to be at 1800 rpm to develop some guts the isuzu is pulling from 900 rpm. pulling out of my driveway with a loaded trailer on can be done in first high, not first low like i had to in the 300tdi.

where the isuzu runs out of puff is at 2300 rpm but at 110kph my isuzu is doing 1910 rpm and still well within its power band.

took a while for me to get used to it but the isuzu is a better package with the exception of the vibration it generates imho

Originally Posted by PAT303

I will seriously be looking at buying a Puma when my ''overstressed'' Tdi and R380 have 500,000k's,thats HALF a MILLION k's under thier belt. Pat

I should hit the half mil in my isuzu before the years out. It will be halfway through its life.

Dobbo, the new pumas have their purpose, if everyone wanted and bought the indestructable isuzu countys, they would be very expensive, and landrover would not sell any new cars. The new pumas are just the next generation of seccond hand cars. In 20 years time when the countys are thin on the ground there will be pumas for 5 grand, and people like you and me wont feel bad cuting into them with a grinder and swiping the door on a tree.

I am in a similar frame of mind as you. I would love a new puma, even with the horror stories (the p38s had theirs too, and it just makes the owners more pasionate and determined), however i cannot justify the 60k on somthing i will cut up and punish.

Andy

I don't know why I am allowing myself to be sucked into this debate - maybe I'm just bored, but here's my two cents worth of feedback...

Originally Posted by dobbo

Do I or don't I lease a black Defender crew cab ute?

I like the fact it's a 110 ute
I do too.

but

I don't like the Poxy Puma, it would have been better used as a ceiling fan motor in a far away sewage treatment plant. Let's face it compared to the engine in my 110 the puma has about as much pulling power as a homeless man at a miss universe contest.
You must be talking about a different Puma engine then. And I don't think I've ever seen any homeless men in the Miss Universe contest so it's a difficult comparison to make.

I don't like the dash, It's plastic and Fordish in appearance.
I just like the fact it has a dash and the switches are in a logical location. Are you seriously suggesting that British Leyland dash design is better than Ford design? I know Ford isn't anything special, but you're on drugs

Series III had more style.
??? See above comment regarding BL design...

The body and trim are cheap and shoddy in comparison to my nearly 25yr old county, lack of galved trim and gutters?
I think the level of fit & finish are only shoddy when compared to other "modern" vehicles, but compared to older Defenders - you can't be serious can you? It's a question of a dodgy bit of plastic trim vs no trim at all.

No Sals at the rear
That can be addressed with aftermarket bits can't it?

or comfy seats.
I love the seats. After five hours on the highway last Sunday, I love them even more.

It has anti stall, but so does my Isuzu (it's called a compression and low gearing).
Sounds like we need a head-to-head comparison.

I don't know why I looked at one, come on Puma owners convince me why I should step out of a suzi and into a new one?
Be honest... you looked at one because you want one. You really, really want one and this thread is just attention seeking isn't it?

Is it true the name Puma came from a very early owner wearing out a pair of Puma shoes walking to and from the dealers for warrantee work?
I don't think anyone would wear their shoes out taking a vehicle back to the dealers - I'd ride in the tow truck.