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My TRUSTY TRANSIT (5 Yr old)broke down today, by loosing all of its coolant, through a split hose. So i got a 12 month old VAUXHALL MOVANO to use for a day or two. WHAT A LOAD OF SH#TE, It is UTTER RUBBISH. it handles like a bag of spuds, build quality isnt there,its uncomfortable and above all its a bloody renault with a vauxhall badge on. REALLY sorry to mention the V word on here, but i gotta tell you guys. TRANSITS are the best by FAR. mine is 5 years old and has done 70k and this bloody MOVANO crap cant hold a candle to it. I would love CLARKSON to do a test on both. NO SORRY id love CLARKSON to do one of his DVD CAR DEATHS on the MOVANO!!! like firing it of the dover cliffs back to BLOODY FRANCE where it was designed. IF anyone's got a movano on here, sell it and buy a TRANNY a poper van

Ginge !

nice to see fords commercial vehicle salesmen use this site too


the movano is actualy more comfy i found to drive than the tranny


i said about reliability on em compared to a transit but the techs soon put me to shame asking when the 4 TRANSIT ENGINES get delivered for the 4 transits that are in under warranty



have to filled the movano to the top yet,,,,,,,,,,, that will show you why it does 800 miles to a tank,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, IT COSTS 95 QUID TO FILL THE BASTARD !!!!!

DazC

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Had a few Movanos dump their sump contents out of the breathers before!!!

Discs on the earlier models where a twat to change!!

JimmyBoy

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I had a race with a transit in my fiesta once and couldnt shake it! lol, it was all over me. Was only a 1.1 fiesta mind but I was ragging it!!! hahahahaha

Drove a few as well, there nice to drive and go pretty well.

Ginge !

why race a commercial vehicle


just as a future hint though if ever your in or around markyate. hertfordshire area dont try and race a transit with a CTS sticker on it

clayton Borg

That was probably me racing you, are you in Nottingham?

My van has been chipped up with Bluefin (150 ps) and leaves loads of cars for dead.

Ginge !

to be fair any transit it quicker of the lights than a 1.1 fiesta

JimmyBoy

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hahahaha it was fun!

I overtook him at about 60, then he just stuck to me still about 95 (festa wouldnt go any faster! lol), he wouldnt overtake though, he was just pushing me along. Tried to loose him on some corners but he wasnt having any of it! lol. Im in cornwall.

Zetec Andy

Mercedes sprinter for me anyday

Taz

i am looking for another MWB van and drove both the Ford and the Merc. I have a Vito and so wanted to like the sprinter I could not like it at all so I am looking for a Transit at the moment.

Clayton,

What was the original PS of your Tranny? How much and how easy is Bluefin to fit?

Thanks

Graham

Kevin Sharp

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taz drives a vito as he is a gaylord, i on the otherhand drive a mans van a twin wheel 400series sprinter

transits suck!

Taz

What Mr MacSharp fails to tell you is his is in a pastel colour of turquoise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The fact that mine will fit totally in the back of his is irrelevant!!

Any yes Transits do suck but they only suck plenty of air and not diesel

G

clayton Borg

Taz/Graham,

The original ps of my van was 125ps.

It is the TDCI engine which is the common-rail diesel similar to the Mercs.

With it being the common-rail it has much more power (torque) and is much quieter than the TDDI.

I was Advised by a proper diesel engineer to stay well away from the TDDI as they have loads of problems with them and to back that up i have recently worked at a Ford dealer who have also confirmed that they have lots of trouble and said look in the workshop just see how many that are in.

In a word mate, make sure you get the TDCI, they drive proper and you will love it.

I would give any Merc a run for his money!

My van will probably be up for sale in July as the new shape transit is going to be released, depending on what its priced at? and guess what engine ill be having?

Are you looking for a new van or second hand one, because if its a second hand one then you would like mine.

Cheers,

Clayton.

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Kevin Sharp

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arrrgggghhhhh...my next vans a 416 sprinter...get to brunters with them and i,ll show you all what a fast van is!

clayton Borg

I dont mind showing you how slow the sprinter is, get to Santa pod in April and i will run along side you.

It would be a good crack.

This would be you...........

And this will be me..........

And i am serious, I'm going anyway!

Have you got the guts?

James

nahhh, vw transporter is what you want, it might be fwd which is a bit gay unlike the sprinter/some transits but it's a very nice vehicle. 175bhp/six speed box and all the toys you'd expect in a car, air con, electric windows etc.

jimmyboy whereabouts in cornwall you from then, i may have seen you around?

clayton Borg

Mine has all the toys like a car!

Executive model,

Elec, windows/mirrors

Air con

Traction assist

ABS

5 speed

Heated screen

Alloys

and many more....................

Lets all go to santa pod and find out the top van

Kevin Sharp

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yes thats fine...we both have to have a caravan hooked on the back aswell

clayton Borg

Thats ok, as i forgot to mention........ it has a towbar fitted to.

Imagine going up santapod track with caravans hooked on

Taz

Now that sound slike a right laff!!!!

Dont tell me these bad stories about transits. I hated driving the Sprinter and most of them have been hashed and bashed. What year did the TDCI start then? I have a limited budget due to the wife wanting another Discovery as well!!!!

Mine needs to be a medium wheelbase and a medium roof as the van is to be used to transport dogs to dog shows and working events. I also need to be able to stand up in it to get changed.

I know I know I have too many requests.

Cheers for the info it is much appreciated.

Graham

Kevin Sharp

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you are indeed sadder than i thought

buy a sprinter you gaylords

clayton Borg

I ordered mine before they had been released, and had it in October 2002 (52 reg)

They are still quite rare on the second hand market but if you keep looking you will find one.

I would imagine that you would be looking at 6k to 8k.

Mine is FWD but some are RWD.

The RWD has a higher floor in the rear for the prop shaft.

I would prefer the FWD for the driving and the lower loading option.

Drove a RWD TDCI LWB when mine was in for service and didn't like it

one bit, all it wanted to do was snake up the road, no weight on back and it just spins!

Hope this helps.

P.S forgot to tell you about the Bluefin. Took this off my first Focus RS and had it re-programmed for Ł100.00

Clayton

clayton Borg

Sprinters are for

Kevin Sharp

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oh FFS at least buy a van thats driven by the wheels at the right end

fwd= :gayflag:

DazC

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My Transit is.

Nearly 300lb ft through the rear wheels.

I personally don't like the fwd Transits. They seem like they need a lot higher maintenance than the rwd version. This is based on the several hundred Transits that pass through our workshop.

Kevin Sharp

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oh and my sprinter is 4wd

dannyblackpool

what van would be best buy for 4k?? needs to be capable of doin some hi milage and reliable, with good returns mpg,not arsed about extras etc

clayton Borg

For RWD and 4X4 van owners :gayflag: :gayflag: :gayflag: :gayflag: