Daily-ing a 9 seater?

[indy4x]

I had been toying with going to a van as my daily drive, last few years have seen me go through a

D2, loved it apart from chassis corrosion
D3, best all round vehicle I've owned, loads of space and would happily tow big trailers
Jeep Grand Cheokee 2.7 diesel, absolutely bomb proof and 3 yrs after selling it to a farmer friend its still going
Jeep GC WK with the 3l merc diesel engine

As much as I loved the D3, they are getting a bit long in the tooth now and a D4 was tempting but chickened out

Now have a T6 Transporter 4motion and while its early days I really like it. It has the 2nd row of seats which clip in and out, I can still tow reasonably heavy trailers, has AWD for the sticky stuff and can fit loads in the back.

Its just under 2m tall and fits in most car parks, really good on fuel, drives like a car which keeps SWMBO happy and best of all, road tax is way less than the Grand Cherokee It replaced

Wasn't cheap compared to other makes but it'll be with me for the next 10yrs plus

 

[BrokenBiker]

I had been toying with going to a van as my daily drive, last few years have seen me go through a

D2, loved it apart from chassis corrosion
D3, best all round vehicle I've owned, loads of space and would happily tow big trailers
Jeep Grand Cheokee 2.7 diesel, absolutely bomb proof and 3 yrs after selling it to a farmer friend its still going
Jeep GC WK with the 3l merc diesel engine

As much as I loved the D3, they are getting a bit long in the tooth now and a D4 was tempting but chickened out

Now have a T6 Transporter 4motion and while its early days I really like it. It has the 2nd row of seats which clip in and out, I can still tow reasonably heavy trailers, has AWD for the sticky stuff and can fit loads in the back.

Its just under 2m tall and fits in most car parks, really good on fuel, drives like a car which keeps SWMBO happy and best of all, road tax is way less than the Grand Cherokee It replaced

Wasn't cheap compared to other makes but it'll be with me for the next 10yrs plus

Wonder if a 9 seat shuttle is available with 4motion? I've no experience of vw at all but assume it would be part time awd biased to the front under normal conditions?

 

[knighty]

I think the 4wd ones have a higher towing limit too?

I think (don't know for sure) towing limits is often more about stopping with a trailer than actually pulling it... 4wd gives you an extra axle to engine brake


talking this from what I've seen, lower axle ratios on vans, or 4wd mean higher towing limit

 

[indy4x]

Wonder if a 9 seat shuttle is available with 4motion? I've no experience of vw at all but assume it would be part time awd biased to the front under normal conditions?

Yep, same setup as most AWD vehicles, 2WD to the front, when it detects wheels slipping the haldex kicks in and power is fed to all 4 wheels

There was also rear difflock as an optional extra

 

[indy4x]

Many years ago I had a Passat VR6 estate 4motion, same setup with the Haldex, worked really well just limited ground clearance, Transporter sits a bit higher