Hi all,

 

What type of vans do you use and do you find them reliable?

Leased or owned?

 

Most co's seem to use Berlingos or something French up here in Scotland.

I assume cause they are cheap to run?

 

Grant

Dispatch swb 

Transit Connects mostly, we also have a Traffic, a kangoo and a Vito. We own them all, and two connects are due for replacement this year as theyve done starship mileage 

How have you found the Traffic Peter?

Heard horror stories of gearbox issues on nearly new vans, perhaps they've sorted them out?

 

 

Say you  want a mid sized van..

 

You can buy Renault with a Renault engine

or a Nissan with a Renault engine

or a Vauxhall with a Renault engine

or a Fiat with a Renault engine

or a Mercedes with a Renault engine

 

If you not keen on Renault... There's a Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, Toyota & a Ford with PSA engines

 

If you don't really don't want french,  either do your homework or go VW ?

31 minutes ago, grantc said:

How have you found the Traffic Peter?

Heard horror stories of gearbox issues on nearly new vans, perhaps they've sorted them out?

 

 

So far no problem ours is restricted so dont know if that makes a difference, the kangoo on the other hand has had a new box, and that new box has been repaired again under warranty 

11 hours ago, MrHappy said:

Say you  want a mid sized van..

 

You can buy Renault with a Renault engine

or a Nissan with a Renault engine

or a Vauxhall with a Renault engine

or a Fiat with a Renault engine

or a Mercedes with a Renault engine

 

If you not keen on Renault... There's a Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, Toyota & a Ford with PSA engines

 

If you don't really don't want french,  either do your homework or go VW ?

Lol, that’s right!

the only one that is surprising is merc borrowing a Renault engine! 

 

Vivaro traffic primastar do have gearboxes supplies by Thornton’s apparently..... I’ve had 3 and never had an issue, they do get bad clutch judder sometimes when pulling away and that’s from brand new! 

28 minutes ago, sjsturner said:

Lol, that’s right!

the only one that is surprising is merc borrowing a Renault engine! 

 

Vivaro traffic primastar do have gearboxes supplies by Thornton’s apparently..... I’ve had 3 and never had an issue, they do get bad clutch judder sometimes when pulling away and that’s from brand new! 

It's actually Renault-nissan for the mercs I think, on entry level cars , higher supposed to still have the Merc engine 

I've got a 15 plate Traffic, had several warranty jobs so far.... 

Broken down several times with dodgy electrics, used to turn its headlights on when left sometimes!

Was leaking oil and now has a fault on the steering wheel, clicks like crazy sometimes, garage won't fix it as it doesn't do it all the time! 

85k miles now. 

I would never spend my own money on such a **** vehicle! 

VW SWB Transporter 100ps. Very nice van but only average 33 mpg. Due to adblue the diesel tank is 15 litres smaller so only do 350/380 out of a tank. Nearly 1.5 years old and only put 15k on it from new.