hi, solved! just behind the wheelarch sems to be a rubber valve almost drillled throught the rear chassis, this looks for want of a better description like a puckered up set of lips so water can come out but not in i guess, this lets water drip onto the inside of the rear bumper, i ran the car with the heater / climate control off and no puddle, when on full the puddle appeared so i'm guessing its aircon water . the car although badged ford has a very high VW content ( engine / switchgear etc. ) dont know how much these things are supposed to share, is this what makes it a halfy halfy car? finally would anyone recommend the power booster boxes for galaxys on ebay? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Chip-TUNING-Chip-Box...1QQcmdZViewItem cheers daniel5