lets just clear this up i also run an 06 plate transit wich is no more reliable than the merc the wheels very rarely stop turning on both trucks i sell cars for a liveing and the merc is realy the truck for that side of the buisness both trucks get more spent on them than most cars on the road the merc pulls stronger faster and can carry more weight than the transit and if i was stranded at the side of the motoway i couldnt care less if a robin relient stopd to recover me much like the rest of the people i recover. i spend a fortune on insurances not like the blokes you see in transits recovering cars who are just insured on a transit tipper and not for recovery