i use a ford transit for my building jobs, anyone else a white van man ?
they are very practical for my job but tbh i could do with a bit of extra space in the gut/wheel department !!

 

i got one,lwb t350

 

same here but not enough room in the cab if you have a massive beer gut like me ! thats the only problem i have with it ! quite a good performer otherwise .

 

swb tranvestite for me

 

tipper 135 6 speeder for me

 

So when are you all going on your government course on how to learn to drive em proper like and not rev too high and change gear at the right time

 

we are not that bad surely !!!!?

 

I have a 135bhp T350 MWB with 6 speed box.

Electric windows, electric heated mirrors, reverse park sensors, air con, traction control, ABS. No bastard heated front screen though which I should have ordered it with!

I drive mine proper. Sideways!

 

my van !!

LDV convoy V8

 

You white van men are nutters, especially on the motorways

 

na we not ! respect !

 

same spec as mine but i got the heated screen :P :P lol

go sideways very easily and so controlable too love it

 

im a 312 sprinter man myself, big blue

 

well they are deffo more luxurious than they were a few years back....but still not enough gut room for bigger lads

 

i would like to get avan a bit more luxurious, would like CL, Elec windows
etc,

might have to have a word with the boss

 

Does it count if I have one of them mini-Transit Connect thingies with Autoglass spattered on the side?

 

my boss refuses to let me have a new van. still on a 51 plate!! ok so thats not old but not as cumfy as the 55 plates!

btw

whats your out-of-work car ?

fiesta zetec s !

 

Ive got a wanky slow 55 escort van

Fuck the goverments test you have to thrash the shit out of it

 

got to be honest mine is a 02 reg and its propper slugish,could be the high miles i have 126,000

 

108,000 on mine and it struggles on a 1 in 5, guess the 22 stone lad whos driving doesnt help the acceleration !! LOL

 

i seriously wanna change mine. which van has the most gut room??

 

I have the Vauxhall Viverio

imho it is an AWESOME van and does exactly what you want it too

1.9 Diesel Turbo that will happily still at 110mph in 6th gear all day long

Plenty of gut room to

 

sounds good.

will ask the boss.

is there seriously a lot of gut room tho ?

will admit to having a 60 inch beer gut, and its not very comfortable in some vans !

 

You can move the steering wheel right in

 

you are joking ?? an adjustable steering wheel ? perhaps my campaign for vans for big beer bellied lads has taken off !

seriously you saying you can adjust the wheel ????????

 

Yes mate, the steering wheel moves right in---or out for when you loose a bit

And the seat moves back alot

Go to the Vauxhall garage and take one out

 

cheers mate both the steering wheel and seats are fixed in my ancient van so perhaps i can persuade the boss to upgrade to one like this cheers mate !!

 

 

i run vxl vivario's cdti with 6spd box's now instead of transits, vxl much much more comfortable and quiet and perform better than transits but must admit transits alot stronger and better built.

heres my last transit





its been on a few 200+ statnds aswell over the last few years

 

oh and i had a connect 220 lx for a bit aswell.

 

old sprinter at work we just sold had 204k on clock, was one of
the good ones, the remaining 8 now have 100 or under on clock as they al new shape

 

Andy,

Merc don't sell vans with central locking and I have never seen one with electric windows either. The central locking and mirrors are available though...

The Sprinters which I have seen with central locking and electric mirrors where fittind by a company in this country liscenced by Merc to retro fit the systems, which are independant to the original Merc loom (which means they can be bought and fitted without much fucking about).

I got my hands on a new Sprinter with central locking last year and ripped the dash switch and control unit out, then butchered the wiring loom to suit a different spec and control unit.

 

theres no chance for me in there mate !

 

Yes mate i got one R Reg 142,000 still going strong cant beat em But i aint got the gut

 

glad you havent mate as isnt not easy getting in those small vans

 

I was knocking around in a Suzuki 'Carry' 1.3 for a bit, was awesome! (especially as it wasn't mine)

For the record, you can't make them do a stoppie like you can with the Bedford Rascal.

 

my iveco was alright till they put a 72mph limit on it.
now i'm trying to get a new one.
mine has compressor and generator built under it.

 

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never got to that speed mate......must have been the load i was carrying

 

 

serious mate i struggle